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Three documents relating to Sir Darling's official business in New South Wales.

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203 x 154 mm. A view looking west up the Parramatta River, which is crossed by an iron girder bridge. In the foreground are scattered houses and fields.

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Landscape format.

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Landscape format. [Showing man fishing from rocks].

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Landscape format. [Showing lighthouse].

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280 x 225 mm. A three-quarter front view of the east front of the main building, with the Great Hall on the right. Built in Gothic style, the buildings were designed by Edmund Blacket and started in 1854. The word 'unfinished' in the caption is unclear, or may refer to another part of the University. These particular buildings were completed around 1860.

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236 x 179 mm. A view of the colliery, showing railway lines and trucks, with factory buildings and a brick chimney in the foreground.

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274 x 207 mm. View from waste land looking towards the rear of the factory, a substantial four storey sandstone building with an additional attic floor in wood-frame. A 'To Let' sign stands in front of the building, but whether this refers to the mill or the land behind it is unclear.

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340 x 262 mm. A view of the platform (one side of the tracks only) with passengers awaiting a train.

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340 x 262 mm. A view of the entrance to Petersham Station from the road outside. This brick building with stone facings is dated 1885 above the main doorway. Petersham, on the suburban line to Parramatta, was on the first route to be opened in September 1855 and this plate shows the new station built on the same site.

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346 x 262 mm. A view looking along the line showing the station, platforms and the iron footbridge over the lines.

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346 x 262 mm. A view looking across the line towards the opposite platform and the main entrance hall, with passengers on the platform watching the photographer.

Scope and Contents 345 x 262 mm. A view looking down from the footbridge, showing both platforms, with the Sydney suburbs visible beyond the station: 'Petersham Station is now the centre of thickly populated suburban district, and on the slopes around it are many really delightful villas and gardens. Usual time of trajet from Sydney to Petersham, about twelve minutes.' (NSW Registrar-General's Office 1886, p.23).This photograph is particularly interesting for the variety of passengers seen on the...

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274 x 210 mm. View looking south along Phillip Street, with St James's Church visible at the end of the road. At the right is a block of two storey domestic residences with cast-iron verandah and balcony work.

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209 x 153 mm. A view of the department, with bottles of chemicals in cupboards in the background, and a large copying camera in the foreground.

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208 x 181 mm. A view from the students' seats looking towards the lecturer's rostrum and blackboard.

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205 x 152 mm. A view showing work-benches on which are retorts and bunsen-burners, looking towards shelves of chemical bottles on the wall.

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155 x 208 mm. A view of a room containing various winches, lathes and other equipment.

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208 x 150 mm. A view in the lecture room, looking towards blackboards and diagrams on the wall.

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206 x 153 mm. A view showing the lecturer's desk, and part of the classroom seating.

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346 x 250 mm. Information given states 'Stone abutment, 2 spans 55 feet each, total length 110 feet'. A side view of the wooden bridge, on wooden supports, with the abutment visible below the piers. A mill of some kind is visible behind the bridge.

Scope and Contents 346 x 262 mm. A view of the viaduct from the stream bed which runs beneath it: 'The Railway viaduct at Picton is a work of considerable importance, built of masonry, set in cement and consisting of five openings of 40 feet each. The length is 276 feet, and the height from foundation to rail level, 78 feet.' (NSW Registrar-General's Office 1886, p.84).The line was opened as far as Picton in July 1863, the station lying just on the other side of the viaduct (not visible in this...

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345 x 262 mm. A view showing the side of the viaduct, with a man fishing in the foreground.

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190 x 140 mm. A view of the pier from the beach, a wooden construction with a shelter at the far end.

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[Silhouetted].