Drysdale Springs, Corio Bay.

Rare engraving of Drysdale Springs on Corio Bay, Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria. The view is taken from present day Clifton Springs where Mr. Levien, a large landholder at nearby Murradoc built a well appointed hotel above the Springs, with 20 bedrooms, sitting, dining & drawing rooms, private rooms, a billiard room, private and public bars, culinary and servant’s quarters, and all requisite accommodation pertaining to a first-class establishment, involving expenditure of more than £3500.

From the original edition of The Illustrated Australian News.

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State Library Victoria: Accession no: Accession no: IAN 28/03/72/73