Facing p.20, referred to on p.17.

A view of a figure standing at South Head and looking towards the cliffs of North Head, with a large steamer leaving the harbour.

A blank admittance card to the Royal Reception at Parliament House, South Australia, 23 March 1954.

150 x 50 mm.

150 x 50 mm.

156 x 206 mm. A view of those picturesque falls taken from below, with woodland on either side.

260 x 210 mm. View of single storey stone built house, with a covered verandah in front and trees in the fenced-off garden behind.

260 x 215 mm. A view with the house in the background and an orchard of miscellaneous trees fenced off in front. With the old stables in the centre, and wine stores at the right. Tangorin Mount is at the far right of the picture on the horizon.

340 x 262 mm. View looking along the platform from above, probably taken from a bridge.

285 x 230 mm. A view showing Papua New Guineans posing by the waterside, amid houses and canoes. Of the three Europeans in the picture, the figure on the left is probably Charles Lyne. The photograph is an original for an illustration in Lyne, p. 30.

Trees.

156 x 110 mm. A group picture showing three ladies, Alfred Tennyson, and two Tongan men in a garden.

345 x 262 mm. A view of the Eveleigh locomotive building works, with an engine outside on the point of entering one of the bays. With the extension of lines it was found that the Sydney terminal could not cope with both maintaining the locomotives and running services. The need for a new building was felt as early as 1875, and shortly afterwards John Whitton presented plans for the new running-sheds, which were built on a 62 acre site purchased by the Government at Redfern.

346 x 262 mm. A front view of the running sheds, showing the entrance to the 21 engine bays.

340 x 262 mm.

[Pedestrians and horse and carts on the street].

200 x 150 mm. Showing a man standing in a field thick with large daisies. With mountains in the background. A number of species of everlasting daisies occur in Australia, so-called because, the flower when dead, dries retaining a life-like appearance.

185 x 128 mm. A view showing various mines, with piles of rubble and large pieces of quartz in the foreground. Claims identified in the key are Mr. Lansell’s No. 180 Claim, Victoria and New Chum Company, The North Old Chum Claim, and the Old Chum Claim.

275 x 209 mm. View looking west across Gresham Street, with the eastern façade of the Exchange visible at the right, overlooking Macquarie Place. This two storey building, with composite pilasters running through both floors, was later enlarged by a further two floors. The left hand building, with its first floor windows flanked by paired Ionic columns, housed a number of businesses, among them that of the Land Surveyor Ernest O. Smith.

210 x 152 mm. A view of the baroque building, with its dominating fan-shaped window above the entrance, which was built for the 1870 exhibition, celebrating Captain James Cook’s discovery of Botany Bay in 1770. The building was situated in the Prince Alfred Park behind the railway station and was demolished in 1954 in order to build a swimming pool.

199 x 140 mm. A view looking across the lake in Carlton Gardens to the Exhibition Buildings, with a central arched entrance which has behind it a large dome. Built in 1879-80 for the International Exhibition, it was the central landmark of the city for many years. Designed by Joseph Reed, the building cost £246,000 and contained 22 acres of floor space.

140 x 100 mm. A view of the exhibition buildings from Nicholson Street with Carlton Gardens on the left.

200 x 150 mm. Showing a field of oats, with a man standing waist-high amongst the crop.

208 x 150 mm. A view showing part of the workings of the machine, which is labelled 'Ruston Proctor and Co. Lincoln, England'.

200 x 150 mm. Showing a field of wheat, with a briefcase placed in front as an indication of scale.