245 x 180 mm. A view of the sham fight with Fort Denison at the left of the picture. Most of the horizon is obscured by smoke, with only one large steamer visible.

179 x 125 mm. A view of the hotel, a sizeable stone building with iron-work verandahs which stands at the junction of Pall Mall and Williamson Street. With several pony traps parked outside.

200 x 125 mm. A view showing a line of shearers, holding sheep and posing for the photographer.

A view looking along a shearing shed, with men at either side at work shearing sheep.

192 x 149 mm. A view looking along a wooden shearing-shed, with men at work shearing with powered clippers. Negative number 948.

350 x 274 mm. A view looking along a shearing shed, with men on either side at work shearing sheep.

Landscape format. [Similar picture to previous one but with cart disappearing into the dust].

Landscape format. Dorset County, Tasmania. [Sheep being driven by a man on horse back with dist obscuring the background].

205 x 150 mm. Showing a large water tank, with feed pipes to where sheep are drinking.

200 x 150 mm. Showing sheep being pushed into a sheep dip and swimming along it.

A view looking down on to the moored sailing ships at the quay. Taken from the east side of the quay, facing south into Sydney. James Barnet's Customs House can be partially seen (before the addition of the first floor verandah).

A view of moored sailing ships, tied three deep to the shore. Stockton lies just north of Newcastle, on a peninsula the other side of the Hunter River. Like Newcastle it is an important coal producer; in the early days of the colony, the worst convicts from Newcastle were sent to Stockton as lime-burners.

200 x 150 mm. Photograph showing sheep loaded in pens aboard ship. Pinkenbah is a suburb of Brisbane, on the river in the north-east part of the city.

200 x 150 mm. A view down the pier with steam and sailing ships being loaded from the railway running down the pier. The ship in the foreground is again the 'Hobart' of Melbourne.

150 x 200 mm. A dockside scene, with sacks of wheat being hoisted aboard the steamer 'Armadale' from the wharf below. With dockers posing for the photographer.

186 x 127 mm. oval print. A view showing two three-masted steamers at anchor, with parts of a large city visible on the far side of the harbour, bearing a resemblance to Sydney. Sydney would certainly be the obvious port of call for leave and business matters, and Powell did have a number of correspondents there.

210 x 165 mm. A black and white photograph showing the inside of a store with three assistants. It is difficult to ascertain the range of products, except for a pharmacy at the rear of the store, and an advertisement for ‘Seeley’s Trusses’.

200 x 150 mm. A black and white print showing goods displayed in the window, including J.C. Hutton’s hams and bacons, sausages and general grocery goods.

200 x 153 mm. A view from Black Hill looking towards Ballarat and showing wasteland and excavations from the mines. The Town Hall tower can be seen on the skyline.

260 x 215 mm. A slightly blurred view looking down central aisle, with barrels on either side.

260 x 210 mm. Showing a corner of the wine press-room, with fermenting barrels lined up.

155 x 105 mm. A view of fermenting wine in barrels.

155 x 105 mm. A row of barrels of fermenting wine.

60 x 95 mm. Showing the manager dipping the instrument into a barrel of grape must (unfermented wine).

200 x 150 mm. Showing a large wooden silo being loaded. The machine loading the silo is driven by a steam engine. With a windmill at right of picture (Caption in crayon on reverse identifieds location as Oakey rather than Roma).