Queen’s Wharf in 1853.

Small colonial engraving of Queen’s Wharf as it was in 1853, soon after the gold rush.

The growing demand and need for a public wharf saw Queen’s wharf completed in 1842 at a cost of £80,000, built using bluestone foundations and heavy vertical timber supports. The older Cole’s and Dobson’s wharves were taken over, and eventually the new waterfront stretched from Spencer Street to Queen’s Bridge. It became the principal place of landing goods at the Port of Melbourne.

References:
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 16439.

Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 4084242
State Library Victoria: CCF 994.5 V66S
State Library New South Wales: 74Vv5vQ4lxmZ