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190 x 140 mm. A view from the west side of the quay, looking over Sydney Cove to the east side, and showing Government House, Fort Macquarie and Fort Denison.

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288 x 142 mm. (2 prints joined). A panoramic view of the Circular Quay, taken from the roof of the Customs House and looking towards the north side of the harbour. The steam paddle boats in the foreground are the harbour ferry service, and the ships moored on the east and west side of the quay are cargo vessels and passenger ships.

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274 x 202 mm. View of houses along Clarence Street, probably at the back of Wynyard Square. The houses are of three storeys, with cast-iron covered verandahs on the first floor.

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267 x 212 mm. View of a mixed group of domestic residences on Cleveland Street. The house-types vary between thin two storey houses with verandahs on both floors to wood-frame bungalows with dormer windows. From the alternating disposition of these buildings it would appear that the bungalows were built between the verandahed houses on land originally belonging to the latter.

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285 x 205 mm. View looking along Cleveland Street, with Edward Bennett's pawnbroking establishment in the left foreground. Further along the street Alfred Lee's Royal Standard Hotel stands at the junction with Woodburn Street.

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350 x 274 mm. A view looking down on the gardens, which are situated in Chowder Bay. With beach huts and strollers on the seashore. Chowder Bay has always been a popular resort.

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148 x 101 mm. A view looking along the cliffy coastline, with buildings in the foreground, one of which has ‘Photographic Studio’ painted on the roof.

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Print at RCMS 353/2/170.

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Print at RCMS 353/2/172.

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Print at RCMS 353/2/175.

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98 x 133 mm. A view of the stained glass window depicting various founders of Cambridge Colleges.

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Copy of a letter describing the bombing of Kuching during the Second World War and Kelley's eventual evacuation to Sydney, following a trek through the jungle of Dutch Borneo (16 sheets).

Scope and Contents 274 x 206 mm. View taken from the junction of King Street and York Street, looking east along King Street with the spire of St James's Church visible in the distance. York Street proceeds south out of the right hand side of the print, with Forbes' Hotel at the junction of the two streets in the right foreground. The following shops can be identified on the south side of King Street: F. Hermelin and Co.; L. Ehbe and Co., Metropolitan Dining Rooms; and A. Marks Clothing Hall at number 412,...

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257 x 189 mm. View from Forbes Street looking towards the junction with Oxford Street. In the right foreground stands Johnston's Family Hotel, and on the opposite corner, the Queen's Arms Hotel. Next door to the Queen's Arms at number 189 Oxford Street are the premises of Baily and Co.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Fonds: 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...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Fonds: 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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272 x 197 mm. View looking along a row of small terraced houses, probably built in the early 1860s in Crown Street. The portion of the caption stating from where the picture was taken is illegible.

Scope and Contents 290 x 214 mm. A view from the top of the Town Hall looking south-west, showing the area around the junction of Kent Street and Druitt Street in the foreground, the southern part of Darling Harbour, and the University in the distance on the skyline. The wooden bridge, with sailing ships berthed at its eastern end, is the Pyrmont Bridge, part of the ‘Five Bridges Road’ which allowed travel between the city and the northern suburbs. The bridge was opened for traffic in 1858, and has a central...

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273 x 191 mm. View showing a heterogeneous block of three storey verandahed dwellings in the Darlinghurst Road, probably constructed in the 1860s.

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273 x 206 mm. Showing a mixed block of houses . The first two houses in the row have their first floor verandahs supported on Ionic columns (? of cast-iron).

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190 x 140 mm. A view of the partially complete Lands Department, seen from the junction of Bridge Street and Pitt Street. Designed by James Barnet in 1877, by 1888 only the north-west corner was finished. This picture was probably taken around that year, or possibly a year or two earlier.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Fonds: 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...

Scope and Contents The primary function of the Empire Tour was to impress the party with the prosperity and economic potential of the Dominions. Kelsey reported on many visits to farms, agricultural colleges, research stations, industrial sites and commercial centres. As an engineer, he was particularly interested in mines, factories and power stations. The party also toured many sites of natural beauty as well as museums and galleries. Kelsey recorded his impressions of the people he encountered and their...

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The diary describes Brewster’s official duties, which included administration, legal affairs, finance, surveying construction and agricultural projects, visiting isolated communities, and commanding the constabulary. Brewster also gives a brief account of his colleagues and social life (100 sheets).

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200 x 145 mm.