Australia (nation)
Found in 2782 Collections and/or Records:
The Flat Flemington Race Course, 1888 - 1889
201 x 150 mm. A view along the track, with stands in the distance.
The forest land from the train, 1910-01
[No print]. Missing.
The Forester River, near Scottsdale, 1910-01
Landscape format. [Showing stream with dead trees and stumps and stumps in the background].
The founding of Australia, 1937
The Fountain and Terra Cottas, Acclimatisation Society’s Grounds, Bowen Park, 1875
270 x 205 mm. A view looking across the lawn to the bungalow beyond the fountain.
The Fremantle Observer, 1832-05-19
'The Observer', Fremantle, Western Australia, no. 3, a handwritten newspaper edited by Charles Macfaull, laminated by the British Museum Map Room (4 pages). The newspaper contains local news items and intelligence from England.
The Gap, Sydney Heads, 1870 - 1880
206 x 155 mm. A view looking down on the small collection of houses grouped near the edge of the cliff at the gap, a fissure in the cliffs situated midway between Outer South Head and Inner South Head. The cliffs at North Head can be seen in the distance on the other side of the harbour.
[The Garden Palace before the Fire], 1882
280 x 230 mm. A view of the building from the roof of Government House and looking south towards the Garden Palace. A cruciform building 800 ft. long, with towers at the corners and a central dome 100 ft. in diameter, which collapsed in the fire 'with a crash like a peal of thunder'.
The General Post Office, 1875
265 x 215 mm. A front view of the Post Office, with three men standing on the balcony. The Post Office was rebuilt after the second great fire in Queen Street which destroyed a whole block of shops, and was completed on 28th October 1872. This picture was probably taken shortly after completion, as the building does not seem occupied or in use.
The Gladstone Hotel-Lane Cove River (Headquarters Xmas 1888), 1888
155 x 98 mm. A view of the exterior of the hotel, with figures posing in front, and the river in the background. Lane Cove is a suburb on the north side of Sydney Harbour. Photographer probably an amateur.
The Goulbourn River at Hall’s Flat, Alexandra, 1885 - 1891
201 x 151 mm. A view from high ground, looking across hilly wooded land, with the river in the foreground. The land around the river has been partially cleared and cultivated, with many leafless trees showing evidence of ‘ringbarking’.
The Government Printing Office and temporary Telegraph Office, 1875
265 x 207 mm. A three-quarters front view of these two buildings from the street, along which are telegraph poles and wires. The first telegraph message sent in Queensland was from Brisbane to Ipswich on 11 Apr. 1861. By 21 Oct. 1872 there was direct telegraphic communication with Europe.
The Grand Arch, Jenolan Caves, 1911
The caves, a popular tourist spot since the 1860's, and situated 115 miles by road west of Sydney, were originally reached via Oberon, but in 1868 the railway reached Mount Victoria, and from there passengers walked. The road down to the caves, known as the 'Five Mile' was completed around 1887 as far as the Great Arch. In 1896 the road through the arch was completed. The photograph shows a car on the road having just come through the large rock tunnel.
The Great Extended Hustlers Co.’s Quartz Mining Claim, 1875
The Great Wall and Gorge at Kanangra, New South Wales, 1909
350 x 274 mm. A view looking along the sheer cliff face and showing the bottom of the gorge.
The Great Wall and Gorge of Kanangra, New South Wales, 1909
350 x 274 mm. A view of the gorge showing the sheer cliff face and the drop into the steep wooded ground below.
The Great Willow on Yarra Banks, 1888 - 1889
197 x 140 mm. A view of this large willow tree, with the river beyond. The handwritten caption also states ‘grown from cutting taken from Napoleon’s first grove, St Helena’.
The Harbour, Gladstone, 1910
Landscape format. [A still sea with no boats. Jetty with shed visible behind trees]
The Heads-Entrance to Sydney Harbour, 1888 - 1889
207 x 157 mm. A view from the military establishment at Inner South Head with two soldiers standing by a canon and a man and a woman looking out to sea. Across the bay can be seen the cliffs of North Head.
The Hotel, Mount Kosciusko, New South Wales, 1909
350 x 274 mm. A snow scene with skiers in the foreground, with the hotel behind and halfway up the hillside. The opening of Kosciusko as a ski resort was directly due to the work of the famous Sydney photographer Charles Kerry, who in the winter of 1897 led a party from Jindabyne to the summit of Mt. Kosciusko, which in turn led to the building of the hotel and roads.
The Jenolan Caves, New South Wales, 1909
350 x 247 mm. A view in the cave, showing rock formations called 'The Willows', with steps carved out of the stone. A highly spectacular complex of caves situated 70 miles west of Sydney, it has been popular with visitors since the 1860s and a large new cave was found as late as 1953.
The Judge's Garden, Adelaide, 1910
350 x 250 mm. No print.
The kitchens of the same camp, 1909-12
Landscape format.
The kitchens of the same camp, 1909-12
Landscape format.
The Kosciusko Hotel, 5015 ft [i.e. feet] above sea level, N.S.W., 1910
[No print]. [Missing].