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345 x 262 mm. A view of the Eveleigh locomotive building works, with an engine outside on the point of entering one of the bays. With the extension of lines it was found that the Sydney terminal could not cope with both maintaining the locomotives and running services. The need for a new building was felt as early as 1875, and shortly afterwards John Whitton presented plans for the new running-sheds, which were built on a 62 acre site purchased by the Government at Redfern.

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346 x 262 mm. A front view of the running sheds, showing the entrance to the 21 engine bays.

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340 x 262 mm.

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[Pedestrians and horse and carts on the street].

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275 x 209 mm. View looking west across Gresham Street, with the eastern façade of the Exchange visible at the right, overlooking Macquarie Place. This two storey building, with composite pilasters running through both floors, was later enlarged by a further two floors. The left hand building, with its first floor windows flanked by paired Ionic columns, housed a number of businesses, among them that of the Land Surveyor Ernest O. Smith.

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210 x 152 mm. A view of the baroque building, with its dominating fan-shaped window above the entrance, which was built for the 1870 exhibition, celebrating Captain James Cook’s discovery of Botany Bay in 1770. The building was situated in the Prince Alfred Park behind the railway station and was demolished in 1954 in order to build a swimming pool.

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208 x 150 mm. A view showing part of the workings of the machine, which is labelled 'Ruston Proctor and Co. Lincoln, England'.

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274 x 350 mm. A view of two cascades descending through ferns, with a woman watching the falls at the bottom of the picture. Possibly a subsidiary to the main Leura Falls.

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110 x 183 mm. Print stamped with photographer's name. A view of the waterfall from the pool below, with trees on either side. Mount Victoria, 77 miles from Sydney, is the principal starting point for the Jenolan Caves.

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350 x 274 mm. A view looking along a stream, with horses grazing on the banks and two farmers posing for the camera.

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350 x 274 mm. A view of a farm in a valley with cattle grazing, the farm buildings behind and partially cleared hills in the distance.

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A view of a farm in a valley with cattle grazing, farm buildings behind and partially cleared hills in the distance.

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A view of the front of the house, first occupied by Governor Gipps in 1845, and built with mock battlements and turrets.

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272 x 204 mm. View looking across a street towards an unidentified group of verandahed houses. The pencilled caption is largely illegible.

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Landscape format. [Steam ferry].

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Landscape format. [Also showing smoking steamer and sailing ship].

Scope and Contents From the File: The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 7455-7491; 7334-7344 and 7494-7634. Added numbers are: 7519A-7528A; spoiled: 7484-7486, 7525, 7562, 7611-7614, 7621 and 7626; not used: 7459-7460, 7463, 7526-7528, 7336, 7340, 7543-7544; missing: 7455-7456, 7458, 7462, 7464, 7471, 7473, 7476, 7480, 7489, 7334-7335, 7337-7339, 7341, 7533, 7535-7537, 7540-7541, 7547, 7550, 7560-7561, 7570, 7585, 7608, 7618, 7620, 7624, 7631. The photographs are not arranged totally in numerical order...

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190 x 140 mm. A view showing the spectacular drop of the falls over a sheer cliff face.

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140 x 190 mm. A view of the top 40 feet of the falls, with two figures standing on the cliff top. The falls are situated in the Southern Highlands, about 100 miles south of Sydney.

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190 x 140 mm. A view looking out from the top of the falls to the valley below and the distant hills.

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285 x 225 mm. A view from the top of the falls, with the top of the waterfall at the left, looking out over the densely forested valley.

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280 x 225 mm. View showing the spectacular drop of the falls over a sheer cliff face, with a small bridge crossing the river above the falls. The first fall is of 400 feet. The waters form a tributary of the Shoalwater River.

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93 x 58 mm. A side view of the bridge, a wooden structure with wooden supports, with the river level very low.

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148 x 100 mm. Information given states '3 spans of 68 feet each with 7 approach spans, total length 420 feet'. A side view of the bridge, a wooden structure with wooden supports, with the river reaching high up the piers and overflowing its banks.

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191 x 148 mm. A riverside view, with a dirt road leading down into the river, and farms in the distance.