Roberts Avenue in Horsham - which commemorates Field Marshall Lord Roberts, commander in chief of British forces during the Boer War - was once known as Splatt Street after pioneer Wimmera pastoralist William Splatt.
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In this 1898 photo, the small white building at the top left - on the corner of Urquhart Street - is the original wooden Methodist Church, which was replaced in February 1912.
The wooden church was removed and re-erected next to the Working Men's Club.
The next building is the O'Beirne and Lindsay Skin Store. This building was Horsham's first skating rink, the Victorian Skating Rink, built in 1888.
In 1893, it became a skin and wool store, and was owned by Dodd and Hargreaves.
J. and F O'Beirne took over the business about 1905 and the store became known as O'Beirne and Lindsay. In 1908, the building burnt down and was rebuilt by Mr Robert Lindsay.
He retired in 1930 after 24 years in the business, which was then taken over by SH Waters and Co.
In 1948, the Horsham council deemed the skin store an offensive trade, giving the owners 12 months to relocate.
So, in 1949 it was moved to a new building in Firebrace Street South, opposite the outdoor swimming pool that was built later.
Continuing west towards the White Hart Hotel, the picture shows the old Gillies flour mill, built in the early 1870s, and what are assumed to be Gillies' residences, built on an angle to the street.
The flour mill was sold to TR Noske in 1900 and the whole operation was relocated to Wawunna Road in 1902.
Since then, the site has been occupied by a kindergarten, infant welfare and a brick building used by Dr Gerald O'Brien and Dr Doug Jinks.
Next door, Dr Docker Read built a two-storey residence, then Dr Mark O'Brien's home and office and later, Tim and Cathy Mintern's bed and breakfast.
It's believed that the angled residences on the old mill site were demolished and replaced by the Abbotsleigh Private Hospital in about 1905.
The hospital closed around 1948, becoming the Lutheran Rest Home until 1980, when it was demolished.
The site is now occupied by the Town House Motel, which still has one of the original Norfolk pine trees.
The White Hart Hotel, on the extreme right of the picture, was built in 1882.
Vectis stonemason, Michael Harris carried out the brickwork on the building.
In the foreground of the picture is the early Horsham courthouse and police station.
