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1288165
  • Title
    A collection of photographs of buildings and views in New South Wales [Sydney and Zig Zag Railway, Lithgow] ... / Thomas Richards, Government Printer, 1873
  • Creator
  • Call number
    PXD 557/vol. 3
  • Level of description
    item
  • Date

    1873
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    1288165
  • Issue Copy
    Digitised
  • Physical Description
    1 album (67 photographs) - images 26.5 x 22 cm. or smaller, in album 42 x 53 cm. - albumen
  • Scope and Content
    [Frontispiece: mosaic portrait photograph titled 'Representatives of the Australasian colonies at conference held in Sydney 1873', by J. Hubert Newman (14 portraits)]

    Contents [Text of contents page in volume]:

    Sydney in 1803 [albumen photoprint of engraving by M. Lesueur]. Copied from M. Peron's `Voyage de Decouvertes aux Terres Australes'
    Sydney in 1873 [albumen photoprint]
    Circular Quay, Sydney Cove, 1873 [albumen photoprint]
    The port and city of Sydney in 1872 (Descriptive remarks)

    List of photographs [albumen photoprints]:
    1. Government House, showing the Porch
    2. Government House
    3. Parliamentary Buildings, Macquarie Street North
    4. Legislative Assembly Chamber, Macquarie Street [exterior]
    5. Colonial Secretary's Office, Bridge Street
    6. The Treasury, Macquarie Street North
    7. Custom House, Circular Quay
    8. Registrar General's Office, Elizabeth Street
    9. Australian Museum, College Street
    10. Free Public Library, Bent and Macquarie Streets
    11. Post Office, George Street (taken from the building)
    12. Government Printing Office, Phillip and Bent Streets
    13. Observatory, Flagstaff Hill
    14. Sydney Branch Royal Mint, Macquarie Street
    15. Victoria Barracks (Men's Quarters)
    16. Bank of New South Wales, George Street
    17. Oriental Bank, Pitt Street
    18. Union Bank, Pitt Street
    19. Joint Stock Bank, George Street
    20. English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank, George Street
    21. Bank of Australasia, George Street
    22. Commercial Bank, George Street
    23. London Chartered Bank, George Street
    24. City Bank (New), Pitt Street
    25. Union Club, Bent Street
    26. Australian Club, Bent Street
    27. Victoria Club, Castlereagh Street
    28. Civil Service Club, Macquarie Street North
    29. Mort's Stores, Circular Quay
    30. Block of buildings, New Pitt and Spring Streets
    31. Exchange, Bridge Street
    32. School of Arts, Pitt Street
    33. St. Andrew's Anglican Cathedral, George Street
    34. Independent Methodist Chapel
    35. St. Patrick's (Roman Catholic) Church, Church Hill
    36. Congregational Church, Pitt Street
    37. Dr. Lang's [Presbyterian] Church, Jamieson Street
    38. Mariner's Church, Circular Quay
    39. Wesleyan Chapel, York Street
    40. St. George's (Presbyterian) Church, Castlereagh Street
    41. Mortuary [Railway Station], (front view)
    42. Mortuary [Railway Station], Haslem Creek (south end)
    43. University
    44. Old Stone Pine Trees, Bridge Street
    45. George Street (looking south)
    46. St. Paul's College
    47. Argyle Cutting, Argyle Street
    48-54. Botanic Gardens, Sydney (views)
    55. H.M.S. "Galatea" in Farm Cove; Government House to the left
    56. Cockatoo Island; H.M.S. `Galatea' in dock
    57. Governor Bourke's Statue, Domain
    58. Prince Albert's Statue, Hyde Park
    59. Exhibition Building, Prince Alfred Park (Front Entrance)
    60-61. Zig Zag [Railway], Lithgow Valley
    62. Domain Avenue (Rear of Mint)
    63. View in Domain
  • General note

    Photographs taken 1870-1871. Reference: The mechanical eye in Australia, photography 1841-1900 / Alan Davies & Peter Stanbury. Melbourne University Press, 1985, p.60

    Vol.3 contains an additional photograph titled 'Circular Quay, Sydney Cove, 1873' and handwritten captions on three of the photographs. An Alfred Lee bookplate is affixed inside the front cover. The presence of this bookplate indicates that the volume was in the possession of David Scott Mitchell who acquired the majority of Alfred Lee's collection.

    Photographs attributed to Charles Pickering on the basis of the same images reproduced in: Photographs of public and other buildings &c., taken by authority of the Government of New South Wales, at the request of the Secretary of State for the Colonies. [The negatives were taken by Mr Charles Pickering, under the direction of James Barnet, Esq., Colonial Architect]. New South Wales : Thomas Richards, Government Printer, 1872. (Album of 166 views) Location number: PXD 524
    Digital order no:Album ID : 1288171
  • Signatures / Inscriptions

    Title continues: "Presented to the / Delegates representing the Australian Colonies, and / New Zealand, / at / the Intercolonial Conference held in Sydney, / January - February, 1873"
    Beneath the printed title are publication details, "Sydney: Thomas Richards, Government Printer. - 1873
    `New South Wales Photographs 1873' -- Cover title

    Photograph no. 12 captioned in ink: "Phillip Street in 1873, at the corner of Bent Street, showing the Government Printing Office partly completed."

    Photograph no. 44 captioned in ink: "Bridge Street in 1873, looking towards George Street. The fir trees protected by a railing were the remains of some that stood in the grounds of the old Government House. On the opposite side of the road can be seen the premises of the monumental mason Joseph Chester which stood between Phillip and the present Young Street."

    Photograph no. 45 captioned in ink: "Geroge Street in the early seventies. McGrath's hotel on the left stood between Bridge and Hunter Streets. The building on the right was the London Chartered Bank of Australia on the corner of Jamison Street. In the distance the scaffolding can be seen around the General Post Office in course of erection."
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