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Sydney (inhabited place)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 528 Collections and/or Records:

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The University Main Building, and the Medical School, 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086N/1
Scope and Contents

355 x 281 mm. A view of the buildings from the Newtown Road, looking over Victoria Park, and showing the east façade of the main building, with the Medical School to the left where building work is in progress.

Dates: 1915
 Fonds

The University of Sydney

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086O
Dates: 1895 - 1900
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The University, Sydney, 1888 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/111
Scope and Contents

206 x 158 mm. A view of the East Front of the main University buildings with the Great Hall at the right.

Dates: 1888 - 1889
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The Zoo, Sydney. Arabian Camel, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7498
Scope and Contents From the File: The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 7455-7491; 7334-7344 and 7494-7634. Added numbers are: 7519A-7528A; spoiled: 7484-7486, 7525, 7562, 7611-7614, 7621 and 7626; not used: 7459-7460, 7463, 7526-7528, 7336, 7340, 7543-7544; missing: 7455-7456, 7458, 7462, 7464, 7471, 7473, 7476, 7480, 7489, 7334-7335, 7337-7339, 7341, 7533, 7535-7537, 7540-7541, 7547, 7550, 7560-7561, 7570, 7585, 7608, 7618, 7620, 7624, 7631. The photographs are not arranged totally in numerical order...
Dates: 1910
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The Zoo, Sydney. Asiatic White Crane, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7501
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The Zoo, Sydney. Asiatic White Crane, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7502
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The Zoo, Sydney. Asiatic White Crane, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7503
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The Zoo, Sydney. Australian Cassowary, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7500
Scope and Contents

[In shade of tree].

Dates: 1910
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The Zoo, Sydney. Bactrian Camel., 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7499
Scope and Contents From the File: The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 7455-7491; 7334-7344 and 7494-7634. Added numbers are: 7519A-7528A; spoiled: 7484-7486, 7525, 7562, 7611-7614, 7621 and 7626; not used: 7459-7460, 7463, 7526-7528, 7336, 7340, 7543-7544; missing: 7455-7456, 7458, 7462, 7464, 7471, 7473, 7476, 7480, 7489, 7334-7335, 7337-7339, 7341, 7533, 7535-7537, 7540-7541, 7547, 7550, 7560-7561, 7570, 7585, 7608, 7618, 7620, 7624, 7631. The photographs are not arranged totally in numerical order...
Dates: 1910
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The Zoo, Sydney. Indian Elephant, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7497
Scope and Contents

[With its trunk round the bars].

Dates: 1910
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The Zoo, Sydney. Japanese Bear, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7496
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The Zoo, Sydney. Manchurian Crane and European Crane: a dispute, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7506
Scope and Contents From the File: The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 7455-7491; 7334-7344 and 7494-7634. Added numbers are: 7519A-7528A; spoiled: 7484-7486, 7525, 7562, 7611-7614, 7621 and 7626; not used: 7459-7460, 7463, 7526-7528, 7336, 7340, 7543-7544; missing: 7455-7456, 7458, 7462, 7464, 7471, 7473, 7476, 7480, 7489, 7334-7335, 7337-7339, 7341, 7533, 7535-7537, 7540-7541, 7547, 7550, 7560-7561, 7570, 7585, 7608, 7618, 7620, 7624, 7631. The photographs are not arranged totally in numerical order...
Dates: 1910
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The Zoo, Sydney. Sarus Crane, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7507
Scope and Contents From the File: The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 7455-7491; 7334-7344 and 7494-7634. Added numbers are: 7519A-7528A; spoiled: 7484-7486, 7525, 7562, 7611-7614, 7621 and 7626; not used: 7459-7460, 7463, 7526-7528, 7336, 7340, 7543-7544; missing: 7455-7456, 7458, 7462, 7464, 7471, 7473, 7476, 7480, 7489, 7334-7335, 7337-7339, 7341, 7533, 7535-7537, 7540-7541, 7547, 7550, 7560-7561, 7570, 7585, 7608, 7618, 7620, 7624, 7631. The photographs are not arranged totally in numerical order...
Dates: 1910
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The Zoo, Sydney. White Naped Crane, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 29/7504
Scope and Contents From the File: The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 7455-7491; 7334-7344 and 7494-7634. Added numbers are: 7519A-7528A; spoiled: 7484-7486, 7525, 7562, 7611-7614, 7621 and 7626; not used: 7459-7460, 7463, 7526-7528, 7336, 7340, 7543-7544; missing: 7455-7456, 7458, 7462, 7464, 7471, 7473, 7476, 7480, 7489, 7334-7335, 7337-7339, 7341, 7533, 7535-7537, 7540-7541, 7547, 7550, 7560-7561, 7570, 7585, 7608, 7618, 7620, 7624, 7631. The photographs are not arranged totally in numerical order...
Dates: 1910
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Token of A. Toogood, 1855

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ORCS.8.03
Scope and Contents Circular copper token 34 mm in diameter inscribed, 'A. Toogood Merchant Pitt & King St. Sydney’. On the reverse is a woman in classical dress representing Justice, holding a set of scales in her right hand, and an overflowing cornucopia in her left. She is seated on a wool bale, and behind her, a wine barrel lies on the ground and ship sails across the horizon. Above her ‘Australia’ and the date ‘1855’ are inscribed.The token had the value of a penny and was produced by W.J. Taylor...
Dates: 1855
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Town Hall, Sydney, 1875 - 1883

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086C/19
Scope and Contents 225 x 285 mm. A view of the Town Hall from the junction of George Street and Druitt Street, a massively ornate structure, with a large clocktower. On the corner of the street in front is a suitably elaborate drinking fountain. Designed by J.H. Wilson, building started in 1868, the Duke of Edinburgh laying the foundation stone, and the clocktower was completed in 1875. This photograph would have been taken between 1875 and 1883; in that year work started on the Centennial Hall, an...
Dates: 1875 - 1883
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Town Hall, Sydney, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086J/37
Scope and Contents

140 x 190 mm. A view of the Town Hall from the junction of George Street and Druitt Street, with pony cabs in front of the building. This photograph was taken around 1885; at the extreme right, construction work on the Centennial Hall can be seen, an addition to the Town Hall which was built between 1883 and 1888.

Dates: 1885
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Town Hall, Sydney, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086L/1
Scope and Contents

350 x 274 mm. A view of the Town Hall from the junction of Druitt Street and George Street, with the Centennial Hall on the right in Druitt Street.

Dates: 1909
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Town Hall, Sydney, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086K/10
Scope and Contents

A view of the Town Hall from the junction of Druitt Street and George Street, with the Centennial Hall on the right.

Dates: 1908
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Town house Sydney [?], 1885 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309B/44
Scope and Contents

195 x 136 mm. An exterior view of a large, two storey house.

Dates: 1885 - 1890
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Train load of wool, Darling Harbour, Sydney, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086L/12
Scope and Contents

350 x 274 mm. Showing a steam locomotive with freight trucks loaded with bales of wool and railway workers standing in front of the train.

Dates: 1909
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Tramp Voyage - Sydney, 1910 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/28
Scope and Contents

A clear photograph showing work in progress on the deck of S.S. 'Indraghiri', with harbour waves at the right of the slide.

Dates: 1910 - 1915
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[Unidentified building - caption illegible], 1870 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086P/78
Scope and Contents

274 x 211 mm. View looking towards a substantial brick building with rusticated masonry piers and quoins standing at the junction of two unidentified streets. Three bays of the building are of three storeys, the remainder of two. The main block is surmounted by a lantern with a drum composed of windows giving clerestory light to the interior.

Dates: 1870 - 1879
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University of Sydney, 1895 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086O/2
Scope and Contents

207 x 150 mm. A view of the east front of the main university building taken from the SE. Started in 1854 and completed in 1860, the buildings were designed by Edmund Blackett in the Gothic Style. The Great Hall is on the right of the picture. The cost of the buildings was £80,000.

Dates: 1895 - 1900
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University of Sydney, 1895 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086O/3
Scope and Contents

207 x 150 mm. A view of the east front of the main university buildings, but taken from the NE, with the Great Hall on the right.

Dates: 1895 - 1900