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209 x 152 mm. A view of the workroom, with lathes, workbenches and tools.

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210 x 154 mm. A view of the workshop, with brickwork floors, into which are set lathes and other engineering equipment.

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A view of the deck of a French wreck.

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A view showing the hull of an unidentified ship beached on the Newcastle breakwater, with Newcastle harbour in the background and the city in the distance.

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A view showing the deck of a French ship.

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A view showing the hull of an unidentified ship beached on the Newcastle breakwater.

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189 x 110 mm. A view of the ship, almost totally submerged apart from masts and funnels, with Fort Denison visible in the background. The ‘Austral’ sank in Neutral Bay on November 11th 1882, taking a heavy list while coaling. Five people died. The ship was refloated in February 1883.

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232 x 177 mm. A view of the square with a central grassed area surrounded by residential houses. The square had formerly been the site of the Military Barracks built by Governor Macquarie in 1822 and according to Maclehose ‘the biggest in the British Empire’. These barracks were demolished in 1848 and the square named after Major-General E.B. Wynward, who arrived as Commander of the British Forces in Australia and New Zealand in 1848.

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277 x 207 mm. Showing a corner of Wynyard Square, with Pfahlert's Family Hotel prominent in the left foreground and terraced residential houses beyond. The square had formerly been the site of military barracks built by Governor Macquarie in 1822. These barracks were demolished in 1848 and the square re-named after Major General E.B. Wynyard, who arrived in that year as Commander of British Forces in Australia and New Zealand.

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265 x 211 mm. View looking along Wynyard Square East, with no. 1 Wynyard Square in the right foreground. This substantial three storey residential building, with a cast-iron balcony running along the first floor, is surmounted by the inscription 'Isaac Levey 1861'. The next building along in the square is Horner's Family Hotel.

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275 x 214 mm. View looking along the row of commercial premises along the south side of Wynyard Square. In the foreground is the three storey, nine bay building occupied by T.F. Meyer and Co. and D. Mitchell and Co. The first storey windows of this building are recessed into arch-topped openings with decorative fanlights above the windows. Beyond are the premises of Charles Teakle, auctioneer.

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190 x 140 mm. Uncaptioned print. In the foreground a yacht with three sails flying has been well caught by the photographer. With the cliffs of North Head in the background.

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280 x 220 mm. Information given states '2 spans of 75 feet each with 1 approach span, total length 180 feet'. A side view of the bridge from the river bank, with riders and pedestrians on the bridge. A wooden superstructure with wooden piers.

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255 x 241 mm. Information given states '1 span of 180 feet, 2 approach spans, Total length 240 feet'. A view from the river bank showing the white lattice bridge, with two iron supports on the river bank.

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335 x 255 mm. A view looking down on to and across the bridge, showing the wooden roadway and the small township on the far side of the river. The town of Yass lies west of Goulbourn.

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260 x 189 mm. A view showing a tree-lined pathway in the outer Domain with women and children siting in the shade. The outer Domain is the southern half of the open land south of the Botanic Gardens.

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204 x 156 mm. A view looking up from a jetty at the water’s edge, towards the long low building of the abattoir. These abattoirs were situated on the Pyrmont side of the Glebe Island Bridge, and can be seen to the north of the bridge in Plate 24.

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216 x 270 mm. A view looking out over the dense forest of the Jamieson Valley from the top of the Weatherboard (Wentworth) Falls.

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157 x 203 mm. A similar view to the plate 34, but from a slightly different angle, and with the view no longer obstructed by trees.

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...

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 coastal scene, with trees almost to the water's edge and a rowing boat with three men aboard.

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190 x 140 mm. A view of the Lithgow zigzag, a spectacular piece of railway engineering by John Whitton, on the descent from the Blue Mountains. The viaducts, opened in 1869 and cut through heavy rock, allowed the railway to descend on a gradient of 1 in 42 by three parallel sweeps across the face of the ravine. The zigzags were replaced by tunnels in 1910.

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178 x 110 mm. A view of the Lithgow Zig-Zag, a massive piece of railway engineering by John Whitton, which enabled the railways to descend on the far side of the Blue Mountains on the Western Line from Sydney. These viaducts were opened in 1869.