The University of Melbourne, 1856, engraving, State Library Victoria

Melbourne’s major cultural and educational institutions were established early in the life of the colony, in the 1850s. They included the State Library, the National Gallery of Victoria and the University of Melbourne. This image of what is today the university’s Old Quad Library was included in Victoria illustrated, a luxury publication produced by Sands and Kenny, and sold exclusively in Australia. Gill’s images were sent to London to be professionally engraved by James Tingle.