A Series of Lithographic Drawings – Sydney & Its Environs – Coloured & Plain Lithographs

Twelve years before Fowles went to copper, Sydney already had a print salesman with a plan. In April 1836, John Gardiner Austin advertised A Series of Lithographic Drawings of Sydney and its Environs — twenty-four views of the principal public buildings, in six parts of four, coloured or plain, from his shop in Hunter Street. The filenames on this post give the cast list: St James’ and the Supreme Court, Fort Macquarie, the old Domain windmill, Hyde Park Barracks under the older name Prisoners’ Barracks, the Governor’s bathing house, the Catholic chapel, Government House. That is Macquarie’s town still standing in stone, drawn for subscribers who wanted “correct” views.

Austin is the publisher-lithographer; catalogue records often give Robert Russell as draughtsman for the set. Fort Macquarie in these views is Bennelong Point before the Opera House; the bathing house and windmill are Domain furniture most Sydneysiders have only met in pictures.

Use the gallery as an 1830s index — earlier, softer, and more “spot the building” than Fowles’s continuous shopfronts.

Transcription (J. G. Austin and Co., Sydney, 1836 – printed wrapper / title)

A SERIES
OF
LITHOGRAPHIC DRAWINGS
OF
SYDNEY AND ITS ENVIRONS.
COLOURED £1 8s.—PLAIN 13s. 6d.

SYDNEY:
J. G. AUSTIN AND CO., No. 12, BRIDGE STREET.
1836.

[Handwritten, top right:] Mr [illegible] Pitt Street.

Title plate: A Series of Lithographic Drawings – Sydney & Its Environs (coloured and plain).

Transcription (J. G. Austin, Sydney, 1836 – lithograph plate, printed title)

ST. JAMES CHURCH, SUPREME COURT HOUSE &c.
[Imprint below title too faint to read]

St James’ Church and the Supreme Court, Sydney — lithograph from Sydney & Its Environs.

Transcription (J. G. Austin, Sydney, 1836 – lithograph plate, printed title)

ST. JAMES CHURCH, SUPREME COURT HOUS[E – sheet trimmed at right]
Printed, Published, and Sold, by [illegible] 13, Hunter St.

St James’ Church and the Supreme Court, Sydney — alternate lithograph plate.

Transcription (J. G. Austin, Sydney, 1836 – lithograph plate, printed title)

FORT MACQUARIE, Government Domain.
Printed, Published and Sold by J. G. Austin, 13, Hunter St.

Fort Macquarie and the Government Domain — lithograph from Sydney & Its Environs.

Transcription (J. G. Austin, Sydney, 1836 – lithograph plate, printed title)
Transcription above (same plate title and imprint as the previous print).

Fort Macquarie, Government Domain — alternate lithograph plate.

Transcription (J. G. Austin, Sydney, 1836 – lithograph plate, printed title)

OLD WINDMILL. Government Domain
Printed, Published, and Sold, by I. G. Austin 13, Hunter St.

Old windmill in the Government Domain — lithograph from Sydney & Its Environs.

Transcription (J. G. Austin, Sydney, 1836 – lithograph plate, printed title)
Transcription above (same plate title and imprint as the previous print).

Old windmill in the Government Domain — alternate lithograph plate.

Transcription (J. G. Austin, Sydney, 1836 – lithograph plate, printed title)

PRISONERS' BARRACKS, Hyde Park.
Printed, Published and Sold by J. G. Austin, 13, Hunter St.

Prisoners’ Barracks, Hyde Park — lithograph from Sydney & Its Environs.

Transcription (J. G. Austin, Sydney, 1836 – lithograph plate, printed title)
Transcription above (same plate title and imprint as the previous print).

Prisoners’ Barracks, Hyde Park — alternate lithograph plate.

Transcription (J. G. Austin, Sydney, 1836 – lithograph plate, printed title)

GOVERNOR'S BATHING HOUSE, Govt. Domain.
Printed, Published and Sold by J. G. Austin, 13 Hunter St.

The Governor’s bathing house, Sydney Domain foreshore — lithograph.

Transcription (J. G. Austin, Sydney, 1836 – lithograph plate, printed title)
Transcription above (same plate title and imprint as the previous print).

The Governor’s bathing house — alternate lithograph plate.

Transcription (J. G. Austin, Sydney, 1836 – lithograph plate, printed title)

CATHOLIC CHAPEL, Front View.
Printed, Published and Sold by J. G. Austin, 13, Hunter St.

Catholic church, Sydney — lithograph from Sydney & Its Environs.

Transcription (J. G. Austin, Sydney, 1836 – lithograph plate, printed title)

GOVERNMENT HOUSE, SYDNEY.
Printed, Publish'd & Sold by J. G. Austin & Co. No. 12 Bridge St.

Government House, Sydney — lithograph from Sydney & Its Environs.

Transcription (J. G. Austin, Sydney, 1836 – lithograph plate, printed title)

LA PEROUSE'S MONUMENT, Botany Bay
Printd. Pubd. & Sold by J. G. Austin & Co. No. 12 Bridge Street Sydney

La Perouse monument — lithograph from Sydney & Its Environs.

Transcription (J. G. Austin, Sydney, 1836 – lithograph plate, printed title)

LOWER LODGE, Govt. Domain.
Printd. Pubd. & Sold by J. G. Austin & Co. No. 12 Bridge Street Sydney.

Lower Lodge in the Lower Domain — lithograph from Sydney & Its Environs.

Transcription (J. G. Austin, Sydney, 1836 – lithograph plate, printed title)

NEW TOLL GATE, Parramatta Road.
Printed, Published and Sold [by] J. G. Austin, 13, Hunter St.

New toll gate on Parramatta Road — lithograph from Sydney & Its Environs.

Transcription (J. G. Austin, Sydney, 1836 – lithograph plate, printed title)

POLICE OFFICE, George Street.
Printed, Published and Sold by J. G. Austin, 13 Hunter St.

Likely the Police Office, George Street — State Library plate in this Sydney & Its Environs set (file ID only on post).

Transcription (J. G. Austin, Sydney, 1836 – lithograph plate, printed title)

SOUTH HEAD LIGHT HOUSE. (Port Jackson)
Printed Published and Sold by I. G. Austin 13. Hunter St. Sydney

South Head Lighthouse — lithograph from Sydney & Its Environs.

Transcription (J. G. Austin, Sydney, 1836 – lithograph plate, printed title)

TOLL GATE AND BENEVOLENT ASYLUM, George Street South.
Printed, Published and Sold by I. G. Austin 13. Hunter St.

Toll gate and Benevolent Asylum — lithograph from Sydney & Its Environs.