Contents include: Antoine Fauchery photographs, 1857: goldfields and early Melbourne 5-14,25. Melbourne: street scenes, wharves, docks, bridges, churches and prominent buildings 16-65. Dandenong street scene 66. Fernshaw: hotels and street scenes 104-7. Bendigo: mines, street scenes and hotels 108-11. Wool wagons and shearing: horse-drawn transport, primitive wool press 112-4. Early settlers: Croajingalong hut, tennis party, Chinese vegetable hawker 115-7. Murray River: barges, wharves 118-9. Cobb & Co.: coaches, offices 120-1. Golden Age Hotel, Omeo 123. Walhalla: roads, waterwheels, mines 127-31. St. Andrews: hotels, coaches, street scenes 132-3. Warrandyte: hotels, street scenes, prospecting and coaches 134-7. Queenscliff: street scenes, waterfront and piers 140-1. Geelong: harbour and waterfront 142-4. Timber and log hauling, saw mills 145-8. Ballarat: street scene and car trial 149-50. Roads to Gippsland: bullock teams and wagons 151-5. Mansfield: wagons 156. Mordialloc: fishing 157. The photographs date from the very inception of outdoor photography.