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Appendix4–A3versionoftheFiguresprovidedinthereport

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Figure1OneversionofHoddle’s1837plan(PROVVPRS8168/P05–SYDNEYM8)ofthegridlayoutthatwastobecometheMelbourneCBD.Notetheoriginalshadingthatindicateselevatedland/hillsinsections19and6andslopinglandalongthe

roughalignmentofQueenStreetandsouthofCollinsStreet.

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Figure2PlanoftheMelbourneCBD,showingthestreetsforwhichsurveyorDarke’s1837proposedlevelsareavailable,andshowingthoselocationswherefillingwasconsideredtoberequired(inorange).

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Figure3Probableintermittentwatercourses/drainagelinesintheMelbourneCBD,basedonHodgkinson’s1953contourdata.

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Figure4SurveyorDarke’sproposedlevels(1837)forthewesternportionofLonsdaleStreet.Thenotationsontheplanindicatethattheredlineshowsthethenpresentsurfaceandtheblacklineshowstheproposedlevel.Notethatthevertical

scaleisexaggerated(PROVVPRS8168/P05–SYDNEYM45C).

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Figure5SurveyorDarke’sproposedlevelsforthelengthofCollinsStreet.Again,theredlineindicatesthethenlandsurfaceandblacklinesindicateproposedlevels.Verticalscaleisexaggerated(PROVVPRS8168/P05–SYDNEYM45A).

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Figure6LocationsoffillingeventslistedinAppendix2overlaidonaplanofthedistributionofHeritageInventorysites.

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Figure7DetailofProeschel’s1853mapofMelbournewithHodgkinson’s1853contoursoverlaid.Notethebasin-likeconditionsoftheblockboundedbyLonsdale,LittleLonsdale,RussellandStephenStreets(withwaterflowlikelytoenterfrom

thenorthnorthwest,north,andnorthnortheast)withconditionslikelymadeworsebytheformingofpartofLonsdaleStreetinthislocation.Accordingtothekeythestippledareasofthemaparevacantland,theL-shapedandT-shapedbuildings

notethelocationsofaschoolandchapel,respectively.

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Figure8ExcerptfromTheArgus(26/10/1861)describingafillingorderforpropertyownedbyJames/JohnSmithinAlmaStreet,SmithWard(Carlton).

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Figure9Copyofaletterfrom’21FranklanStreet’requestingfillfromthePublicWorksCommittee(VPRS3181/P01,unit822).

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Figure10Locationofthearchaeologicalsitesdiscussedinthissection.

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Figure11ThelocationoftheStorkHotel,andSamuelBenjamin’slandonElizabethStreet.Whilethe1880contourplanshowsnoevidenceofFranklinStreethavingbeenbuiltup,itisclearthatthisareacouldhavebecomefloodedbywaterflowing

infromthenorth.Areasshadedlightblueareheritageinventorysites.

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Figure12ShowingthepartlyknownandpartlyinferredlineofagullyidentifiedduringtheexcavationofH7822-2028atthecornerofFranklinandElizabethStreets.ThisgullyappearstoflowfromthedirectionofcornerofElizabethandTherry

Streets.

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Figure13LocationoftheLittleLonsdale/WesleyanprecinctHeritageInventorysites,andtheExplorationLanesite(H7822-1096)laterexcavatedbyVincentClarkandAssociates.

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Figure14Anexcerptfromthe1855GippsWardratebook,showingaportionoftheentriesforalanewayoffLittleLonsdaleStreetpresumedtobeBennettsLane.Theupperredunderlinednotationsappeartoread‘buriedby[?notlegible]’,the

lowestoneappearstoread‘raisedup’.

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Figure15Showingtheestimatedlocationsofthosepropertiesthat1854-1856ratebookentriessuggestmighthavebeensubjecttodisruptionasaresultoffillingrequirements.Sizeanddimensionsofpropertiesarenotcurrentlyknownandfurther

researchwouldberequiredtodeterminethis.BlueshadingindicatesthelocationofaHeritageInventorysite.

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Figure16PlanshowingtheinferredlocationofLoftusLane.

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Figure17ThelocationsofknowndeepfillingeventsintheMelbourneCBD.

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Figure18Hodgkinson’s1853contourplanofMelbourne.

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Figure19Munro’s1880contourplanofMelbourne.

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Figure20Planshowingthe1853Hodgkinsoncontourlinedataset(inred)laidoverthe1880Munroplan.

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Figure21Planshowingthe1853Hodgkinsoncontourlinedataset(inred)laidoverthe1880Munroplanwithgreenshadinghighlightinglocationsthatmayhavebeensubjecttofilling.

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Figure22Preliminaryassessofthelikelylocationsthatfillingmayhavebeenrequired,basedonDarke’s1837proposedstreetlevels(Figure3)andthe1853contourdata.