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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Hunters Hill 1889-1894

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Cockatoo Island Lane Cove River

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City of Sydney Archives

The City of Sydney Archives holds items from as early as 1842 when the Municipal Council of Sydney was established, and manage, preserve and provide access to more than 1 million items, including documents, photographs, maps, plans and data. The collection consists of City of Sydney corporate archives, items collected from the community relating to the City of Sydney local area and published reference material. Use the links to go directly to the City of Sydney's website.

Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney

Published by commercial map makers Higinbotham, Robinson and Harrison in the late nineteenth century, the maps of the Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney provide a portrait of the city's municipalities during a period of rapid growth and suburbanisation.

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Hunters Hill

Inner north-western residential suburb, located on a peninsula separating the Parramatta and Lane Cove rivers. It was settled in the early nineteenth century and retains many fine historic residences.

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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney

Series of late-nineteenth-century commercial maps of municipalities created by Sydney map publishers Higinbotham, Robinson and Harrison.

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Gladesville

Residential suburb located on the northern banks of the Parramatta River, named after ex-convict John Glade who had a farm in the area from about 1806. The original Gladesville Bridge, completed in 1881, was replaced in 1964.

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Lane Cove River

Tributary of the Parramatta River, which rises near Thornleigh, flows south and drains to Port Jackson east of Greenwich Point. There are significant mangrove communities near where the river meets Sydney Harbour.

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Cockatoo Island

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Largest island in Sydney Harbour, between Birchgrove and Woolwich.