Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Public Buildings and Churches in Sydney – 1880s

Public Buildings And Churches in Sydney - 1800's

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This collection gathers historic photographs of Sydney's public buildings, churches and civic places from the 1880s.

Parliamentary Buildings
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Parliamentary Refreshment Room
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Legislative Assembly Chamber - Exterior

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Legislative Council Chamber - Interior
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Dining Room - Interior
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Colonial Secretary's Office
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The Treasury Building
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Customs House - Circular Quay
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Registrar General's Office
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Australian Museum
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Free Subscription Library
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General Post office - Under Construction
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General Post Office - Taken From Drawing
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Government Printing Office
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Observatory
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Water Police Court

The Royal Mint - Sydney

Survey office
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Survey Office - Adjacent To Hyde Park Barracks

Commissariat Stores

Sydney GPO

Darlinghurst Court House

Lunatic Reception House - Forbes St - Darlinghurst
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Glebe Island Abattoirs
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Glebe Island Abattoirs

Victoria Barracks - Men's Quarters
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Bank of New South Wales

Oriental Bank - Spring Street

Union Bank
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Joint Stock Bank

English Scottish & Australian bank

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City bank - Cnr George St And King St
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Bank of Australasia
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Commercial Bank - Barrack Street
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London Chartered Bank
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City Bank
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Savings Bank
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Union Club -
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Australian Club - Cnr Bent & O'Connell St
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Victoria Club

Petty's hotel

Civil Services Club
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Sailor's Home
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The Royal Hotel
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The Empire Building
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Morts Stores

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Vickery's Buildings

Lassetor & Co Iron Mongers
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Block of Buildings - New pitt & Spring St

The Exchange Building

The Herald Office
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Pacific Insurance Building
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School of Arts Building
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St John's School
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St Phillips School
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St Paul's School
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Council of Education Office
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Fort Street public School
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public School - Glebe

Public School - Castlereagh Street
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Public School - Upper Paddington
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St Andrew's Church of England School
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St Mary's Roman Catholic School
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St Andrew's Anglican Cathedral
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St James Church
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St Phillips - Church Hill
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Christ Church

Trinity Church - The Rocks
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St Silas Church
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St Paul's Church
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St John's Church
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St Michael's Church
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St Peter's Church
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St Luke's Church
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St John's Church - Rear
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St John's Church - Front
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St Barnabas Church

Congregational Chapel - Cleveland Street

Wesley Church
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St Patrick's Church - Church Hill

St Francis Church

Sacred Heart Church

St Benedict's Church

St Mary's Temporary Cathedral
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Independent Methodist Church

St Paul's Church & Parsonage
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St Barnabas Church
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St Luke's Church
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St Peter's Church

St Micheals Church

St John's Church

St Paul's Church

St Silas Church
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Congregational Church - Pitt Street
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Congregational Church - Bourke St - Corrugated Iron
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Dr Lang's Church - Jamieson St
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Presbyterian Church
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St Stephen's Church - The Iron Church
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Dr Fullerton's Church
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Baptist Church & lyceum School
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Chalmers Church
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St Andrew's Church
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Mariner's Church - The Rocks
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Wesleyan Church - Hay Street
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Wesleyan Church - Bourke St Darlinghurst
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Wesleyan Chapel - York Street
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St George's Church
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Jewish Synagogue - York Street
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Mortuary Railway Station - Rear View

Mortuary Railway Station - Front View
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University of Sydney
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Lecture Room - St Paul's College
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St Paul's college
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St Paul's College
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The Argyle Cutting - Argyle Street - The Rocks
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The Argyle Cutting
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Botanical Gardens
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Domain Gates - South Entrance

Views of Government House
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Government House Stables -
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Sydney Harbour Panoramas
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HMS Galatea Anchored At Farm Cove
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Glebe Island Bridge

Glebe Island Bridge
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Cockatoo Island - HMS Galatea In Dock
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Cockatoo Island - The Dry Dock

Cockatoo Island - Taken From Spectacle Island

Spectacle Island - Taken From Cockatoo Island
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Governor Bourke's Statue - Botanical Gardens - Domain

Prince Albert Statue - Royal Consort To Her Majesty Queen Victoria
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Captain Cook Statue - Pedestal - Hyde Park
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House Of The Good Shepherd
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Sydney Infirmary - Sydney Rum Hospital
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Benevolent Asylum -
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Female School of Industry -
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Immigration Barracks - Hyde Park Barracks -
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Darlinghurst Gaol & Courthouse

Darlinghurst Gaol & Courthouse

Darlinghurst Gaol - North East Corner
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Exhibition Building - Prince Alfred Park - Front Entrance

Exhibition Building - From Randell Street -

Exhibition Building - Prince Alfred Park - Ground View
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Exhibition Building - Prince Alfred Park - Ground View
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HMS Galatea-

Inside Fort Macquarie

The Sailors Home - The Rocks
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Mammals of Australia – 1869 – Prints by Helena Forde & Harriett Scott

The Mammals of Australia – 1869 – prints by Helena Forde & Harriett Scott

In 1869 the sisters Helena Forde and Harriett Scott produced finely observed natural-history prints for The Mammals of Australia. Their plates, combining scientific interest with careful drawing, helped introduce colonial and overseas readers to Australian fauna. This post presents those mammal lithographs under their original nineteenth-century titles.

‘The Australian Hedgehog’ — 1869 lithograph by Helena Forde & Harriett Scott (period title for the echidna).

‘The Black-Tailed Wallaby’ — 1869 print from The Mammals of Australia series by Helena Forde & Harriett Scott.

‘The Common Opossum’ — 1869 print (period title for a common brushtail / related possum).

‘The Dingo’ — 1869 lithograph by Helena Forde & Harriett Scott.

‘The Duck-Billed Platypus’ — 1869 print from The Mammals of Australia.

‘The Flying Fox’ — 1869 lithograph of an Australian fruit bat.

‘The Kangaroo’ — 1869 print by Helena Forde & Harriett Scott.

‘The Kangaroo’ — second 1869 plate from the same series.

‘The Native Bear’ — 1869 print (period title for the koala).

‘The Native Cat’ — 1869 print (period title for a quoll).

‘The Ring-Tailed Opossum’ — 1869 print (period title for the ringtail possum).

‘The Sea Leopard’ — 1869 print (leopard seal) from The Mammals of Australia.

‘The Sooty Opossum’ — 1869 print from the Forde & Scott mammal series.

‘The Tasmanian Tiger’ — 1869 print of the thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus).

‘The Wombat’ — 1869 lithograph by Helena Forde & Harriett Scott.

Saturday, July 11, 2026

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

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.

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Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Public Buildings and Churches in Sydney – 1880s

Public Buildings And Churches in Sydney - 1800's________________________________________________________________________________

Parliamentary Buildings______________________________________________________

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Parliamentary Refreshment Room _________________________________________________________________________________

Legislative Assembly Chamber - Exterior

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Dining Room - Interior______________________________________________________________________________

Colonial Secretary's Office_________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Treasury Building__________________________________________________________________________

Customs House - Circular Quay_________________________________________________________________

Registrar General's Office_______________________________________________________________

Australian Museum____________________________________________________________

Free Subscription Library ___________________________________________