A Horse Bazaar, Bourke Street.

Scarce c.19th hand coloured engraving of one of the horse bazaars in Bourke Street in the 1880’s.

One of the earliest was Kirks Bazaar established in 1840 and soon became the most well known of Melbourne’s horse bazaars. Several other bazaars were soon established in the surrounding Bourke Street West precinct, along with saddlers, farriers, haylofts and carriage makers.

References:

Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 : 9829g.
Hughes-d’Aeth, T. Paper Nation : The Story of the Picturesque Atlas of Australia. Melbourne 2001 :.

Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 1654251
National Gallery Australia: Legacy ID 34588
Royal Collection Trust UK: RCIN 1046852
Getty Museum Los Angeles: 1218593
State Library New South Wales: 74VvDRQZXzWd
State Library Victoria: CCF 919.4 G19