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[Man with group of ostriches].

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Landscape format. South Head Farm, Sydney.

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Landscape format. South Head Farm, Sydney.

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Landscape format. South Head Farm, Sydney.

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190 x 140 mm. A view looking down Oxford Street, which runs south-east from Hyde Park, showing the busy commercial street, with pedestrians, a stage coach and a steam tram (an amazing contraption towing a double-decker passenger car. These were introduced in 1879 when it was decided that the old horse-drawn trams, with their raised lines, impeded other traffic. By the end of the century Sydney had 100 miles of tramways).

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Landscape format.

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Landscape format. [Showing man fishing from rocks].

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Landscape format. [Showing lighthouse].

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280 x 225 mm. A three-quarter front view of the east front of the main building, with the Great Hall on the right. Built in Gothic style, the buildings were designed by Edmund Blacket and started in 1854. The word 'unfinished' in the caption is unclear, or may refer to another part of the University. These particular buildings were completed around 1860.

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274 x 207 mm. View from waste land looking towards the rear of the factory, a substantial four storey sandstone building with an additional attic floor in wood-frame. A 'To Let' sign stands in front of the building, but whether this refers to the mill or the land behind it is unclear.

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274 x 210 mm. View looking south along Phillip Street, with St James's Church visible at the end of the road. At the right is a block of two storey domestic residences with cast-iron verandah and balcony work.

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Album of mostly 80 x 54 mm prints. There is a brief list describing items 1-98, which document the trip from Southampton to South Africa, travel in South Africa, and the visit to Southern Rhodesia. Many photos do not appear in the exact numerical order given in the listing. The rest of the images are uncaptioned, but their general locations have been identified by reference to the diary RCMS 353/1.

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209 x 153 mm. A view of the department, with bottles of chemicals in cupboards in the background, and a large copying camera in the foreground.

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208 x 181 mm. A view from the students' seats looking towards the lecturer's rostrum and blackboard.

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205 x 152 mm. A view showing work-benches on which are retorts and bunsen-burners, looking towards shelves of chemical bottles on the wall.

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155 x 208 mm. A view of a room containing various winches, lathes and other equipment.

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208 x 150 mm. A view in the lecture room, looking towards blackboards and diagrams on the wall.

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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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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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[Silhouetted].

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.