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202 x 151 mm. A view from Bathurst Street showing the south side if the Cathedral, with a horse cab and a horse cart standing in the street. The Cathedral, after numerous delays during which a temporary weatherboard cathedral was used, was consecrated in 1868, and the final embellishments completed, to the design of Edmund Blacket, in 1874.

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A view of the east end of the Cathedral from George Street. Originally started by James Hume in 1837, it was completed by Edmund Blacket in 1874. The Cathedral stands behind the Town Hall.

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205 x 135 mm. A view of the Presbyterian College showing the main façade and front entrance. The building, modelled on an Aberdeen University College, and built in the Gothic style with spires at each end and a central tower, was designed by William Munro, and opened for the reception of students in 1876. Part of the top of the tower has since been dismantled.

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190 x 140 mm. A front view of the college, with central tower. The Presbyterian college of the University of Sydney, it was established in 1867, although these buildings were not constructed until 1872; designed by William Munro.

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285 x 209 mm. General view of St Benedict's from the south-east. The first Roman Catholic Church to be consecrated in Australia, it was built in 1845 with a triple pitched roof for the aisles which are almost of a height with the nave. The slender and well-proportioned spire rises from a crenellated tower.

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275 x 213 mm. View from the road looking towards the sandstone Gothic church. The tower in the foreground possibly awaits the addition of a spire. Both the church and the precise location have not been positively identified; the handwriting of the caption is difficult to read and is further made obscure by dirt marking.

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140 x 190 mm. A front view of the church and spire, from the junction of St. James' Road and Queen's Square.

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208 x 157 mm. A view from Queen’s Square looking along King Street, with St James’ Church on the left, and the Supreme Court immediately beyond. One of the oldest Sydney churches, St James’ was designed by the convict architect Francis Greenway (see also Y3086J/27) and opened in 1822. The Supreme Court, one of the most impressive buildings in Sydney, was also designed by Greenway and was completed in 1828.

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198 x 128 mm. A view looking up towards St. John's College from the south-east. A stone-built college in a restrained Gothic style, it was designed by William Wardell in 1852, and opened in 1862. It was the Roman Catholic college for the university.

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190 x 140 mm. A view from below of the west end of the Roman Catholic college of Sydney University.

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280 x 225 mm. A view of the west end of the buildings, looking up from the river. Designed by William Wardell in 1852, the Roman Catholic college was partially completed and in use in 1859, two years after it had been incorporated within the university.

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A view of the north end of the Cathedral from St. Mary's Road, with the Frazer fountain at extreme right of picture.

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274 x 350 mm. A view of the north end of the Cathedral from St. Mary's Road, with the Frazer Fountain at extreme right of picture.

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275 x 212 mm. General view from the road of St Matthias' Church, Paddington. The building was designed by Edward Bell in 1859. The porch and turret, clearly seen in this print, were added by Edmund Blacket in the early 1860s.

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281 x 214 mm. General view from the west of St Patrick's Church at 20 Grosvenor Street, opposite Lang Park, a Gothic revival building in sandstone, designed by J.F. Hilly and built circa 1840-44.

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205 x 133 mm. A view of the college buildings, which lie to the south of the main buildings, on the University Reserve. The building is the Church of England College, whose Act of Incorporation is dated December 1854, and although the building was not properly finished until 1859, parts of it were occupied from the previous academic year.

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190 x 140 mm. A view across a small lake looking towards the college and chapel. The Church of England college of the University, it was incorporated in the University in 1854.

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280 x 225 mm. A front view of the buildings, with chapel at the right, from across a small lake. St. Paul's, a Church of England college, was incorporated into the University in 1854.

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248 x 207 mm. General view from the east of St Paul's, Redfern, another of Edmund Blacket's Sydney churches and built between 1848 and 1856. The turret, seated at the north-east corner of the tower, was not completed until the early 1870s.

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202 x 147 mm. A view of the church, a solid stone construction with a tower at the west end, seen from York Street. Opened in 1856, it replaced an earlier parish church on a nearby site in what is the oldest Anglican parish in Australia.

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281 x 201 mm. General view from the north-west looking towards the tower of St Phillip's, with the church school at the left.

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276 x 210 mm. General View from the east of St Phillip's Church, built in Gothic Style by Edmund Blacket, 1848-57.

Scope and Contents 268 x 206 mm. General view from the road. The two storey building is constructed on the accepted H-shaped plan, with verandahs running along both floors to catch as much of the breeze as possible. On the façade facing Victoria Street the verandahs run between the projecting wings at either end, those on the ground floor supported by Ionic columns, those on the first floor by decorative cast-iron work. The two wings of the building terminate in pediments, in the right hand tympanum of...

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132 x 159 mm. An uncaptioned print showing a stained glass window with various coats-of-arms.

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130 x 159 mm. An uncaptioned print showing the stained glass window in the Entrance Hall. The top section shows the coats of arms of various universities, the bottom shows the arms of various individuals.