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A view of farm labourers in a field of wheat, with two horse-drawn threshers.

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A view of a partially harvested wheat field, with two horse-drawn harvesters.

Scope and Contents 190 x 140 mm. A view from the bank, showing a curve in the river, with a railway line on the left. The track runs across a shored-up dam on the river, and off into a tunnel.The tunnel in the picture leads through to the Hakesbury Bridge on the Sydney-Newcastle line. Brooklyn is situated near the mouth of the Hawkesbury, just in from Broken Bay, and the bridge was opened in 1889, completing a system which now extended over 1700 miles from Brisbane to Melbourne and Sydney, and then through...

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190 x 140 mm. A view on the river, with a man rowing, and tree covered hills rising on each side. Precise location unknown.

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190 x 140 mm. A view of the railway line, with water on either side. The station is partially obscured by trees, but the sign 'Hawkesbury River' is just legible. With shacks and tents in the foreground.

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190 x 140 mm. A view of the river from the beach, with figures and two rowing boats. Precise location unknown, but probably near the mouth of the river in Broken Bay.

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190 x 140 mm. A view of the river, with men pushing out rowing boats. Precise location unidentified.

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190 x 140 mm. A view of the river from an overlooking hill, with hills in the distance. Precise location not given but probably a view north-west from Brooklyn, the spit of land at the left being Peat's Ferry.

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190 x 140 mm. A view of the Hawkesbury River Station and the railway with the river beyond. A road leads away from the station towards the camera.

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270 x 200 mm. A view looking along the length of the bridge, from slightly below and to one side, and showing the use of wooden supports on the approach spans.

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270 x 199 mm. The information given states '2 spans of 60 feet fixed, 2 swing spans of 60 feet, 19 approach spans, total length 732 feet'. A view from the side showing the centre section of the bridge constructed of iron girders on iron supports.

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A view looking along railway tracks, with strings of freight trucks loaded with different grades of coal. The colliery is in the background and the harbour can be seen in the distance.

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Possibly by Violet Artah Bartlett, fl 1919-1930, although the signature is different from the other examples of her work in the collection.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Fonds: Fifty-three undated watercolours intended as bookmarks, each 200 x 45 mm in size, sold by John Sands of Sydney as indicated by stickers pasted onto the reverse. The images are of birds, with the exception of two koala bears, two kangaroos and one opossum. The vast majority are the work of three authors, signed Artah, M. Simpson and Koddi. Artah is Violet Artah Bartlett, an artist specialising in Australian ornithology who worked in Sydney during the 1920s. It has proved impossible as yet...

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190 x 140 mm. A view of the lighthouse on a cliff, with the harbour beyond. A thirty foot high tower, painted in red and white vertical stripes, the building was erected at Inner South Head in 1858 and named after Admiral Sir Phipps Hornsby, Commander-in-Chief of the British Pacific Fleet in the 1860's.

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200 x 150 mm. Shows corrals and wooden buildings, with railway trucks behind.

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200 x 150 mm. Similar to Y308m/42, but showing more on the left and a sailing ship at anchor beyond the trucks.

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200 x 150 mm. Y308M/43 shows more of the left hand building. Scene as in Y308M/42.

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200 x 150 mm.

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200 x 150 mm.

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200 x 150 mm.

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200 x 150 mm.

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200 x 150 mm.

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200 x 150 mm.

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200 x 150mm.