Australia (nation)
Found in 2776 Collections and/or Records:
Williams River [i.e. Williams Creek], North Coast, New South Wales, 1909
350 x 274 mm. A view looking across the river, the banks on either side of which are lined with trees.
Willoughby Falls Nh Shore, 1870 - 1880
203 x 156 mm. A similar view to plate 27 but taken from slightly more to one side. The figure seen in plate 27 is sitting in front of the falls.
Willoughby Falls North Shore, 1870 - 1880
200 x 154 mm. A view of a small waterfall and cascade with a man seated in front of it. Willoughby is a suburb of Sydney on the north side of the harbour. See also Plate 36.
Willow Vale Dairy, Bangalow, Nth. Coast District, N.S.W. [i.e. New South Wales], 1909
350 x 274 mm. A view of a herd of cows in a field, with farm buildings beyond and hills in the distance.
Wilson Hall, 1885 - 1891
199 x 146 mm. An exterior view of the hall, a building in English perpendicular Gothic style, modelled on Oxford and Cambridge College lines, and designed by Joseph Reed. The cost was borne by Sir Samuel Wilson. The building was completed in 1879, and described by Sir Redmond Barry as being ‘florid but pure in taste’.
Windmill on stream, 1894
130 x 195 mm. Photograph showing an Aboriginal Australian family beside a lake with a windmill behind.
Wollondilly Bridge, near Goulbourn, 1885
280 x 220 mm. Information given states '1 span of 90 feet, 2 spans 65 feet each, 6 approach spans, total length 325 feet'. A view from the river bank of the bridge, with wooden superstructure and wooden piers.
Women's College, 1895 - 1900
206 x 132 mm. A view showing the front of the brick building, with verandahs and balconies on each floor, and a square tower at one end. The Women's College was incorporated as early as 1889, and in 1892 the first students took up residence in a hired house. The College itself came into use in 1894.
Wooden boomerang (returning), 1880 - 1900
Wooden boomerang similar to examples from Victoria and Western Australia in the late nineteenth century. Minor damage suggests it had been used in hunting or recreation.
Wool in Transit, Riverina, 1911
A view showing three wagons, piled high with wool, being drawn by large horse teams.
Wool sorting, 1885 - 1890
194 x 149 mm. A view looking along a wooden shed, where men are working at tables sorting wool into different grades. Negative number 214.
Wool Teams on the road, Kinross, 1909
350 x 274 mm. A view showing three wagons piled high with wool, being drawn by large horse-teams.
Woollahra, 1870 - 1879
272 x 214 mm. View looking down along a row of very similar domestic houses in Gothic style, with steeply pitched slate roofs, rusticated quoins and window surrounds and very elaborately carved (? or cast) decorative bargeboards on the gable ends. Precise location unidentified (? possibly Queen Street).
Wooloomooloo from Domain, 1870 - 1880
217 x 149 mm. A view looking east from the Domain, across Woomooloomoo Bay to the town beyond. Some signs of industry can be seen at the water’s edge – wooden wharfs and some moored sailing ships. Woomooloomoo Bay is now a cramped industrial area, with an enormous wharf projecting out into the Bay.
Woolshed and wagons laden with wool, 1894
195 x 125 mm. Photograph showing heavily laden carts drawn by teams of cattle, with woolshed in background.
Woolsorting and Classing, Burrawong, N.S. [i.e. New South] Wales, 1909
350 x 274 mm. A view showing workers posing in a shed, with wool stored in the loft behind them.
Working programme of Royal Visit to Tasmania, 1954
Programmes, guides, journals and one map relating to the Royal Visits to Jamaica, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Ceylon, Aden, Uganda, Malta and Gibraltar. There is also a report of Barclays Bank D.C.O. Much of the material relates to the tour of Australia.
Workroom, Physics Laboratory, Sydney University, 1895 - 1900
209 x 152 mm. A view of the workroom, with lathes, workbenches and tools.
Workshop, P.N. Russell Engineering School, Sydney University, 1895 - 1900
210 x 154 mm. A view of the workshop, with brickwork floors, into which are set lathes and other engineering equipment.
Wreck - French - Newcastle, NSW [i.e. New South Wales], 1908 - 1909
A view of the deck of a French wreck.
Wreck - French ship - Newcastle, 1908 - 1909
A view showing the hull of an unidentified ship beached on the Newcastle breakwater, with Newcastle harbour in the background and the city in the distance.
Wreck - Newcastle, Australia, 1908 - 1909
A view showing the deck of a French ship.
Wreck - Newcastle, NSW [i.e. New South Wales], 1908 - 1909
A view showing the hull of an unidentified ship beached on the Newcastle breakwater.
Wreck of Orient Line R.M.S. ‘Austral’ (afterwards raised), Sydney Harbour, 1882 - 1883
189 x 110 mm. A view of the ship, almost totally submerged apart from masts and funnels, with Fort Denison visible in the background. The ‘Austral’ sank in Neutral Bay on November 11th 1882, taking a heavy list while coaling. Five people died. The ship was refloated in February 1883.
Wynward Square, 1870 - 1880
232 x 177 mm. A view of the square with a central grassed area surrounded by residential houses. The square had formerly been the site of the Military Barracks built by Governor Macquarie in 1822 and according to Maclehose ‘the biggest in the British Empire’. These barracks were demolished in 1848 and the square named after Major-General E.B. Wynward, who arrived as Commander of the British Forces in Australia and New Zealand in 1848.