Early illustrated views of Sydney often circulated as coloured and plain lithographs under titles such as Sydney & Its Environs. These plates show Domain landmarks, Hyde Park barracks, harbour forts, toll gates and churches as the colonial town presented itself to distant readers. This post gathers that lithographic series of Sydney and its surrounds.
Title plate: A Series of Lithographic Drawings – Sydney & Its Environs (coloured and plain).
St James’ Church and the Supreme Court, Sydney — lithograph from Sydney & Its Environs.
St James’ Church and the Supreme Court, Sydney — alternate lithograph plate.
Fort Macquarie and the Government Domain — lithograph from Sydney & Its Environs.
Fort Macquarie, Government Domain — alternate lithograph plate.
Old windmill in the Government Domain — lithograph from Sydney & Its Environs.
Old windmill in the Government Domain — alternate lithograph plate.
Prisoners’ Barracks, Hyde Park — lithograph from Sydney & Its Environs.
Prisoners’ Barracks, Hyde Park — alternate lithograph plate.
The Governor’s bathing house, Sydney Domain foreshore — lithograph.
The Governor’s bathing house — alternate lithograph plate.
Catholic church, Sydney — lithograph from Sydney & Its Environs.
Government House, Sydney lithograph from Sydney & Its Environs.
La Perouse monument lithograph from Sydney & Its Environs.
Lower Lodge in the Lower Domain — lithograph from Sydney & Its Environs.
New toll gate on Parramatta Road — lithograph from Sydney & Its Environs.
Likely the Police Office, George Street — State Library plate in this Sydney & Its Environs set (file ID only on post).
South Head Lighthouse — lithograph from Sydney & Its Environs.
Toll gate and Benevolent Asylum — lithograph from Sydney & Its Environs.