As we continue to digitise our archives, some interesting material arises. Today I went through the Scrapbook of Andrew Windsor, my Great grandfather. Andrew was a bit of an artist and in fact, he was the one that drew the original Seal of the Colony of Victoria - before Victoria became a State.
He drew and painted his property at what was then, Red Hill in Dromana.
He showed the clearing the land for farming and drew sketches of the landscape.
He also sketched family and street life with the eye of a cartoonist. For example he appeared to be no fan of government workers.
There are many images of life on Melbourne streets in the 1860s. The images he captured are equivalent to those captured by street photographers of today.
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