Petersham (inhabited place)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Petersham Station, exterior, 1887
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086E/16
Scope and Contents
340 x 262 mm. A view of the entrance to Petersham Station from the road outside. This brick building with stone facings is dated 1885 above the main doorway. Petersham, on the suburban line to Parramatta, was on the first route to be opened in September 1855 and this plate shows the new station built on the same site.
Dates:
1887
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Petersham Station, footbridge and line, 1887
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086E/18
Scope and Contents
346 x 262 mm. A view looking along the line showing the station, platforms and the iron footbridge over the lines.
Dates:
1887
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Petersham Station, platform and line, 1887
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086E/19
Scope and Contents
346 x 262 mm. A view looking across the line towards the opposite platform and the main entrance hall, with passengers on the platform watching the photographer.
Dates:
1887
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Petersham station, platform from footbridge, 1887
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086E/17
Scope and Contents
345 x 262 mm. A view looking down from the footbridge, showing both platforms, with the Sydney suburbs visible beyond the station: 'Petersham Station is now the centre of thickly populated suburban district, and on the slopes around it are many really delightful villas and gardens. Usual time of trajet from Sydney to Petersham, about twelve minutes.' (NSW Registrar-General's Office 1886, p.23).This photograph is particularly interesting for the variety of passengers seen on the...
Dates:
1887
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).