The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-11-23
The Australian Chicago.
~onle ln.ereStinG Rards about the MetropoltA
u Australia Remarkable DrN elOIlnleEsl.

The city Of Melbourne. which may. IN
point Of date IF birth and marvellous de
Nrlopment, he regarded "a twin-sster ~
Chl"ago, has up To- the present time been
SlngqIlarly fortunate both as compared with
that city and San Francisco in escaping de-
structlOn by fire According to the last
census, Melbourne and its suburbs appear
to contain about 10 ON souls, and when
II is remembered that the voyage is some
5000 miles. occupies three months, and
never costs less than $40 gold, tins l. a
wondruus population for the place to have
attained iu rorty years IL > not twO years
since its founder, Mr. Fawkener, died. and
but few months since the death of its
hrst mayer. only seventy years of age, was
announced At the present time there is
not III the English dominions cleaner.
more orderly. better police. city than the
capital of Victoria Melbourne is laid out
with great regularity the streets being at
right angles t. one another.
Collins and Bourke streets are the lead
my thornughfarrs The former was named
after one at the Pioneers Of the colony, u
-rau# ot the Well-knuWn author uf the
= st7r Prerase, the standard work ON
..s slLI--t. Tho authors father had been
gentleman usher o. katherine IF Braganza,
the good lady Who played the supertluous
Iart of wife To- the ''AIerrie Monarch. -
Collins street X a broad avenue, about a
mile and a half in length At one end are
the offices If the Ballarat railway, at the
other the government otfices. The central
part of Collins street is the Wall street uf
Melbourne, and the pavement IN front If
the Mining Exchange is daily covered by
excited groups very similar To those which
assemble every day IN New York around
similar resorts
The shops IN Collins street are spacious
and handsome, and III thr afternoon many
well appointed carriages and handsomely
aturcd ladies may ~ seen there Some
of the cdihc,s 100 tins thurOughfare, nuta-
hly the banks IL New South Wales and
\ ictoria, arr really magnificent. Parallel
Wild Uplnis street is Bourke street, which
Is Just the same length Al one end Is the
parliament house, which stands IN a line
with the executive offices AT the end u
Collins street.
Externally the parliament house. which
IS still unfinished, has little to boast of, al
though, having been built at A time when
labor Was most eGtravagsntly dear, it is
said that Il might really have been con
structed uf marble. ready cut from ltalv
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ing a tne collection Of books, to which lib
erdl dddItI.ns are annually made. The
members themselves are the least satlsfac-
tory contents Of the building Universal
suffrage has here proved a bad feature,
and resulted IN the return of a very bad
set II representatives The legislature is
now paid, the members receiving about
q, 500 year besides what they get IN
brides Ia point If character, the upper
house. ur legislative council is very supe-
nor to the lower
Tie other principal public buildings are
the post office and town hall. both very
lne and last hnt not least the library
and museum. For Melbourne, mere
child among cities, with her l2O, OU mia
bltants, can boast If advantages Ill this
respect with New York with her two hun
bred and fifty years million of people and
buundless wealth, cannot.
ule Of the first thoughts of the founders
Of Melbourne was To- establish a public Ii !
brary, where any one Who plcases can have
access t. magnificent collection of books |
from 10 A. NJ. to 10 Z. NJ, On condition
Of washing his hands if they need it, The
books are 81" the upper floor Of the SPLEEN |
dld a.0H-i4re lich contains them, and the
inft-f ll vL,ei. is rapidly increasing, and
contains the germ Of an admirable picture
gallery, is below More than 30, 900
year is annually allowed by the legislature
for the expenses Of the institution, which
will probably become in time very wealthy
~ requests
Just outside the town. which, however, !
is rapidly growing up to it stands the uni
Versity Of Melbourne, whose degrees, by |
an order Of the queen in council, take rank |
with those Of oxford and Cambridge The |
buildings are in Gothic style, and very |
solar to those Of the English universities. |
hr srgngs ave sept Nth that same ex-
ga's.t, Tonnes winch an American always |
admIres IN The ''qua,ls" of TIE venerable |
alma matters in Europe. The chairs Of the /
universally are filled by the most able pro
fessors. They receive from parliament |
s., OOO year and residence ". y. Post.
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