1877 Theatre Royal Bourke Street Melbourne 1901-1920 in those days known as

in those days known as the Melbourne Coal Co

but it proved inadequate as the city grew

The photo was taken from the roof of the newly-completed Cromwell House building on the south-east corner of Collins and Russell Street

sometime between 1923 and 1965

1877 Theatre Royal Bourke Street Melbourne 1901-1920 in those days known asA photograph of the second Theatre Royal (1872 1933) in 1877, where a production entitled "Pluto" was playing to enthralled crowds. This building was at 236 Bourke Street on the northern side between Swanston Street and Russell Street. A store which found accommodation in the ground floor of the theatre was S. S. Hough & Co.'s Depot of Novelties, also offering themselves as Importers of Fancy Goods. The original Theatre Royal on this site burned down