Australia (nation)
Found in 2761 Collections and/or Records:
The Pulpit Rock, Blue Mountains, 1870 - 1880
206 x 158 mm. A view from further along the cliff face looking towards this outcrop of rock, which towers over the Grose Valley just beyond Govett’s Leap.
The Queen St Arch, 1901-05
150 x 105 mm. A view of the arch across Queen Street, with pictures of the King and Queen at either side and surmounted by a large crown. With an electric tramcar on the street in the foreground. Electric trams took over from their horse-drawn predecessors in 1897, at which time there were over six miles of track.
The Queenland Gardens, Brisbane, 1910
On the left the Executive Building: at the back the Free Public Library: Queen Victoria's Monument; the gun in front is a Krupp Boer gun from Brakfontein.
The Queenland Gardens, Brisbane, 1910
On the left the Executive Building: at the back the Free Public Library: Queen Victoria's Monument; the gun in front is a Krupp Boer gun from Brakfontein.
The Queensland Club, Brisbane, 1886
280 x 225 mm. A view looking across the Botanic Gardens to the house, an imposing white structure, in George Street.
The rapids of the Yarra, 1909-12
Boy scouts bathing. [Vegetation on the far bank].
The Registrar-General’s Office, 1875
270 x 200 mm. A front view, showing the façade of this single storey building, with a horse and cart at the right of the picture.
The Remarkables Mountains near Queenstown, South Island, 1948
130 x 80 mm.
The Renwick Window, Medical School Syd. University, 1895 - 1900
77 x 197 mm. A view showing one of the stained glass windows in the Medical School, depicting various figures, whose names are not legible.
The 'Ringarooma', 1910-01
Showing drift under overburden and ends of belt, tailrace and hopper, Derby.
The 'Ringarooma' - new mine being opened by the Brisers Company, 1910-01
Landscape format. View showing columns going to upper face, Derby, Tasmania.
The River: Petrie’s Bright and Wharves, 1875
270 x 200 mm. A view looking along the North Bank of the river, showing wharves and ships at anchor. The Government Buildings can be seen in the distance, left of centre. The municipal baths are at the right of the picture, on the water’s edge.
The Road to Fernshaw, 1888 - 1889
206 x 152 mm. A view showing the road in the foreground, with woodland ferns and trees beyond.
The Royal Train, 1901-05
150 x 105 mm. With initials ‘H.W.M.’ printed in ink, right hand corner of print. Showing the train approaching, having just crossed an unidentified bridge, the front of the engine decorated with flags. Presumably at the end of the visit, since although the Royal party arrived by train, this was not publicised, as they were meant to come by sea.
The Royal Visit and you, 1954
A programme of the Royal Visit to Australia.
The Royal Visit and you, 1954
A programme of the Royal Visit to Australia.
The Royal visit to Queensland
[The Ruins of the Garden Palace], 1882
275 x 225 mm. A view of the wreckage from the roof of Government House and looking south towards the Garden Palace. The whole of the central portion of the building has gone, leaving merely at the left and right, the ruins of two of the major towers.
The Sailors' Home, George Street North, 1870 - 1879
273 x 217 mm. General view of the Sailors' Home, situated on the west side of the Circular Quay overlooking Sydney Cove. The three storey building (? plus basement) has four sets of bastardised Venetian windows on each floor and a steeply pitched roof. Date of construction unknown. Sydney Cove and the eastern half of the Circular Quay, with moored ships and warehouses, can be seen in the background.
The Salmon Ponds, 1870 - 1880
179 x 96 mm. A view looking towards small weirs in the ponds, with two men sitting on the ground and one man standing beside the pools, and with houses in the background. These salmon ponds, situated at Plenty, New Norfolk, are used for breeding salmon and trout.
The same [i.e. The Forester River, near Scottsdale] - showing wind pump, 1910-01
The Scots' Church, College Street, 1870 - 1879
275 x 206 mm. View from the west of the attractive and unpretentious Scots' Church, erected in 1824 and now demolished. A plaque on the tower above the west door reads 'Scots' Church erected MDCCCXXIV'. Apart from its pointed windows, this stolid sandstone building with its squat tower has something of the atmosphere of a Norman church. It was designed by S.L. Harris.
The sea east of Emu Bay, from moving train, Tasmania, 1910-01
Landscape format. [Sandy shore with rocky outcrops and sea beyond].
The Seven Cascades, Buldong Falls, Tumut District, New South Wales, 1909
274 x 350 mm. A view of the falls which drop 200 feet in a series of cascades through rocky woodland. The waterfall is on a tributary of the Tumut River.
The Shoalhaven River, South Coast, 1911
A view looking down on to the wide river, which is crossed by an iron bridge with eight spans. With pasture land on either side of the river.