If you start your Melbourne sightseeing at Flinders St Station, you'll find close by the imposing Anglican cathedral, St Paul's, whose foundation stone was laid in 1835.
The cathedral's architecture is described as a revival of the style known as Gothic transitional, partly early English Gothic and partly Decorated Gothic.
Melbourne, Australia's second largest city and the capital of the state of Victoria, is a fascinating blend of old and new. There is much of Australia's past in the Victorian and Gothic architecture in many Melbourne buildings even as they sit alongside more modern steel and glass structures in a city that is, as well, a mixture of styles.
St Paul's Cathedral is one of Melbourne's most distinctive landmarks.
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Photo: St Paul's Cathedral © Tourism Victoria