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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200 x 150 mm.

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200 x 150 mm. Probably more distant view of Y308M/35.

Scope and Contents A view of the building, which stands at the corner of Bridge Street and Gresham Street, taken from Macquarie Place. A sandstone building in the Corinthian manner and designed by J.F. Hilly, the foundation stone was laid in 1853 and the building opened four years later. The two upper floors of the building were added later by A.F. Pritchard. This picture was taken in 1901 at the earliest, the flags hanging on the building having among them the flag of the Federated State of Australia. The...

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350 x 274 mm. A view of the building from Macquarie Place.

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280 x 230 mm. Showing an unidentified part of the building, from the path, with pieces of wall still standing.

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280 x 225 mm. A view showing part of the ruins with a small hut in the foreground. The hut has presumably been erected for workmen clearing up the site. The statue of the huntsman and dogs has been removed.

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280 x 225 mm. Showing part of the ruins, with just an archway standing and a small obelisk behind. In front is a statue, undamaged, of a huntsman with two dogs (a bronze by A. Jacquemart, purchased for £180). The path in front of the statue runs along Macquarie Street, with the camera looking east.

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280 x 225 mm. A view, looking in a northerly direction, showing part of the ruins with a statue of a huntsman with two dogs. The tower of Government House, flying the Union Jack, can be seen in the distance.

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275 x 225 mm. A view from Macquarie Street, looking over the railings towards the ruins, with part of the entrance arch from the street still standing at left.

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280 x 225 mm. A slightly blurred photograph. The photograph was taken in a southerly direction from above ground level, over the railings of Macquarie Street (probably from a house on the opposite side of the street). At the left is the entrance hall and the extent of the ruins are shown behind.

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280 x 225 mm. A photograph taken from above ground level in a southerly direction. A certain amount of clearing work appears to have been done. Part of an arch standing in Y3086A/9 has been dismantled and is no longer visible in this print.

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275 x 225 mm. A photograph of the ruins from Macquarie Street, showing the west entrance before demolition work had been started.

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275 x 225 mm. A photograph of the ruins from Macquarie Street looking in an easterly direction showing the west entrance.

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280 x 225 mm. A view showing the few pieces of standing wall and an arch at the south end of the building.

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280 x 225 mm. A view from the path running beside Macquarie Street and looking north. The parts of the walls still standing are probably part of the west entrance, after some demolition work has been done. With Government House visible in the distance.

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275 x 225 mm. Photograph from the path running beside Macquarie Street. Showing part of the ruins with the top of the obelisk showing behind part of a wall.

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275 x 225 mm. A view of the gutted base of one of the larger towers, exact location uncertain.

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275 x 225 mm. A view of the stairway and entrance, with part of the wall of the gutted tower still standing and a small bronze statue at the corner of the building. This entrance is the one nearest Macquarie Street.

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275 x 225 mm. A view of the stairway and entrance nearest Macquarie Street.

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281 x 197 mm. View looking towards whitewashed factory buildings. The proprietor's name is written on the end façade of the building but is largely faded and only tentatively identified as the premises of S. Zollner.

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350 x 274 mm. A view showing the mine, a corrugated iron structure, in the background, with horses and workers posing in front of the building. Until the 1920s, before which time world demand for Molybdenite, used as a hardening agent in certain steel alloys, was small, Australia was the world's foremost producer of the element. Since that time her production has become relatively insignificant.

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347 x 261 mm. A close-up view of sacks of wheat with two small boys sitting among the pile of sacks.

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262 x 346 mm. A view looking along the line towards a deep cutting carved through rock. A small wooden road bridge crosses over the cutting at its highest point. A pencilled caption in the album states 'Nr Bowral'.

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140 x 190 mm. A view along the railway line between a deep cutting carved out of the rock on both sides. With a small railway across the top of the cutting.