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285 x 230 mm. A three quarter front view of the bulky sandstone building resting on a stylobate twenty feet high, and rising from that, forty foot Corinthian piers with carving at the top. The building was finished in 1864 to James Barnet's design and part of the old museum can be seen behind the new building. The museum is at the junction of Park Street and College Street.

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230 x 172 mm. A view showing a track leading through woodland down to the seashore in the foreground.

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350 x 274 mm. A view of the wide curve of the beach, with a small village on the far side, and high wooded hills in the distance. Port Stephens is the partly drowned estuary of the Karuah River, about 30 miles north of Newcastle, and a holiday resort for that area. Nelson Bay is situated on the inside of the south headland of the harbour, fairly near its mouth.

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190 x 140 mm. A view of the river, with a rowing boat and five men in the foreground. The Nepean River is in fact part of the Hawkesbury River system, itself over 300 miles long, but its various parts given four different names. When discovered, they were thought to be different rivers and the old names have been retained.

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190 x 140 mm. A view of the river, from which rise heavily wooded banks. With figures standing on the bank in the background. Precise location unidentified.

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190 x 140 mm. A view of the river, with figures in the distance standing on stepping-stones. Precise location unidentified.

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190 x 140 mm. A view of the river, with steep wooded banks and a man fishing in a rowing boat in the foreground. Precise location unidentified.

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190 x 140 mm. Photograph printed from a broken plate and picture not in sharp focus beyond the foreground. A view of the river, exact location unidentified.

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190 x 140 mm. A view of the river at a narrow point, with three figures posing on rocks by the river. Precise location unidentified.

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190 x 140 mm. A view of the river looking down from a bank, with wooded hills stretching away beyond. Precise location unidentified.

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190 x 140 mm. A view looking down on to a pool in the river and to the banks rising beyond. Precise location unidentified.

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75 x 50 mm. A view showing part of the bridge, under construction. Started in 1923, the bridge which links the north and south sides of the harbour was completed in 1932.

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242 x 165 mm. A view looking across the railway line towards the colliery, showing the colliery office, piles of coal ready for transportation, and a group of workers standing near a coal chute which stands over the railway line.

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These files include annual reports, accompanied in some cases by explanatory letters, reports of annual general meetings, statements of accounts and other papers.

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Coloured and monochrome postcards, mostly of bays in Sydney.

Scope and Contents From the Series: By the end of the nineteenth century, the society had established a large non-resident membership in the overseas empire and within the United Kingdom among those not living in the London area. At first a network of honorary corresponding secretaries was formed to manage the society's affairs outside London. In 1910 it authorised the establishment of local branches to increase membership and extend the scope of its activities. The first UK branch was formed in Bristol in 1913 and the first...

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251 x 200 mm. A view looking across the railway line and into the town, showing a street of shops and houses on the hill behind.

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235 x 163 mm. A view looking along a street and up a hill in the town, with houses and shacks on either side, and two churches visible. On top of the hill, largely obscured by trees, stands an unidentified building with turrets and crenellations.

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A view from rising ground in the town, looking over the rooftops to the harbour and the sea, with the promontory of Nobby's Head beyond the wharves.

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350 x 274 mm. A view from rising ground in the town, looking over roof tops to the harbour and the sea, with the promontory of Nobby's Head beyond the wharves.

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A view showing part of the (?) southern breakwater at Newcastle.

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340 x 262 mm. Exterior view.

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340 x 262 mm. Platform view.

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A view looking down from the wooded banks of the estuary and along its course. The estuary is Pitt Water which debouches into Broken Bay, north of Sydney.

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A view looking down from the wooded banks of the estuary and along its course, with the sea in the distance. The estuary is Pitt Water which debouches into broken Bay, north of Sydney.