Scope and Contents From the Fonds: An album containing prints measuring 69 x 95 mm, with handwritten captions. The captions have been used as titles and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. The flyleaf is inscribed 'To Lieut. Colonel G.S. Walker, I.M.S. with compliments and thanks from the photographer. 1901.' George Lemon Walker (29.7.1849-31.5.1901) was born in Kingston, Ontario and served in the Madras Medical Service...

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200 x 154 mm. A good view of one of Sydney’s famous double-decker steam trams, which were introduced in 1879.

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275 x 170 mm. A view of the east front of the main university buildings, with the Great Hall at the right of the picture. A similar photograph to Plate 6.

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199 x 150 mm. A view showing the east front of the main university buildings, with the Great Hall in the background at the right of the picture.

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197 x 143 mm. Another view of the east front of the main buildings, with the Great Hall in the foreground at the right of the picture.

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195 x 153 mm. A view of the Gobelin Tapestry of 'Joseph and His Brothers', which hangs on the west wall.

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A view taken from the junction of Harris Street and Mary Ann Street. The museum is the nearer building, with the technical college behind it and to the right, facing on to Mary Ann Street. Both buildings were designed by William E. Kemp, the college in 1891 and the museum in 1892.

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208 x 151 mm. A view of part of the workings of a machine, presumably used for stress-testing on the strength of components.

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273 x 209 mm. View looking west along Argyle Street towards the Argyle Cut, a passage carved through solid rock beneath Cumberland Street and Prince's Street in the 1840s to give access between the Circular Quay and Miller's Point. Cumberland and Prince's Street pass over the Cut on stone bridges.

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271 x 207 mm. View looking east along Argyle Street towards the Argyle Cut. A small portion of Holy Trinity Church can be seen in the left foreground.

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274 x 190 mm. A view of the club premises, an elegant colonial style building with balconies on each floor, taken from the junction of O’ Connell Street and Bent Street.

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98 x 145 mm. A studio photograph showing two stuffed kingfishers among arranged vegetation. Photograph by Henry King, Sydney.

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202 x 158 mm. A view in the Gardens, showing lawns and trees, with a figure sitting on a bench in the foreground.

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208 x 159 mm. A view in the northern part of the gardens, looking across Farm Cove, with Government House visible on the skyline. With a man standing beside some pampas grass in the foreground.

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209 x 155 mm. A view looking along a path in the Gardens with trees and shrubs on either side and an unidentified monument at the end of the path.

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205 x 144 mm. A view from the junction of Bathurst Street and George Street, with St Andrew’s Cathedral on the left and the Town Hall on the right.

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Male ostrich.

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270 x 208 mm. A view from the hill to the west of the Circular Quay looking east towards the Botanical Gardens and the south side of the docks, with merchants’ premises, shops, and sailing ships moored to the wharves. This photograph was taken before the building of the Customs House.

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A view of the curving road at the south side of the quay looking west, with trams and pedestrians. Wharves and shipping (not visible) are to the right of the picture. On the right can be seen notices advertising the ferry services to various of the pleasure spots - 'Mossman Bay - Fare 2d.', 'Neutral Bay - Fare 2d.', 'Manly Beach', etc.

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145 x 90 mm. The office building is in the background; a military band is marching down the street.

Scope and Contents 202 x 154 mm. A view of the director, a bearded man, sitting at his desk in his office. The office walls are lined with bookshelves and maps. On the reverse of the print is written '3/01'. If these figures refer to the date of the photograph, the director pictured here would be Joseph Henry Maiden (1859-1925). Maiden was director of the Gardens from 1896-1924, and was the world authority on the Australian species of the Eucalyptus, as well as producing a prodigious variety of other...

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'The Duchess', named by Queen Mary.

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355 x 280 mm. A view looking up at the rear of the building, with the book-stack to the left. 'The book stack, ... is seven stories in height ... The interior fittings of the stack, lift and staircase are wholly of steel, its floors of thick translucent plate glass, and when the heavy fireproof door is closed the Library is considered to be absolutely fireproof.' (Dallen, 1914, page not recorded).

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355 x 280 mm. A view showing the richly carved stone decorations on the exterior. The building, constructed in a rather ecclesiastical style, was designed by Colonel Vernon and opened in 1910.

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355 x 280 mm. A view looking along the library, showing readers' desks, and the high vaulted wooden arches of the roof, which are supported on elaborate stone corbels.