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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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Scope and Contents 282 x 196 mm. A view of some of the more impressive buildings in Pitt Street, looking towards Bridge Street and taken from the junction of Pitt Street and Spring Street. The exchange can be seen at the end of the row of buildings, while the second building on the right with columns on the second storey and a stone parapet with a statue above it, is No 60 Pitt Street, the Australian Mutual Provident Society Building which in 1863 won an inter-colonial competition for its designers Reed and...

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273 x 188 mm. View looking along Pitt Street from its junction with King Street. On the corner in the left foreground is Punch's Hotel, operated by Thomas Punch, a substantial three storey building. Beyond are more modest commercial premises, including Washington H. Soul's Patent Medicine Depot at no. 221.

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270 x 204 mm. View of modest residences.

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201 x 150 mm. A general view along Pitt Street, with horse carriages and pedestrians in the street.

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A view along the street, with trams, pedestrians, and horse carts. The street leading off to the left is Moore Street, now called Martin Place. Pitt Street runs parallel to George Street.

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350 x 274 mm. A view looking down from roof top level along Pitt Street, with the tower of the Post Office building visible on the skyline at the right.

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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.

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A series of slides showing the CCCS's work among rural communities in Australia.

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A rear view of large traction engine pulling three ploughs, each with a small seat for one man.

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222 x 135 mm. A view showing the School of Mines in the foreground, with the Engineering School (with tower) behind. The school is named after the benefactor Sir Peter Nicol Russell who during his lifetime gave £100,000 to the university.

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201 x 147 mm. A view of the one-storey building surmounted by a tower, on which is carved the date '1891'.

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195 x 133 mm. A view looking across the pond towards a cluster of small stone cottages.

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275 x 220 mm. A view looking down on to the river, with thickly wooded banks, and two men in a rowing boat on the water.

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275 x 220 mm. A view of the river, with steep wooded banks, showing part of the dam in the foreground. A small steamboat and a rowing boat are moored in the river.

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275 x 220 mm. A view of the river at a fairly wide point, with tree-lined hills coming to the water's edge.

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275 x 220 mm. A view of the edge of the river with trees running down to the sandy beach.

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237 x 186 mm. A view looking along a wharf, with sailing ships moored and cranes loading sacks of wheat from railway trucks. Trucks loaded with coal can be seen on the line to the right.

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265 x 204 mm. A view looking along the railway lines which run down to the wharves, with the harbour and Nobby’s Head beyond. By the dockside is a raised track and machinery for loading coal with the masts of berthed ships visible behind.

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242 x 192 mm. A view looking out over the roofs of the town towards Nobby’s Head, with shipping in the harbour and moored to wharves. Nobby’s Head was originally an island (first mentioned in Captain Cook’s log for May 1770), the breakwater being constructed between 1818 and 1846. The lighthouse, built in 1857, can just be seen: previously the island had served first as a convict labour camp and then as a quarantine station.