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Spectacle and Snapper Islands from Balmain 1870-75

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American & Australasian Photographic Company
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a2825078 / ON 4 Box 60 No 368]
(Holtermann Collection, Mitchell Library)

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Rivers and Catchments
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American & Australasian Photographic Company

State Library of New South Wales

Snapper Island

Snapper Island is the smallest island in Sydney Harbour. It is also the island that has been the most changed and reshaped by human manipulation.

Rivers and Catchments

Balmain

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Harbourside suburb on a peninsula west of central Sydney, named after the First Fleet assistant surgeon, with a working-class and industrial history. From the 1960s, as industry waned, it became popular with professional and business people who wanted to live close to the city.

Snapper Island

Island in Sydney Harbour, off Drummoyne, formerly used for training sea cadets now managed by Sydney Harbour Federation Trust.

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Spectacle Island

Island in the Parramatta River, off Drummoyne, used by the Royal Australian Navy to store naval heritage items.

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