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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A scene on the Hawkesbury River, with sheep, wooded hills on the far bank, and two large tower-like rocks in the foreground.

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A view looking seawards past the obelisk which marks Captain Cook's landing place in 1770; with a jetty projecting out in to the bay. Kurnell lies on the Kurnell Peninsula, which forms the southern headland enclosing Botany Bay.

Scope and Contents 213 x 149 mm. A view looking out to sea with the monument in the foreground. Admiral La Perouse’s voyage, inspired by that of Captain Cook and at the instigation of Louis XVI, probably had as one of its motives the annexation of any parts of Australia not already claimed by the British. After sailing through parts of the Pacific he made a camp at Botany Bay in January 1788. He left Australia in March of that year and no more was heard of the expedition until 1826 when remains were found at...

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275 x 220 mm. Showing the road running along the side of the tree lined river, where a man sits in a rowing boat.

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220 x 275 mm. Showing a man in a pony trap approaching the camera on the earth road, with the bridge behind (obscured by trees) and tall woods on either side.

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220 x 275 mm. A view of the wooden bridge, with tall trees on either side, and with a pony trap crossing the bridge.

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220 x 275 mm. A slightly blurred view looking down on to the earth road, with the bridge in the foreground and a pony trap on the road. With thick woods on either side of the road.

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220 x 275 mm. A view of a man standing on the earth road, with thick woods on either side.

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220 x 275 mm. A view looking down the earth road, thickly wooded on either side with tall trees.

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210 x 155 mm. A view of the large block of sandstone, with carved steps and a carved inscription, with Farm Cove partly visible at the left of the picture. The carving was done in 1816 so that the Governor’s wife could rest and look across the harbour on the walk back from the town to Government House.

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190 x 140 mm. A view of the lake from a hill, looking down on a bungalow near the shore.

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75 x 57 mm. A view showing tour members sliding down a luggage chute onto the quayside.

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A view of the building, similar in design to the Chief Secretary's Office and also designed by James Barnet in 1877. The photograph is taken from the junction of Bridge Street and Macquarie Place. The building was started in 1877 but by 1888 only the north-west corner was finished.

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350 x 274 mm. A view of the building taken from the junction of Bridge Street and Macquarie Place.

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210 x 160 mm. This ship, of the Houlder Line, sailed from Newcastle with horses on 14 November 1899 and 9 March 1900.

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244 x 255 mm. A three-quarter front view of the fine stone bridge with one arch of 150 foot span. Designed and built by David Lennox in 1834-5, it was opened to traffic in 1836, and is still in use. The bridge crosses Prospect Creek near Liverpool. Sir T.L. Mitchell's name is printed at the corner of the page.

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236 x 207 mm. A view of Lennox's bridge from the water, showing its fine proportions. Sir T.L. Mitchell's name is printed at the corner of the page.

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210 x 152 mm. A view showing some of the workings of a machine, presumably used for stress-testing on the strength of components.

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273 x 210 mm. View from Macquarie Street of the Legislative Council buildings. This building started life as one of the wings of the Rum Hospital. It became the Legislative Council Chamber in 1843.

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A volume entitled 'Australian emigrants letters 1834-5' containing six inserted letters, probably all sent to Alexander Macleay.

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210 x 152 mm. A view of a corner of the library, with bookshelves lining the far wall and various trophies and cups on a centre table. The Library pictured here is not the more magnificent Fisher Library, which was not opened until 1910.

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Collection of professional photographs, each 90 x 70 mm, published for the Yass Newsagency by the Valentine Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., Sydney and Melbourne. Yass is 43 miles north of Canberra. Its population in 1947 was 3254.

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A view across the valley, with a small residential community in the middle distance, and the ironworks beyond, with smoke drifting across the valley.

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275 x 206 mm. View looking up Liverpool Street towards the Willow Tree Inn at the junction with Castlereagh Street. The right foreground of the print is occupied by a large four storey bonded warehouse and factory named the Virginia Factory. The right-hand portion of the building is occupied by Cameron's Bond.