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Chicken cholera and the rabbits - experiments at Rodd Island. The apparatus and appliances, with portraits of the experimenters 1888 Media
Phar Lap, AJC Derby, Randwick 1929 Media
Plan of Cockatoo Island, showing the island from a survey [as in 1845]- and improvements in buildings and otherwise- up to 1857 Media
A new labyrinthodont (Paracyclotosaurus) from the upper Trias of New South Wales Media
Beach crowd whistled at models' French Costumes: Beryl Lawes and Pat Craig step out at Coogee in the new abbreviated French costumes September 1945 Media
Brief swim-suits banned at Coogee: Inspectors will order girls to leave beach September 1945 Media
Cover of 'Beautiful Coogee: Australia's most beautiful seaside resort' 1929 Media
Commanders Residence, Spectacle Island, Sydney August 2015 Media
Two pieces of an original plaque from HMAS Voyager from the Royal Australian Navy Heritage Collection, in the Main Repository on Spectacle Island May 2014 Media
Training Ship Sydney cadets form up as Commander Australian Fleet, Rear Admiral Tim Barrett, AM CSC RAN, departs Spectacle Island after ceremony, November 2013 Media
Bay View House Private Lunatic Asylum, Cooks River 1869 Media
Fun on the beaches: surf-bathing in skirts October 1907 Media
Fun on the beaches: surf-bathing in skirts October 1907 Media
View in Randwick - 'The Corner' - Vauxhall Gardens Hotel August 1873 Media
Spectacle and Snapper Islands from Balmain 1870-75 Media
Red Cross stall on Belmore Road, Randwick for World War I 'Australia Day' fundraiser 30 July 1915 Media
St Jude's Fountain, corner of Church Street and Alison Road, Randwick December 2015 Media
Advertisement for Tost & Rohu 1906 Media
Mary Milford Callaghan c1873 Media
Letter received from William Hill, Sydney Cove, Port Jackson, 26 July 1790 (copy made in 1791) Media
A Corps of Foot for New South Wales, The London Gazette October 1789 Media
Elizabeth Macarthur Media
Major General Edward Macarthur 1858 Media
Hydro-Majestic staff ball c1910 Media
Sir Joynton Smith Media
William Cox c1797-1798 Media
Jamieson's Valley c1815-1816 Media
Pitts Amphitheatre 1815-1816 Media
The Vernon, Cockatoo Island and Balmain from Woolwich 1882-1892 Media
Portrait of Sarah Cobcroft 1856 Media
John Nicol, aged 67 c1822 Media
Photograph of silhouette believed to be D'Arcy Wentworth undated Media
Portrait of Midshipman Edward Riou 1776 Media
Part of the Crew of His Majesty's Ship Guardian endeavouring to escape in the Boats 1790 Media
The perilous situation of The Guardian Frigate as she appeared striking on the rocks of ice c1790 Media
Page of Edward Riou's logbook of the voyage of HMS Guardian 23 November 1789 Media
Portrait of Andrew Hamilton Hume 1843-1849 Media
Mists in Jamison Valley, Echo Point 1935 Media
The Lady Juliana struck with lightning in the Gulf of Florida 1783 Media
The Lady Juliana in tow of the Pallas Frigate 1783 Media
The headstone of First Fleeter Peter Hibbs still stands in Laughtondale Cemetery 2013 Media
Justinian and Surprize standing into Sydney Bay, Norfolk Island 23 August 1790 Media
George and Hunter Streets 1848 Media
Devonshire Street Cemetery, Sydney 1902 Media
James Barnet at Mortuary Station, Rookwood 1871 Media
James Barnet Colonial Architect 1879 Media
Mortuary Station, Rookwood and James Barnet 1871 Media
Turning the first turf of the first railway in the Australasian colonies at Redfern, Sydney, N.S.W. 3rd July 1850 Media
First Sydney Railway Station 1871 Media
Cairn, Du Faur Buttress, Lockleys Pylon 2015 Media