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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Mosman 1893-1894

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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Mosman 1893-1894

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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney

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Middle Harbour Mosman Obelisk Beach

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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney

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Little Sirius Cove Long Bay, Middle Harbour Middle Harbour Mosman Bay

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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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Mosman

Large suburb on Sydney's lower north shore which, since colonial times, has been home to civil maritime and defence installations, and is also a popular recreation area, with many harbour beaches, Taronga Zoo and pockets of Sydney Harbour National Park.

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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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Middle Harbour

Suburb on the north shore of Sydney, occupying the area south of the Spit Bridge.

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Mosman Bay

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Sheltered bay on Sydney's north shore, named for Archibald Mosman, whaler. Earlier known as Great Sirius Cove after the HMS Sirius that was careened there in 1789.

Little Sirius Cove

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Cove at Mosman, to the east of Mosman Bay.

Middle Harbour

An arm of Port Jackson, extending north-west from the Heads with its headwaters in Garigal National Park.

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Long Bay, Middle Harbour

Bay within Middle Harbour about 3 kilometres north east of North Sydney.

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Obelisk Beach

Beach on the eastern side of Middle Head, off Chowder Bay Road. It is officially a 'clothing optional' beach.

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