Photographs, postcards and printed views of New South Wales, ca.1880-1950

PXB 558

fonds

ca.1880-1950

Graphic Materials, Photographs, Ephemera, Prints

908882

29 photographs - 20.5 x 15.5 cm. or smaller - carte-de-visite and silver gelatin
36 ephemera items and photographic prints (postcards) - 9 x 14 cm.
1 album - 19.5 x 14.5 (covers) - chromolithograph, with folding panorama
4 prints - 11.5 x 16.5 cm. - chromolithograph

The Pictorial Collections Librarian at John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland wrote to the Mitchell Library on 27 May 1976 that he was at that time "extracting interstate material from this collection and forwarding it to the libraries more concerned with these items." The material catalogued at PXB 558 was enclosed with this letter and another dated 2 July 1976. Further material from John Oxley Library is catalogued at PXD 1107.

9 carte-de-visite views of Wesleyan Chapel, Wagga Wagga, by G. A. Tissington, Queen Street, Gulgong; Wellington, NSW [signed "Pearl Tissington" on verso]; The Australian Hotel, Burrowa [Boorowa]; Dillon's Commercial Hotel, Murrumburrah, July '73; General view, Sodwalls[?]; and Fitzroy St, North Shore, by B. C. Boake, 330 George St, Sydney. Three Gulgong views by G. A. Tissington of Wincencor Cisilien Boarding House, Woods & Co. Sydney House, and gold washing.

8 commercial snapshot-sized b&w views of Sydney Harbour Bridge, Botanic Gardens, Rose Bay, The Gap, Manly, Bondi, Palm Beach and Cronulla; titled in image.

Commercial postcards of Sydney and New South Wales, including Darlinghurst Rd, Kings Cross; Mosman Bay; bridge over Hawkesbury River, Windsor; George St, Windsor; Bulli and Thirroul; Hume Weir, Albury; and Broken Hill silver mine.

A series of postcard prints postmarked 1906-1907 shows bush and river scenes at Macquarie River and Bell River, Wellington, NSW. The views are the work of a resident of the area, "Bert", who printed and sent the postcards to L. C. Ball, Assistant Government Geologist, at the Geological Survey, Brisbane and to Mrs L. C. Ball at "Lisboy", Prospect Terrace, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane. Some of Bert's postcard inscriptions give technical information about his photographs.

An unsigned postcard print of a bush scene at Woodville, NSW, inscribed by the photographer

7 unsigned silver gelatin photoprints of Hunter and Moore streets, Sydney; Bathurst Experimental Farm; Jenolan Caves and Yarrangobilly Caves

Departure of NSW troops for the Sudan, H. King, photographer, Sydney. Titled in image; Stamped Tyrrell's, Sydney, on verso.

4 prints from Sands' Chromo-Lithographs of Australian Scenery, Series 1, Sydney Harbour and its vicinity, drawn on stone by S. Sedgfield from paintings by J. C. Hoyte: No. 1, The Gap near South Head; No. 2, Entrance to Port Jackson; No. 5, Sydney from Watson's Bay; No.6, The Devil's Staircase, Bondi.

Album of Sydney, containing lithographic views and a fold-out panorama.

Out of copyright: Created before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

The Australian Hotel, Burrowa, on the road to the goldfields, was built on Brial and Court Street in 1866 by John Phillip Sheahan and Allan Hancock. Adjoining was a general store owned by Samuel Walker in 1867 and subsequently by Isaac Stevenson in 1868. The premises were taken over by Isaac's brother James in 1885 and renamed Wentworth House, delicensed in 1894 and converted to a store and residence. In 1914 the building was destroyed by fire. The east section and balcony survives -- Reference: Note on ML file

9 carte-de-visite photographs and the Album of Sydney were transferred to PXB 558 from Pic.Acc.3609; the remaining material was transferred from Pic.Acc.3771.

Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.3609 and Pic.Acc.3771 as part of the eRecords project 2011-2012

Keyword subject:

Sydney (N.S.W.)

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