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Three satirical nineteenth-century cartoons concerning New South Wales, Australia, by unknown artists. There is an accompanying letter from [Rex Rienis] to D.H. Simpson, R.C.S. Librarian, 29 May 1968, describing the first two items.

Scope and Contents 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 series of slides showing the CCCS's work among rural communities in Australia.

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350 x 274 mm. A view looking down on the rickety mine buildings, which are perched precariously on the steep slope of a hill.

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A view of the goldmine, perched on the slope and surrounded by hills.

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A view of dense woodland, showing the palms among taller forest trees.

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A dense forest scene, with Banagalow Palms growing among other forest trees.

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266 x 216 mm. View looking across George Street towards the east façade of the Bank of Australasia, designed in classical style by Edmund Blacket in 1857-58. The Jamieson Street corner is in the left foreground. The building is of three storeys and five bays, with a rusticated ground floor and quoins, and with pediments above the arched windows on the first floor. The premises of George Loxton and Co. (? printers), can be seen to the north towards the junction with Charlotte Place.

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190 x 140 mm. A view of the river showing a large circular pool, surrounded by steep wooded banks. Men can be seen standing on stepping-stones in the river.

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340 x 262 mm. A view showing the station exterior with its distinctive Dutch gables.

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340 x 262 mm. A view showing the platform.

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340 x 262 mm. A view showing the station exterior with its distinctive Dutch gables. The station was built in 1876 and 'The railway guide of New South Wales' mentions its 'large and convenient refreshment-room' (NSW Registrar-General's Office 1886, p.73).

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282 x 209 mm. View looking up along the south side of Bathurst Street, from the junction of Bathurst Street and Sussex Street. In the right foreground at 295 Sussex Street, at the junction with Bathurst Street, is the independent Methodist Chapel, a two storey brick building with stepped gables facing onto Bathurst Street. Further down the street is the small Kerosene Oil Depot.

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264 x 210 mm. View from the junction of Bathurst Street and Sussex Street looking west, with the southernmost tip of Darling Harbour visible at the end of the street. In the left foreground on the corner is Reuben C. Jacobs' Robert Burns Hotel and, a few doors down along Bathurst Street, the premises of John Phillips and Co., coal and wood merchants and contractors.

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286 x 211 mm. View looking up along Bathurst Street West from an unidentified junction. In the right foreground on the corner is William Lang's Sir Walter Scott Hotel and a few doors up, John Harkness's Bell Foundry.

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342 x 280 mm. A side view of the long wooden bridge with supporting piers composed of closely spaced wooden beams. No water can be seen in the river. 'H. Weaver, Engineer' printed at corner of page.

Scope and Contents 'Political sketches by B.B no. 3'. The cartoon dates from around the same period as RCMS 278/65/1, and may be by Benjamin Bailey, an obscure printer of the time. It satirises the agitation by residents of the Port Phillip District (now Victoria) for separation from New South Wales. New South Wales is depicted as a convict crone, with Hyde Park barracks in the background. The figures on the left are three of the six representatives of Port Phillip on the N.S.W. Legislative Council. Two...

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200 x 155 mm. Beira, of the British and Colonial Steam Navigation Co., sailed from Newcastle on 17 March 1900.

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257 x 168 mm. Information given states '1 span of 100 feet, 2 of 90 feet, laminated arches, 2 approach spans, total length 340 feet'. A side view from the river bank of the bridge, resting on wooden piers and with 3 laminated wooden arches.

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196 x 147 mm. A view of the bridge showing the approach spans.

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Landscape format.

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Landscape format. [Scattered trees with Black Mountain in the backgrond].

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[No print]. [Missing].

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A view of the blast furnace, isolated in the countryside, with mined earth in the foreground.

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A view of gum trees growing in the bush, with some cleared land in the foreground. The wood is used in the construction of such things as flooring, house-frames and case-making.