Blue lines show hypothesised
surface drainage lines based on
contour data (red lines) from 1853 plans
Elizabeth Street
estimated location of
“Lonsdale swamp / Lake Lonsdale”
Spring Street
Lonsdale Street
Bourke Street
“rain course” marked
in Hodgkinson plan
Swanston Street
“open drain” marked
in Hodgkinson plan
“rain course” marked
in Hodgkinson plan
Spencer Street
areas marked
“impassable slough, April 1853”
in Hodgkinson plan
Graphic: MARK STEHLE Source: HERITAGE COUNCIL OF VICTORIA / ALLIANCE ARCHAEOLOGY
Blue lines show hypothesised surface
drainage lines based on contour data
(red lines) from 1853 plans
Elizabeth Street
estimated location of
“Lonsdale swamp / Lake Lonsdale”
Spring Street
Lonsdale Street
Bourke Street
“rain course” marked
in Hodgkinson plan
Swanston Street
“open drain” marked
in Hodgkinson plan
“rain course” marked
in Hodgkinson plan
Spencer Street
areas marked
“impassable slough, April 1853”
in Hodgkinson plan
Graphic: MARK STEHLE Source: HERITAGE COUNCIL OF VICTORIA / ALLIANCE ARCHAEOLOGY
Blue lines show hypothesised surface
drainage lines based on contour data
(red lines) from 1853 plans
estimated
location of
“Lonsdale swamp /
Lake Lonsdale”
Elizabeth St
Lonsdale Street
Bourke Street
areas marked
“impassable slough, April 1853”
in Hodgkinson plan
Graphic: MARK STEHLE
Source: HERITAGE COUNCIL OF VICTORIA /
ALLIANCE ARCHAEOLOGY