Friday, February 26, 2016

Cleveland House Part 4 - 2 Years later

CLEVELAND HOUSE 2 YEARS ON

FEBRUARY 26th 2016

Thursday, February 25, 2016

Governors Of New South Wales From 1788 To 2016

GOVERNORS OF NEW SOUTH WALES SINCE 1788

1. Captain Arthur Phillip RN

7th Feb 1788 - 10 Dec 1792

2. Captain. John Hunter RN

11 Sept 1795 - 27 Sept 1800

3. Captain Phillip Gidley King

28 Sept 1800 - 12 Aug 1806

4. Captain William Bligh RN

13 Aug 1806 - 26 Jan 1808

5. Major General Lachlan Macquarie

1st. Jan 1810 - 1st Dec 1821

GOVERNORS UNDER KING GEORGE IV (1820 - 1830)

6. Major General Sir Thomas Brisbane BT, GCH, GCB

1st Dec 1821 - 1st Dec 1825

7. Luietenant General Sir Ralph Darling - GCH

19th Dec 1825 - 21st Oct 1831

GOVERNORS UNDER KING WILLIAM IV (1830 - 1837)

8. Major General. Sir. Richard Bourke - KCB

3rd Dec 1831 - 5th Deec 1837

GOVERNORS UNDER QUEEN VICTORIA (1837 - 1901)

9. Major Sir George Gipps

24th Feb 1838 - 11 July 1846

10. Lieutenant Colonel Sir Charles Augustus Fitzroy - KCB, KCB

3rd Aug 1846 - 28 Jan 1855

11. Sir William Denison - KCB

20 Jan 1855 - 22nd Jan 1861

12. The RT Hon. Sir John Young - BT, GCMG, KCB

16th May 1861 - 24 Dec 1867

13. The. RT Hon. The Earl Belmore - GCMG, PC

8th Jan 1868 - 2st Feb 1872

14. The RT Hon Sir Hercules Robinson - GCMG

3rd June 1872 - 19 March 1879

15. The RT Hon. Lord Augustus Loftus - GCB

4th Aug 1879 - 9th Nov 1885

16. The RT Hon. The Lord Carrington - GCMG, PC

12 Dec 1885- 3 Nov 1890

17. The RT Hon. EarlOf Jersey - GCB, GCMG, PC

15 Jan 1891 - 2 March 1893

18. The RT Hon Sir Robert Duff - GCMG

29thMay 1893 - 155th March 1895

19.The RT Hon The Viscount Hampden - GCMG

21 Nov 1895 - 5 March 1899

20. The RT Hon. The Earl Beauchamp - KG, KCMG, PC

18th May 18899 - 30th April 1901

GOVERNORS UNDER KING EDWARD VII (1901-1910)

21. Admiral Sir Harry Rawson - GCB, GCMG, RN

27 May 1902 - 27 May 1909

22. The RT Hon The Lord Chelmsford - GCMG

28 May 1909 - 11 March 1913

GOVERNORS UNDER KING GEORGE V (1910 - 1936)

Frog Hollow - Albion St & Riley St - Surry Hills

FrogHollow - Cnr Of Albion Street & Riley Street - Surry Hills

Boy Has This Place Changed, Even Since I Was Young. This Is a Where I Spent My First Christmas Alone After I ran Away From Boarding School In 1993. I Was 15, It Was Christmas Eve & Both My Parents Had Bombed Themselves Out On Sleepers, Valiums, Rohypnols.... Whatever.... Needless To Say They Slept Right Through Till Boxing Day Night...

So There I Am In The Old Frog Hollow.... & It Was Really Quite Scary... I Met This Aboriginal Girl Who Lived In A Tent Like Thing In The Corner Of The Park Section... For The Life Of Me I Can't Remember Her Name... But She Was Homeless & I Remember She Took Me Under Her Wing That Night & We Got Drunk On Passion Pop. She Took Me Right Around Kings Cross. I Got To Meet A Lot Of Working Girls & Other Homeless People.. I Remember Arriving Back To Queens Park Hilton About Lunchtime On Christmas Day Exhausted & Hungover. & That Was My Christmas 1992

Refloating The HMS Endeavour Off A Coral Reef - 1770

Refloating The HMS Endeavour Off A Coral Reef On The Great Barrier Reef
1770

The First Fleet Women Come ashore - 6th Feb 1788

The first fleet women come ashore

On Wednesday 6th Feb 1788, The Women Were Brought Ashore From Their Transport Ships.....

"At 5 O'clock In The Morning, All Things Were Got In Order For Landing The Whole Of The Women, And 3 Of The Ships Longboats Came Alongsude Us To Receive Them; Prevoous To Their Quitting

The Ship, A Strict Search Was Made To Try If Any Of The Many Things Which They Had Stolen On Board Could Be Found, But Their Artiface Eluded The Most Strict Search, And At 6 O'clock, We Had The Long Wished Pleasure Of Seeing The Last Of Them Leave The Ship. they Were Dressed In General Very Clean, & Some Few Amongst Them Might Be Said To Be Well Dressed. The Men Convicts Got To Them Very Soon After They Landed, & It Is Beyond My Abilities To Give A Just Description If The Scene Of Debauchery

Some of the First Fleet journals and letters do not even mention this little ceremony, there were only a few officers and men involved. There appear to have been no convicts on shore for this ceremony, or if they were, they didn’t rate a mention. A number of the officers were also not present nor mentioned it in their journals. Those who were not on shore or who did not mention this incident include: Worgan, White, Tench, Collins, Blackburn, Bradley and Clarke.
This could indicate, to the participants, this was nothing more than a thanksgiving for their safe arrival. None of the reporters give the incident much importance, unlike the reading of Phillip's Commission on 7 February 1788. Some of the male able-bodied convicts were disembarked the next day, 27 January, and the remainder over the next few days. None of the female convicts were allowed off the ships until 6 February 1788, when the sick were also landed and admitted to the tent hospital.
Therefore, in reality, on 26 January 1788 the only event was the anchoring of the ships of the First Fleet in Sydney Cove, the running up of a flag and a toast to the King and success of the colony.
The official ceremony occurred on the 7 February 1788.
Phillip:
"The 7th of February, 1788, was the memorable day which
established a regular form of Government on the coast of New South
Wales. On a space previously cleared, the whole colony was
assembled; the military drawn up, and under arms; the convicts
stationed apart; and near the person of the Governor, those who
were to hold the principal offices under him. The Royal Commission
was then read by Mr. D. Collins, the Judge Advocate. By this
instrument Arthur Phillip was constituted and appointed Captain
General and Governor in Chief in and over the territory, called

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Bradfield - The Harbour Bridge - The Trains - Water - irrigating The Continant

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The Harbour bridge

the Sydney Train System

Sydney has A Number Of Little Known railway Tunnels. The Oldest one Was built Under george Street in 1855 From The Sydney Railway Yard to Darling Harbour. A Gap At Broadway Let the Smoke From The Steam Trains Escape. The Tunnel Is Still in Use ((Not Sure What It is in Use For ))

Another Old Tunnel runs underneath Jubilee park At Glebve. It Forms Part Of The Metropolitan goods line Which Runs From Darling Harbour to Cantebury. The Line Was Started in 1855 & Finished In 1917. The Line Is Only Used For Goods And As No Passengers Travel on It, Few People outside The Railways Knows Of Its Existence.

However the Line Was Known To Thousands of American Troops Whio Labnded At Rozelle Bay Firing The Scond Woprld War,. A Monument In the Rozelle Mar5shalling Yards In A Reminder Of Those Days

A Number Of Unused Tunnels Were Built in The 1920's As Part Of the Dr J. j. c. Bradfield Scheme For Sydneys Transport. They Include tunnels Near Wynyard Station Which WEere Used For Many Years By Trams. They Are now Used As A Carpark Under the Menzies hotel .

Short tunnels Constructed in the 1920's Around Town Hall Were Built In Case trhe Railways System Was Extended At Some Point in The Future`

Water

Bibliography

Bibliography

The Queen Victoria Building - A Sketch Portrait - Allan Gamble.
First Published 1988
ISBN 0 947131 12 4

The Copming Of The British To Australia - 1788 - 1829- By Ida Lee ( Mrs Charles Bruce Marriott)
First Published 1906

Last Stop To Nowhere - the Australian history You Never Learnt At School

Batavia's Graveyard - Mike Dash - Published 14 Feb 2002
ISBN - 0-575-07024-2

Arthur Phillips Commission - Opened At Circular Quay 6th Feb 1788 - Instructions And Setup of A British Colony Making Arthur Phillip Commander In Chief

Governor Phillips instruction - From the british Parkliament - 25th April 1787

Captain Cooks Secret instructions Frmo King George III 1770

Queen Victoria's instructions to governor General - 29th October 1900

Order In Council Ending Convict Transportation - 22nd May 1840

New South Wales Courts Sct - 1787 - Enabling Judiciary

University Of Sydney Act 1850

An Act For The Better Government Of Her Majesty's Australian Colonies - 16th July 1855

Sydney in 1848 - by Joseph Fowles - Illustreated By copper Plate Engravings - Principal Streets, public buildings, Churches, Chapels

History of New South Wales From The Records - VOLUME 1 - Governor Phillip - 1783 - 1789

Manly - First Fleet Records - 1788 - 1790

Hstorical contect Of The Conservation Of The The Conservatorium of Music Site Which Was the Governemtn Horse Stables

The Founding Of Australia - First Fleet & convict Notes

Serenade To Sydney

This Fabulous Century

Rum, Rebels And Ratbags

the Dirt On the Rocks - www.dirtontherocks.com
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The Sydney Train SWystem - As Designed by Bradfield

The Bradfield Scheme - Watering Inland Australia

Nationasl Trust Register Listing Report - Circular Quay Railway Station -

National trust Register - The Conservatorium Of Music

Queen Victoria - Diamond Jubilee - 1898

Find Out Some Of The Celebreations in Sydney For Queens Bivtorias Diamond Jubilee

Queen Victoria - Golden Jubilee - 1887 -

Find Out Some Of he Celebrations That Happened In Sydney Foer The Golden Jubilee

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Description Of Sydney New South Wales

Sydney, The Capital Of New South Wales & The Metropolis Of Australiasia, Is Siutated On The Suthern Shore Of Port Jackson, At A Distance Of 7 Miles From The Pacific Ocean,

In Latitude 33 Degres 55 Minutes South

And Longtitude 151 Degrees 25 Minutes East

It Is Built At The Head Of The Far Farmed "Cove", & With Darling Harbour As It's General Boundary To The West, extends In An Unbroken Succession Of Houses For More Than 2 Miles In A Southerly Direction.

As A Maritime City It Is Unrivalled. Possessing At Least 3 Miles Of Water Frontage, At Any Part Of Vessels With The Heaviest Burden Can Safely Approach The Wharves. The Ground Is Mainly Sandstone

Nelson Head Inner Lightouse - Nelson Bay New South Wales

Nelson Head Inner Lighthouse

Begore The First Permanant Inner Light Was Erected In 1872, There Were At Least 11 Shipwrecks Resulting In The Loss Of 37 Lives. The Wrecks Date Back To The "Cumberland:" I 1797.

The Government Gazette Of 1872 Promulgated Tat "From The 1st Apri 1872, A Harbour Light Will Be Exhibited On Nelson Head, Visible To A Distanver Of 8 To 10 Miles In Clear Weather... To Be A Guide To Vessels Coming To Nelson Bay."

The Light Was Mounted At Nelson Head On A Post, And Was The First Recorded Beacon Light In the Bay. It Is Possible That Other Navigational Markers Were Used Before 1872

Chinese Fisherman Were Reported To be Using The Bay As Early As 1800 Or Earlier.

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

The Argyle Cut - Argyle Street-Millers Point

THE ARGYLE CUT - THE ROCKS

Do you go cut is a striking example of conflict public works. It was a colonial effort to overcome a challenging landscape, providing a more level crossing between the rocks and Millers point.

In 1843, convict labour was deployed to cut the roadway through the rocky peninsula. It was completed in 1959 with the use of explosives and council labour. Bridges over the cup were completed later.

The Uncle cup was also taken in the 1920s with the construction of the approaches to the Sydney Harbour Bridge

The Argyle Cut is A striking example of convict Public works. It was a Colonial effort to overcome a challenging Landscape, providing a more level crossing between The Rocks & Millers Point,

In 1843, convict labour was deployed to cut the roadway through the rocky peninsula. It was completed in 1859 with the use of explosives

Whenever I Happen To Pass The ARGYLE CUT I Always Think What An Amazing Piece Of Work It Is. Can You Imagine The Hundreds Of Comvicts All Chained Together In Chain Gangs. With Nothing More Than Blunt Picks Hitting The Sandstone.

Walking Through The Cut You Just Can't Imagine Gravity Of Human Labour to Cut This Straight Out Of The Rock.

Also Hard To Imagine The Bits Of Broken Sandstone Being Either Carried By Hand Or Using A Wheelbarrow Style Tool...

Down To The Coastal Estuary Called Circular Quay And Tipped Into The Tidal Flat. The Reclaimed Land Has Added About 50 Metres To The Quay, And the Semi Circular Walls Were Built.

When You See The Sandstone Sea Wall That Goes Right Around The Working Harbour From Millers Point, Dawes Point To Circular Quay And What Would Have Been Fort Macqaurie.

"This Square Forms A Part Of An Area Of Old Sydney Called The Rocks, Once Famous As A Residential District And A Notorius Haunt Of Sailors. Argyle Street Was Named By governor Macquarie In 1810 After His Native Country.

In The Cut Itself - High On The Wall There Is ThisNotice

" Chas Moore -Mayor- 1867 - 1868

Above This Spot A Bridge Known AsThe Princes Street Bridge Spanned The Original Argyle Cut. As A Memorial Of The Bridge, The Above Stone, Which Formed Part Of It, Is Placed Where The Shadow Of The Bridge