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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Petersham 1886-1888

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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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Petersham

Inner-west residential suburb on the southern side of Parramatta Road, named in 1794 by Lieutenant-Governor Francis Grose after his home village in Surrey, England. Developed after the railway station opened in 1857, it is now a centre of Sydney's Portuguese community.

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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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