- Title
- Melvill’s Cave. Mt. Kooyoora, formerly the haunt of the notorious bushranger Captain Melville
- Description
The cave pictured here, said to be Captain Melville's bush hide-out north-east of Bendigo, is today a popular rockclimbing site known as Bushranger Bluff at Mt Kooyoora. Melville is also said to have had a cave near Mt Arapiles in Victoria's western district.
- Date
- c. 1860 - c. 1869
- Control
- Accession Number: H2987, Image Number: mp003386
- Archival Source
- Pictures Collection; State Library of Victoria. Details
- Published Source
- Blake, L. J., 'Melville, Francis (1822 - 1857)', in Australian Dictionary of Biography Online Edition, Australian National University, 2006, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050270b.htm. Details
- Rights
- Courtesy State Library of Victoria