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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Enfield 1889-1894

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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Enfield 1889-1894

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Higinbotham & Robinson

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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Enfield

Inner western residential suburb between Strathfield and Croydon Park, built on Thomas Hyndes' 'Adelaide Park' estate, purchased in 1843. The nearby New South Wales Government Railways steam locomotive workshops were once a major employer.

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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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Cooks River

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River that flows through south-west Sydney, starting at Graf Park, Yagoona, through to Botany Bay at Kyeemagh. The river was extensively polluted by industry and its course was changed to accommodate the runways of Sydney Airport.