Old Sydney Town architectural plans and certificates, 1970-1977

ARCH 17

fonds

1970-1977

1027070

2 p. textual records - manuscript
8 architectural drawings - plans, elevations
1 drawing - black and white ink, photocopy
6 architectural drawings - naval, copy

For a biography of Max Freeland, see: Australian Dictionary of Biography. http://adb.anu.edu.au/ (accessed October 1, 2013)

The Colonial Brig Perseverance was owned by Robert Campbell, Sydney merchant. Campbell launched his first ship the Perseverance, a 136 ton brig, at the site of Australia's first shipbuilding yards in 1807

Old Sydney Town was a small open air museum and theme park which operated from 1975 until 2003 in the town of Somersby, near Gosford, New South Wales, Australia. Once a living tribute to the early years of Sydney's colonial settlement in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the town is now used as a location for film and television production.

The archive of Max Freeland was given by his widow to Bob Irving, who included some Old Sydney Town material and notes on a World War I soldier, before presenting the collection to the Library

ARCH 17/Folder 1
Fox and Associates, Architects, plans include:
Governor's House
St Phillip's Church, 1810
Bond Store
Post Office
Government Granary
Rosetta Stabler's eating house
Benelong's [sic] hut
Dry store and Judge-Advocate's office

Brig, 'Perseverance'
Sails and rigging of Perserverance and Endeavour
Top and side draught
Deck furniture, fitttings and rigging
Spars and running rigging
Standing rigging

Aerial drawing of Old Sydney Town

Printed notice Halcrow Industrial Archaeology Group Public Meeting, Thursday 5 August [1971 or 1976]
Old Sydney Town, talk illustrated with slides / Robert C. Irving

Proclamation by the Governor of Old Sydney Town permitting Mr and Mrs Irving to open a theatre restaurant The Cat O' Nine, 20 August 1977

Copyright status:: In copyright
Copyright holder:: Fox and Associates Pty Ltd
Approval for reproduction required:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Transferred from PXD 1384, November 2023