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perpetuates the name of the purchaser of the "special survey " -Dendy's upon which he 

 depastured his flock in early days, little foreseeing, perhaps, that the land for which he 

 paid a pound an acre would be selling at from five pounds to twenty pounds sterling 

 a foot within the life-time of a single generation. 



Of the three Brightens which constitute the borough, the first, North Brighton, is 

 urban ; the second, Middle Brighton, is suburban ; and the third, Brighton Beach, is 

 purely marine. The shore-line at the latter forms a succession of curves, commencing at 

 Point Ormond to the north and ending at Picnic Point to the southward. The glare of 

 the sea-beach is relieved by the sombre colouring of the belt of ti-tree which follows its 

 windings, and above it arise the dark crowns of groves of stone-pine and other hardy 

 exotics belonging to the same family, encompassing the many villa residences which have 

 been erected within an easy distance of the Bay, so as to give their occupants the 

 advantages of sea-bathing. 



Looking towards the city the view is bounded by the crescent-like sweep of the 

 eastern shore of the harbour, flanked by the populous boroughs of St. Kilda, South 

 Melbourne and Port Melbourne, which form an almost continuous line of habitations ; 

 and in the background, midway between the two horns of the crescent, the campanile of 

 Government House, the domes of the Exhibition Building and of the Law Courts, and 

 the spires of Melbourne are dimly visible through the haze and smoke that overhang 

 the city. To the westward a forest of masts carries the eye across the harbour to 

 Williamstown, with its clustering roofs and its jets of steam from incoming and outgoing 

 trains, the light-house at Point Gellibrand, and the sandy land stretching away to the 

 outfall of the Koroit Creek. Southward, the spectator, taking his stand on a rocky 

 knoll, at the foot of which the tiny waves make a susurrent murmur as they rise and 

 fall upon the water-worn and russet blocks of ferruginous stone below, that lend a certain 

 warmth of colour to the bank, sees the land trend round in the form of a tense bow to 

 Picnic Point; and beyond this Mount Eliza, lying like a blue fog-bank on the verge of 

 the horizon, can only be faintly discriminated from the paler azure of the sky above. 



A substantial jetty, running out a hundred and fifty yards into the shallow waters 

 of the Bay, offers a pleasant promenade, and the sunsets visible from here are remark- 

 able at certain seasons of the year for their splendour and beauty. Brighton is a 

 favourite place of residence with such of the citizens of Melbourne as do not begrudge 

 the half-hour occupied by the railway journey morning and evening, and its reputation 

 for salubrity is such that when it was considered expedient to remove the Protestant 

 Orphanage from South Melbourne where it occupied the crown of what had originally 

 been a green meadow, but had come to be hemmed in by a populous city this suburb 

 was selected as the site of the new structure. The choice was also influenced by the 

 quietude and comparative seclusion attainable in such a spot. 



North Elwood and Elsternwick intervene between Brighton and St. Kilda. Both of 

 them are in process of transformation from rural suburbs, sparsely sprinkled with isolated 

 mansions and detached villas, surrounded by paddocks or by open spaces of primitive 

 bush, to a compact aggregation of rectangular streets filled with cottages, and steadily 

 advancing towards that phase of development in which the local population will feel 

 themselves entitled to a municipal organization. 



