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270 x 221 mm. A view of the mortuary buildings, with an arch for the railway to proceed through and three men standing on the platform in the foreground. The building is dated 1868. Haslem’s Creek was a station on the Sydney to Parramatta line which at that time lay 11 miles west of the city. Presumably some funeral train service was offered between the two points.

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206 x 158 mm. A view of the mortuary at Redfern, of pseudo-ecclesiastical architecture, with a squat spire in the foreground. See also plate 69.

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[No print]. [Missing].

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A view of the ski-resort hotel, with snow on the ground and skiers in front of the building posing for the camera.

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350 x 274 mm. A view looking down on to the main Western Road, which curves uphill and behind an outcrop of rock. With a car on the hill.

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346 x 265 mm. A view showing a cutting in the road. A figure is standing on the road between the rock walls on either side. Sir T.L. Mitchell's name is printed in the corner of the page.

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275 x 220 mm. A view of the beach, with the cottage among trees on the far side of the bay, and with eroded rocks in the foreground. Three men are facing the camera on the left.

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151 x 111 mm. A view of a rocky ridge, with a patch of snow, and a small pool and grasses in the foreground.

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233 x 175 mm. A side view of the bridge, a wooden structure resting on a single pair of iron piers.

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536 x 195 mm. 3 prints joined. Information given states '2 spans of 80 feet each on iron cylinders'. A panoramic side view of the bridge, with horses and carts loaded with water barrels, and riders and pedestrians on the approach to the bridge, a wooden structure resting on a single pair of iron piers.

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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345 x 262 mm. A view looking across the Mulwarrie Ponds Viaduct, a girder construction resting on brick piers, situated just outside Goulbourn on the Southern Line. The line as far as Goulbourn was opened in May 1869.

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262 x 209 mm. View looking across (?) Pitt Street towards the two storey Municipal Chambers which stands on the corner of Wells Street, with the small wooden premises of E. Allen, family butchers, and domestic residences beyond. The segmental pediment which stands on Ionic columns on the first floor above the porch is inscribed with the date 1870.

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346 x 262 mm. A view showing the iron girder bridge across the Murray, with one man standing on the river bank and two railway workers on a trolley on the line itself. The temporary rail bridge can be partially seen behind the new bridge, which was built in 1884 during John Whitton's period as Engineer-in-Chief.

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211 x 153 mm. A view of display cases in the museum, showing skeletons of horses, alligators and various birds.

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190 x 140 mm. A view of the museum. A telegraph pole can be seen centre foreground in this picture. The first telephone was installed in Sydney in 1880; by 1882 there were 300 lines.

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350 x 274 mm. A view showing a very sharp bend in the river, with cleared and ploughed land on either side, and woods in the distance.

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196 x 150 mm. A view of the exterior of the herbarium, a two-storey building completed in 1899. The herbarium was erected during J.H. Maiden's directorship.

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275 x 220 mm. A view of the camp from across the river, showing wooden cabins above the river, a small shed on the river bank and a rowing boat in the river.

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140 x 190 mm. A river scene in the National Park, with a rocky bank and trees. Now called the Royal National Park, after the Queen's visit in 1954, the park was founded in 1879. Lying just south of Sydney, it includes the coastal area to the south of Port Hacking.

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140 x 190 mm. A river scene in the park, with a shed, a small jetty and rowing boats in the foreground. The photograph is taken from in front of the Park Camp. Photographer probably Charles Kerry.

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190 x 140 mm. A river scene in the National Park, with a man rowing on the river. Photograph probably by Charles Kerry.

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190 x 140 mm. A view of the river through the trees from an earth road. With a man rowing. Photograph probably by Charles Kerry.

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190 x 140 mm. A river scene in the National Park, with thickly wooded hills beyond and a man in a rowing boat. Photograph probably by Charles Kerry.

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190 x 140 mm. A river scene in the National Park, with a man in a rowing boat. Photograph probably by Charles Kerry.