Australia (nation)
Found in 2776 Collections and/or Records:
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.
The Sisters' Rocks, Katoomba, N.S.W [i.e. New South Wales], 1872 - 1895
280 x 225 mm. A view across towards the rocks, which lie beyond the large outcrop of rock in the foreground. The thickly wooded Jamieson Valley lies beneath. The three rocks figure in Aboriginal Australian mythology as 'Meeni', 'Wimlah' and 'Gunedoo', three sisters turned to stone for their misdeeds.
The Source of the Edith River in the Tablelands, 1890
204 x 139 mm. A view showing a small waterfall dropping into a large pool surrounded by cliffs. The caption for this print is taken from ‘In Australian Tropics’ by Alfred Searcy (London 1907), where the same photograph is used opposite page 221. The Edith River, about 140 miles SSE of Darwin, drops from below Mt. Todd, until it becomes part of the Ferguson River.
The Spit, Middle Harbour, 1911
A view of the spit of land, with a sandy beach, which projects out into the harbour, and which was a pleasure spot for the Sydney populace. In 1924 a wooden bridge was built out to the Spit, but at this time, pedestrians or vehicles had to punt across.
The S.S. Wodonga, Bowen Jetty, Queensland, 1910
Landscape format. [A bustling crowd on the jetty].
The Summit of Mount Kosciusko, 1910
Landscape format. Three and a half miles away: on the summit is the hut of Mr Ragg, an astronomer. N.S.W. [View from the road of Mt Kosciusko across rough land, with ponies in the foreground].
The Summit of Mount Kosciusko, 1910
[No print]. [Missing]. Three and a half miles away: on the summit is the hut of Mr Ragg, an astronomer. N.S.W. [View from the road of Mt Kosciusko across rough land, with ponies in the foreground].
The Survey Camp at Canberra for the 'Yass Canberra Site', 1910, 1910
Landscape format. [Camp with two wooden huts and tents, with flag pole].
The Survey Camp from the north-west, 1910
Landscape format.
The Sydney Exchange, 1870 - 1880
210 x 152 mm. A view of the exchange, which stands at the corner of Bridge Street and Gresham Street, taken from Macquarie Place. This sandstone building, designed in the Corinthian manner, was opened in 1857. This photograph shows the building before two more floors were added by A.F. Pritchard. For a photograph of the building with these additions see Y3086K/9.
The Sydney University, 1911
A view of the east front of the main building, with the Great Hall on the right. Built in the Gothic style, and designed by Edmund Blackett, building started in 1854.
The Tamar at Launceston: in distance S.S. Loongana (native for swift) - claims to have been the first turbine steamer south of the line, and now plys tri-weekly from Launceston to Melbourne], 1910-01
[No print]. Missing.
The Thredbo River at Creel, near its junction with the Snowy River, N.S.W, 1910
Landscape format. [Showing rapids and an island in the river with rocky slopes with a few trees beyond].
The Three Sisters, Blue Mountains, 1911
A view looking down on to the rocks, three outcrop which stand over the wooded valley floor. With a man and a woman sitting in the foreground at the cliff edge.