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Foster, Ethel

Creator

Josephine Ethel Foster was a historian and photographer. She and her husband Arthur George Foster were two of the earliest members of the (now Royal) Australian Historical Society. They documented the Devonshire Street Cemetery in the early 1900s before its removal for the construction of the Central Railway station.

Phillip Street, north of Bridge Street. Old oak tree [believed to have been planted in the first Government House garden] c1900 as Creator
Phillip Street, north of Bridge Street. Old oak tree [believed to have been planted in the first Government House garden] c1900 as Creator
AG Foster transcribing the details of the vault where David Ramsay and Sarah Ann Lord were interred on the Dobroyd estate, c1910 as Creator
Devonshire Street cemetery prior to demolition, showing the headstone of Joseph Leburn c1900 as Creator
George and Liverpool Streets, SE corner, first milestone 1903 as Creator
Gravestone 'Sacred to the memory of William Yardley, who lost his life by the bite of a Snake on the 5th of December 1824' in Devonshire Street Cemetery, 1901 as Creator
Headstone of Cora Gooseberry in Devonshire Street Cemetery c1901 as Creator
Headstone of Hugh McDonald, Devonshire Street Cemetery c1900 as Creator
Headstone of Samuel and Esther (Easter) Bradley, Devonshire Street Cemetery c1901 as Creator
Headstone of artist JW Lewin in Devonshire Street Cemetery before its resumption in 1901 as Creator
Headstones in Devonshire Street Cemetery, including those of of Henry Harding, John Cadman, William Lovegrove and Sarah Perry c1901 as Creator
Headstones in Devonshire Street Cemetery, showing the tramline being constructed to remove them to Bunnerong Cemetery c1901 as Creator
Kent Street, north end c1905 as Creator
Royal Australian Historical Society. First outing to The Rocks c1901 as Creator
Tally board with the results of the 1901 Australian federal election outside the Sydney Morning Herald building on the corner of Pitt and Hunter Streets, March 1901 as Creator
Watsons Bay 1902 as Creator