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Plan of 16 allotments forming a portion of the Brighton Estate for sale by auction by Mr Stubbs 1840 Media
Illegal Tolls, Cooks River - letter to the editor of the Sydney Morning Herald 4 December 1843 Media
Cooks River, Jeffreys allotments 1840s Media
Clareville, Parish of Saint George Sydney 1831-1839 Media
Plan of portions 1 to 11 at Shea's Creek, Cook's River, Parish of Petersham, Co Cumberland 1859 Media
Bush store at Peats Ferry c1887 Media
Peats Ferry, Hawkesbury River c1880s Media
Wharf at Peats Ferry c1885 Media
Ruth Park holding her cat outside her home in Balgowlah, 10 December 1962 Media
Major George Johnston and one of the rebel leaders during the Castle Hill rebellion 5 March 1804 Media
Albert Dryer, Kiely and the Irish internees in corridor at Darlinghurst Gaol 1918-1919 Media
Darlinghurst Gaol c1918 Media
Kiely inside Darlinghurst Gaol c1918 Media
Charles Webster Leadbeater and Annie Besant on her arrival in Sydney, May 1922 Media
Prince Consort's statue & Astor House, Macquarie St 1925 Media
Captain M'Lerie laying the keystone of the viaduct on the Parramatta Railway, 17 March 1855 Media
Scene in the Strand Arcade 1982 Media
William Street, Kings Cross at night 1970 Media
Docking of submarine on slave dock in Big Dock 4 October 1974 Media
The Strand Arcade 1958 Media
Dutch migrant Johnny Blanzee, 23, who works as a slack wire entertainer 1961 Media
The glamorous showgirls at Chequers, one of Sydney's leading nightclubs 1968 Media
Barmaids serving customers in the Newcastle Hotel 1968 Media
Rolf Harris amuses diners at a nightclub in Sydney 1966 Media
The Dorchester nightclub in Potts Point 1959 Media
Aerial view of Cooks River Entrance and Mascot Airport 1973 Media
Construction of Kingsford Smith airport in progress 1958 Media
Little girl looking at dolls while Christmas shopping 1949 Media
Workers on the Sydney Harbour Bridge 1949 Media
Little boy takes a ride during Christmas shopping 1959 Media
1952 Miss Pacific finalists Mary Clifton Smith, Pamela Jansen and Judy Worrad, stand in front of surf boards on Bondi Beach Media
Training for the new decimal currency - a display of giant coins at the Channel 10 studio in Sydney 1965 Media
Forty children from Merriwa visited Sydney and paid a visit to the Commonwealth Bank 1957 Media
The end of the Alexandra Canal 13 May 2012 Media
The Sugar Mill, Cooks River 2005 Media
Cooks River from Undercliffe 2005 showing section of the Cooks River where it is believed Bidjigal Aboriginal warrior Pemulwuy crossed to evade capture by Marine Captain Watkin Tench early in the 19th century Media
The former harbor of the Australasian Sugar Company Mill on the Cooks River 2005 Media
Dairy at the corner of Carrington Road and Ruby Street, Marrickville 1899 Media
Cooks River, taken from Undercliffe, looking at the golf course 1936 Media
Steel Park River Patrol Lifesaving Club 1932 Media
Annette Kellerman photographed in the United States c1910 Media
Alexandra Canal 27 August 2011 Media
Alexandra Canal 21 June 2011 Media
Wolli Creek c1900 Media
Fishing on Wolli Creek c1900 Media
William West and Martha (nee Sparks), far right, middle row, holding their baby son Bill West c1900 Media
James Puckeridge, Limeburner of Botany, and his wife Jane with family members at 93 Baxter Road, Mascot c1913 Media
The Jones family at 3 Booralee Street, Botany c1938 Media
Botany fishermen and their boats, moored near the mouth of the Cooks River January 1938 Media
People in a boat and tin canoes on Botany Bay in the 1930s Media