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Detail showing the intersection of King and Macquarie Streets from 'Plan of the town and suburbs of Sydney, August 1822'
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'Boy! It's good to feel safe again!' Sydney - the most dangerous R and R City for US servicemen c1969
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'But if we demolish the pub instead won't we be accused of acting against Australian tradition?' 1959
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'Dobroyde', birthplace of Edward Pierson Ramsay c1900
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'Don't worry. He only wants to spend 400 million pounds. But watch out when he says he's going to spend 400,000 pounds.'
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'Ferry Steamer Sunk' The Argus, November 4 1927, p 15
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'Government House' in the days of Governor Phillip, 1864
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'No More Trouble', says Tilly Devine 1952
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'Please do not spit' sign above ferry passengers 1906
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'Sorry. I thought it was a dole queue.'
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'Sylvia Ashby, market research specialist' August 1939
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'The End of the Odyssey - Children handed over to Child Welfare Department' March 1927
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'The Heroine of Cooks River' from The Police Register, Bell's Life in Sydney, 8 October 1853
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(View of the) North Shore, Sydney Harbour 1854
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14 Ginahgulla Road, Bellevue Hill 1936
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150 Years of Progress poster 1938
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18 footers racing Sydney Harbour 1921
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18 footers racing Sydney Harbour 1921
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1920s depiction of the murder of Joseph Luker in 1804
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A Disturbing Outlook, SMH, 13 September 1922
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A Gas Attack, February 1916
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A New Society: the establishment of the Australian Society of Black and White Artists July 1924
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A Saline Draught 1868
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A Shark Took Beryl Morrin's Arms 1938
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A colonial student at Edinburgh 1893
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A relic of old Sydney: early Sydney in a casting 1913
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A steeple chase at Newtown near Sydney 1854
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A western view of Sydney Cove 1798
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Adrien Loir in the laboratory at Rodd Island 1891
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Advertisement for 'French language and dancing' 1820
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Advertisement for Brisbane Water Mill 25 March 1824
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Advertisement for Capstan cigarettes, February 1932
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Advertisement for Casey the Marvellous Chimpanzee 1911
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Advertisement for PN Russell's Sydney Foundry 1842
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Advertisement for Subdivision of Toxteth House Estate, Glebe Point by auction sale, 30 September 1893
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Advertisement for Tost & Rohu 1906
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Advertisement for sale of third subdivision of Toxteth Park Estate, Glebe Point, 23 October 1886
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Advertisement for the Roycroft Library and Art Shop 1925
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Advertisement for the Sydney Elite Skating Rink 1888
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Advertisement for the first subdivision sale of Anthony Darvall's portion of the Darvall Estate, Eastwood, 23 April 1904
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Advertisement for the sale of Freshwater estate, Manly, adjoining Queenscliff November 1903
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Advertisements for Anniversary Day Excursions 1888
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Advertisements in the Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, 21 September 1806, p 2
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Albert Dryer, Kiely and the Irish internees in corridor at Darlinghurst Gaol 1918-1919
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Alderman Edwin S Sautelle 1915
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Alderman GP Frere, Mayor of Albury 1913
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All that glittered was not gold: The change in the life of Shirley Beiger, November 1954
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Allan Cunningham c1835
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Allan Cunningham, Colonial Botanist
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Allotments at Bello Retiro, Cooks River Road 1850s
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An affair of honour - newspaper article concerning duel between Henry Dumaresq and Robert Wardell in March 1827
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An artist's view of a sensational inquest: The court drama of Caroline Grills August 1953
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Anchor and cannon from HMS Sirius, Macquarie Place c1935
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Anna Bishop as Lucrezia 1857
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Anna Bishop c1860s
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Anna Bishop, c1870
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Ansett advertisement for Hayman Island 'swift flying boats can whisk you there in a matter of hours' March 1952
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Archdeacon McEncroe c1865
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Archibald Fountain, Hyde Park undated
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Archibald Fountain, Hyde Park, Diana c1935
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Arriving at a Sydney Day Nursery, October 1939
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Art class at Malek Fahd Islamic school, Greenacre 2004
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Arthur Griffith c1954
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Arthur Stace writing his message, Eternity
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Artistic director and administrator, Doreen Warburton, an original founder of the Q theatre 1973
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At 90, Melba's Teacher Still Works On... 1938
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Australia's only woman Mayor 1938
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Australia, Port Jackson 1857
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Australia-East coast. Port Jackson 1890
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Australian Opera's 1990 production of 'Voss'
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Australian native in his bark hut c1826
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Australian playwright, David Williamson, Sydney 1972
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Avalon Beach 1930
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Avalon Beach and surroundings early 20th Century
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Back cover of guide to 1978 Festival of Sydney events
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Balmain 1850s
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Balmain Regatta, November 30 1867
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Balmain from North Shore 1840s
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Balmoral Beach with sailing boat c1915
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Beach culture at Palm Beach 1960s
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Beaconsfield Estate, Bankstown: on the proposed loop line St Peters Liverpool 1880-1890
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Belé, Sauvage de la Nouvelle-Hollande 1845
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Ben Boyd's yacht Wanderer, Sydney 1846
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Benledi Estate, Glebe Point: for auction sale Saturday 29th September 1900 on the ground at 3pm
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Betty Archdale, the captain of the English women's cricket team, batting, during English tour of Australia 1934-35
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Betty's 'racey' narratives: Canterbury Club is the first to give full membership to the ladies, April 1940
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Bex gives much quicker relief 1939
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Bilgola Beach 1930
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Bilgola Beach, Sydney
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Billy Blue, the Old Commodore, 1834
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Bird's eye view of Sydney Harbour 1860s
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Bird's-eye view of Sydney Harbour c1895
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Birds eye view of general wharfage scheme west of Dawes Point as it will appear when completed, published 1913
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Birds eye view of the Port of Sydney 1913
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Bishops Court Estate, Randwick, 1899
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Blonde model weeps at inquest September 1954
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Boats approaching a whale 1813
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Bondi aquarium and grounds, Tamarama c1895
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Botany Bay, October 17 1868
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Boys play outside terraces in Chippendale 1959
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Brick factory, St Peters c1940s
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Brickfield and active gallows on the Plan de la ville de Sydney: Capitale des colonies Anglaises, aux terres Australes 1802
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Bronte Court apartment building c1920-1945
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Bungaree, a native chief of New South Wales 1830
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Burwood House on the road to Parramatta 1857
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Bush store at Peats Ferry c1887
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Butler Steps between Victoria and Brougham Streets c1888
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Capriccio's Club, Oxford Street, Darlinghurst 1981
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Captain Cook taking possession of the Australian continent on behalf of the British crown 1770
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Captain M'Lerie laying the keystone of the viaduct on the Parramatta Railway, 17 March 1855
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Catherine Hayes at the Victoria Theatre, Sydney 1854
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Catherine Hayes c1857
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Centennial Park c1895
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Charles H Bertie 1930
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Charles H Bertie 1952
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Chatswood (North Shore Railway Estate), for auction sale on the ground by Richardson & Wrench Saturday May 8th 1897 at 3.30 pm
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Chinese fruit and vegetable hawker c1895
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Chinese honor ancient gods, Glebe 1955
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Circular Quay East towards Bennelong Point 1961
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Citadel at Sydney c1825
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City Railway Terminus 1856
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Clareville, Parish of Saint George Sydney 1831-1839
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Clever woman designs a house 1946
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Coal lumpers at work, SS Bellambi 1906
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Cockatoo Docks 1951
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Coming to an anchor off Sydney Cove 1830
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Commonwealth Railways locomotive GM11 hauling freight train, including L class locomotive, leaving Enfield 1951
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Como Hotel c1900
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Como Valse c1905
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Congregational Church, Pitt Street 1856
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Construction of AWA Tower 1938
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Construction of AWA Tower 1938
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Construction of AWA Tower 1939
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Contest with spears, shields and club c1817
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Convict uprising at Castle Hill 5 March 1804
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Cooks River, Botany, October 17 1868
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Cooks River, Jeffreys allotments 1840s
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Cover of 'Female immigration considered in a brief account of the Sydney Immigrants' Home' by Caroline Chisholm 1842
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Cover of 'Report on the proposed electric railways for the City of Sydney' by JJC Bradfield, published in 1916
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Cover of 'Six songs from the south' 1916
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Cover of PIX 3 December 1949
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Cover of The Australian Bird Waltz sheet music 1850-59
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Cowan Creek, Ku-ring-ai Chase, NSW 1939
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Crowd gathered to see a flotilla during the visit of HRH the Prince of Wales to Sydney 1920
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Culwull Cahmbers: front facing King Street 1911
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Dame Joan Sutherland's farewell performance in the Australian Opera production of Les Huguenots, October 1990
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Darlinghurst Gaol c1918
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David Jones 'Acousticises' Its Auditorium March 1934
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David Stewart, founder of WEA in Australia, discussing WEA activities with organiser Stan Bollard 1949
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Dawes' Point Battery, Dawes' Point 1836
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Departure of the whaler Britannia from Sydney Cove 1798
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Description of the execution of Thomas Barrett in Arthur Bowes Smyth's journal, 27 February 1788
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Description of the trial and execution of Thomas Barrett in Arthur Bowes Smyth's journal, February 1788
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Detail from plan of O'Connell Town 1843
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Detail from plan of Petersham (originally called Sydenham) showing railway station c1855
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Detail of Plan de la ville de Sydney: Capitale des colonies Anglaises, aux terres Australes 1802
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Detail of TL Mitchell's map of the colony of New South Wales showing the Georges River 1834
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Detail of chart showing the location of the Governor's Bathing House in Farm Cove 1832
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Detail of map showing Shaftesbury Reformatory and lighthouse at South Head, Vaucluse 1890s
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Detail showing Aboriginal people, British soldier and others in picture 'Governor's House, Port Jackson' 1791
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Detail showing Redfern Station from 1880s map
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Detail showing the Tank Stream from 'Plan of the town and suburbs of Sydney, August 1822'
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Digit Dick's Walkabout on the Barrier Reef : a game based on the story by Leslie Rees c1950
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Diver Rescue From Canal: Caught In Silt, 3 January 1946
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Don't Waste Your Air Raid Shelter by EM Buhrich 1940
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Donald Bradman, Adelaide c1934
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Doris Fitton's production of Sumner Locke Elliott's fine Australian Army play Rusty Bugles, 1948
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Douglas Stewart 1983
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Dr Iza Coghlan 1906
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Dr JJC Bradfield on 'king pin' under the arch at the Sydney Harbour Bridge February 1931
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Dr Mary Puckey, chief executive officer of the Rachel Forster Hospital for Women and Children 1941
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Dragon Ball Sydney c1945
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Dry dock, Balmain 1856
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Dykes on bikes, Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras, 1993
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Eastern view of Sydney 1797
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Edward Armes Beaumont, opera singer c1860s
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Edward Lombe Nov 7th 1832
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Edward Smith Hall c1820
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Elizabeth Street from St James, Sydney 1950s
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Elopement Extraordinary!!! October 1827
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Elsie Women's Refuge, Glebe 1974
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Emblem of the National Trust (New South Wales) 1958
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Emigrants leaving the ship, Sydney Cove 1853
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Entrance to Domain, Sydney 1849
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Ethel Turner at Girls High School Sydney about 15, 1885
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Exclusive Memoirs of Madame Christian, 1935
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Exterior view of Sydney & Suburban Hydraulic Power Company pumping station, Darling Harbour c1898
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Father James Dixon addresses his countrymen during the convict rebellion at Castle Hill 5 March 1804
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Federation celebrations in Centennial Park 1901
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Female Emigrants Home, Hatton Garden, London 1853
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Female Orphan School, Paramatta [sic], N.S. Wales c1825
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Female Orphan School, Parramatta c1820s
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Female orphans by the Earl Grey, 19 October 1848
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Female penitentiary or factory, Parramata [sic] c1826
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Ferry wharf Lavender Bay c1895
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Finally! - Permission to land at the third airport! 1996
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First Lady Solicitor: Miss Marie B Byles May 1924
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First government house 1797
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First page of the List of Female Convicts on board the Lady Penrhyn, from the journal of Arthur Bowes Smyth May 1787
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Floating span into position c1888
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For London Direct... the Edward Lombe March 1833
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For the Festive Season - Christmas bells and bush. Flower seller in Martin Place 20 December 1933
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Fort Denison c1940
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Francis Anderson c1902
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Fred Hollows
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From Dangars Island, the Hawkesbury, 17 April 1870
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From Saturday afternoon till Monday 1926
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From council chamber to kitchen 1938
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Front cover of 'Diggerettes: Digger jokes and stories' selected and illustrated by Cecil L Hartt 1919
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Front cover of the program for the ANZAC Day Commemoration, April 25th, 1916, Town Hall, Sydney
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Front page of Government Gazette 7 July 1854
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Funding hospitals cartoon 2003
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Gardening columnist J G Redgum Lockley c1925
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Gay Choir, Macquarie Street, 1981
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Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras 1981
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George Barney, civil engineer, c1860
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George Barrington c1785
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George Cann - sometimes he finds them hard to handle
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George Mealmaker 1793
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George Rignold as Mephistopheles c1887
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George Rignold c1910
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George Rignold, c1870s
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Girard's advertisement in The Sydney Gazette, 1834
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Glade's grant, Parramatta River 1850s
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Glebe Island Bridge at Johnson's Bay, Sydney c1878
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Government Public Notice concerning Elizabeth Davis who absconded from the Female Factory at Parramatta August 1831
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Government and General Orders concerning the hour of internment in the new burial ground 14 October 1820
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Grand Central Coffee Palace c1880s
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Grand protest meeting: churches vs. gambling
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Group at Medlow Bath railway station c1910
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H Walter Barnett c1894
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Harbor Collieries Coal Mine, Balmain 1897
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Harbour Bridge deck with traffic [Sydney, 3] 1950s
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Harbour illumination in honor of the visit of His Royal Highness Prince Alfred to New South Wales January 1868
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Harry Wolstenholme at Wahroonga feeding a thrush c1928
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Hat, Gay Mardi Gras, 1984
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Have YOU tried the Stomp? September 1963
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Hello, I am the NSW Treasury and I'm an addict', 2003
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Henry Keck, governor of the gaol 1847
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Heroism in the Surf: Bondi Death Wave 6 February 1938
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Highlands Estate, Eastwood East, for auction sale on the ground, 18 November 1905 at 3 pm
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Holiday at Taronga: the old days 1918
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Holt Sutherland estate, Como Heights 1888
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Holt-Sutherland estate, Como 1888
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Horbury Terrace!!! Auction advertisement, January 1845
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Horse ferry Milsons Point 1908
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House, Avalon 1930
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Huge wave at Bondi 6 February 1938
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Hugh Dixson 1915
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Hulk of the HMAS Tingira, Berrys Bay c1935
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Hydro-Majestic Hotel, Medlow Bath 1920s
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Ice! Ice!! Ice!!! newspaper advertisements 1855
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Illegal Tolls, Cooks River - letter to the editor of the Sydney Morning Herald 4 December 1843
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Immense Increase of Insect Life 5 January 1876
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Immigration poster 1947
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Incidents of the smallpox scare in Sydney June 1881
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Indonesian Muslim women at prayer, end of Ramadan, Marrickville Community Centre, 19 January 1999
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Indonesian Muslims gathered outside Marrickville Community Centre at the end of Ramadan 1999
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Inquest begins on Luna Park 1979
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Interior of No 2 shed at Enfield locomotive depot, 20 class locomotive on seventy five foot turntable, c1928
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Introduction to The Australian bird waltz 1850-59
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Irish National Association Pipe Band and Cardinal Gilroy at the St Patrick's Day Sports, Sydney Sports Ground 14 March 1965
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Irish dancers parading past spectators at the St Patrick's Day Sports held at Sydney Sports Ground, 14 March 1965
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Irish internees in Darlinghurst Gaol c1918
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Isaac Nathan's opera 'Don John of Austria' 1847
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Isaac Nathan, Australia's first composer
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JD Fitzgerald 1919
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Jack Lindsay, Cambridge 1985
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Jack Mundey 1976
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James Barnet Colonial Architect 1879
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Janet Templeton c1820
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Japanese Antarctic Aeroplane Expedition board game (Nankyoku tanken hikōki sugoroku ) 1911
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Jeffrey Samuels, Boomalli workshop, Chippendale 1987
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Jessie Street 1930s
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John Jenkins 1834
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John Nicol, aged 67 c1822
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John Palmer's residence Woolloomooloo House, c1818
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John Percival Tate
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John Rose Holden, the sportsman 1847
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Jorrocks the celebrated Australian racehorse, 1848
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Juvenile Sympathy 1834
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Katoomba and the Three Sisters 1930s
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Ken Norton and other employees of Clarence Lewis's oyster farm open oysters for bottling at Woolooware c1960
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Kerry Norton [left] in Father Malacky's Miracle at the Independent Theatre in North Sydney
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Kerry Packer bowled out 1996
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Kiely inside Darlinghurst Gaol c1918
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Kings Cross Theatre, Kings Cross 1939
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Kings Cross Theatre, Kings Cross 1939
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Kingsclere Flats, Potts Point 1912
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Korean flag waved as Olympic medallists in archery do lap of honour, Sydney International Archery Park, Homebush 2000
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Kurnell public school library 1985
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La Perouse, Botany Bay 1878
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Lady O'Connell c1847
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Land of the Sunny South, All Hail 1879
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Larry Foley c1875
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Larry Foley's White Horse Hotel in George Street, Sydney, with the Sudan regiment passing by 1885
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Last page of the List of Female Convicts on board the Lady Penrhyn, from the journal of Arthur Bowes Smyth May 1787
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Letter to the editor from Dagmar Berne, 24 July 1900
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Life with American Squadron, descriptive fantasia 1908
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Lilianfels Park, Katoomba, for auction sale on the ground at 3 pm, Saturday 9th January '09
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Lionel Lindsay
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Little Boy at Manly: "Well! this is the about the last place anybody should come expecting to find the South Pole!"
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Lord's Mill, Botany Bay 1838
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Ludwig Leichhardt, 1846
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Ludwig Leichhardt, c1850
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Madame Frere 1913
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Major Alfred Spain 1915
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Major George Johnston and one of the rebel leaders during the Castle Hill rebellion 5 March 1804
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Making the new sewer in Pitt Street 1857
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Manly Beach c1868
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Manly Beach, 3 December 1870
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Manly, Australia's Premier Seaside Resort c1945
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Map of the Cow Pasture Road and neighbouring counties: Cumberland, Camden and Cook 1919
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Map of the Municipality of Hunters Hill, 1886
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Margaret Preston at her home, Berowra 1936
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Marian Harwood
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Marie Bashir, Governor of New South Wales 2003
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Marriage notice in the Sydney Gazette 5 August 1834
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Marriage, Lakemba Mosque, Lakemba 2003
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Marrickville Railway Station, near tram terminus [Subdivision near Sydenham railway station] c1881
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McElhone Stairs 1951
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Melancholy Accident - report of the drowning of Willam and Mary Cavendish during regatta on Anniversary Day 26 January 1839
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Memorial card on the death of Cardinal Patrick Francis Cardinal Moran, Archbishop of Sydney 1911
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Meredith Atkinson 1919
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Middle Head battery c1880-1900
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Miles of carpet for the Trocadero... 1936
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Millers Point and Dawes Point coastline 1832
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Miranda shopping centre, 1964
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Miss Rosette Edmunds, town and country planner 1950
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Moments in life of a model: Shirley Beiger 1954
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Mona, Darling Point c1870
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Mothercraft: The Ingredients of Humanised Milk 1931
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Motor cars driving along road, Avalon 1930
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Mount Gilead windmill from the homestead 1888
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Mr James Merriman MLA 1880
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Mr Ledger's alpacas and llamas at Sophienburg, the seat of Mr. Atkinson, New South Wales c1859
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Mr and Mrs George Rignold and friends c1887
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Mr and Mrs Kinder c1865
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Mrs Bertrand c1865
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Mrs Edith Glanville, President of the Quota Club 1933
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Mrs Millicent Tangga 1945
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Namaka Cottage - Mr Kinder's late residence 1865
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Neverfail Bay from the estate 1880s
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New offices for the Sydney Morning Herald 1924
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Newport and beach 1910-1960s
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Newspaper advertisement for Madame Sohier's Waxwork Exhibition at 222 Pitt Street 20 March 1866
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Newspaper report of trial in the Supreme Court of the perpetrators of the Myall Creek massacre, 15 November 1838
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Nicolas Baudin, capitaine du vaisseau 1800
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Nielsen Park, Vaucluse 1910-1960s
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Night trotting Harold Park February 1966
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North Bondi Beach and carpark 1940s
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North Shore railway terminus (St Leonards) c1890s
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Nurses' fear of dank, dingy cellar November 1960
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O'Farrell in Darlinghurst 1868
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Oatley 1905
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Ode to Major Lee 1865
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Official opening of Hammond's Hotel, November 1930
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Old Belmore Markets c1905
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Old coal depot Milsons Point 1907
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Old schoolhouse at Camden by lower garden 1850s
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Olympic Games redevelopment, Homebush 1999
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Page from 'Field sports &c. &c. of the native inhabitants of New South Wales' mentioning Harry in Parramatta 1813
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Page of the program for the Anzac Day Commemoration, April 25th, 1916, Town Hall, Sydney
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Palato: the drink that pleases the palate: an orange drink manufactured exclusively by Schweppes Ltd 1914-1921
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Panorama of Parsley Bay, Vaucluse, New South Wales c1920
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Park Street, Sydney c1900
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Parramatta River, 26 December 1867
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Part of a cadastral map of Sydney by Woolloomooloo Bay, showing Victoria and McLeay Streets c1841
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Party from Sydney for the Homebush races, 1854
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Paul Hogan in Canberra Times cartoon 1986
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Paying Passengers on the Electric Service 1 March 1926
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Paying toll on the Sydney Harbour Bridge ca 1963
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Peak hour, Kings Cross c1961
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Pearl Bay c1880
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Peats Ferry, Hawkesbury River c1880s
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Pemulwuy c1801
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Percy Lindsay, 1941
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Pfahlert's Hotel, Wynyard Square 1879
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Phoenician Club members reading the Maltese Herald, 1975
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Picnic given by Messrs Farmer, Painter and Pope to their employees at Pennant Hills 17 March 1866
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Picnic in Middle Harbour 10 December 1902
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Pillars on verandah of Roseneath, home of Mr and Mrs Arthur Gates, typify architecture of early 19th century, Parramatta 1950
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Pitt Street from Hunter Street looking north 1856
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Pitt Street from King Street looking south 1856
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Places to visit in and near Sydney 1916
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Plan of 16 allotments forming a portion of the Brighton Estate for sale by auction by Mr Stubbs 1840
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Plan of Enmore: the property of I Simmons Esq 1841
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Plan of Glades Ville, divided into allotments and situate on the Parramatta River c1870s
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Plan of New South Wales 1803
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Plan of accommodations Ship Edward Lombe 1832
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Plan of allotments Croydon Park: to be sold by auction at the Temperance Hall, Pitt Street on Saturday, 29th September 1877
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Plan of portions 1 to 11 at Shea's Creek, Cook's River, Parish of Petersham, Co Cumberland 1859
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Plan of the Cowpasture Estates, the property of MD Hunter Esqr for sale by Mr Lyons on Monday 30 August 1847
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Plan of the Newtown area, September 1842
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Plan of the subdivision of the Castlecrag Estate 1921
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Plan of the town and suburbs of Sydney, August 1822
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Plan of the villa Bello Retiro on the Cooks River Road for sale by auction by Mr Stubbs, on the 28 September 1842
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Plan shewing the situation of the allotments for sale at Darlinghurst Elizabeth Bay: the property of Alexr Mcleay Esqre 1840s
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Playbill from the Theatre, 30 July 1796
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Point Piper near Sydney, N.S. Wales c1826
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Police arrive with exhibits at Coroner's Court for inquest into death of Arthur Griffith, September 1954
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Poppy King float, Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras 1999
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Port Jackson: a native (possibly Bennelong) 1802
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Port Jackson: a native (possibly Colebee), 1802
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Portrait of Ada Cambridge c1917-1926
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Portrait of Alexander Macleay
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Portrait of Australia Little, c1880
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Portrait of Bungaree, a native of New South Wales, with Fort Macquarie, Sydney Harbour, in background 1826
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Portrait of Captain HM Denham 1849
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Portrait of Caroline Chisholm 1852
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Portrait of Dr JJC Bradfield 1920s
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Portrait of Dymphna Cusack 1945
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Portrait of Edward Gibbon Wakefield 1826
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Portrait of Eleanor Dark 1948
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Portrait of Eliza, wife of Governor Darling, 1825
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Portrait of Harold Cazneaux
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Portrait of Henry Ackaoui, Egyptian migrant 1977
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Portrait of Henry Deane c1895
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Portrait of John Lucas MLA 1896
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Portrait of Mrs Barker c1875
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Portrait of Patrick White, Centennial Park 1983
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Portrait of Reverend William Yate c1840
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Portrait of TJ Ley 1925
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Portrait of boxer Dave Sands, middle, lightweight & heavyweight champion of Australia between 1941 - 1952
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Portrait of filmmaker, Charles Chauvel c1939
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Prince Consort's statue & Astor House, Macquarie St 1925
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Prince Edward Theatre 1924-1930
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Princess Alice at Wirth's Bros Circus in Sydney 1938
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Proclamation by Governor Lachlan Macquarie, The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, 3 March 1810, p 1
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Production at Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney 1963
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Program for Chiarini's Royal Italian Circus and performing animals: Friday, June 11, 1880
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Program for Mr E Boulanger's grand evening concert on Monday, June 11, 1855, at the Prince of Wales Theatre
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Progress of the soldier settlement scheme at Frenchs Forest in the Lone Hand, August 1918
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Proposed Archibald Memorial Fountain to be erected in one of the public gardens of Sydney 1927
as Collection
Proposed horse drawn railway 1857
as Collection
Proposed new chambers, Macquarie Street, Sydney 1910
as Collection
Protesters against the detention of refugee children, Villawood Immigration Detention Centre January 2002
as Collection
Pub sign advertising 'Free Toohey's New' 2000
as Collection
Public Notice to Artists: The Archibald Prize July 1921
as Collection
Public reception and welcome to Mr Eamon de Valera and Mr Frank Aiken, Sydney Stadium, Rushcutters Bay, 1st June 1948
as Collection
Pulpit Rock, Blackheath, Blue Mountains 1950s
as Collection
Quartermaster Laycock slicing Phillip Cunningham with a sword during the convict rebellion at Castle Hill 5 March 1804
as Collection
Quong Tart
as Collection
Race between Sportsman and Cooramin, Homebush 1854
as Collection
Racegoers See Air Display 19 April 1942
as Collection
Railway Building, Wynyard Square c1940
as Collection
Railway House interior c1945
as Collection
Railway House, Wynyard Square 1936
as Collection
Railway Junction Estate, North Shore, for auction sale on the ground, Saturday 17th Octr 1885, 3.30 pm
as Collection
Rayner Hoff in his studio, c1923-4
as Collection
Repatriation General Hospital, AMF Wing, Concord 1940s
as Collection
Repatriation General Hospital, Concord 1940s
as Collection
Report of flooding at Georges River, June 1809
as Collection
Residence of Edward Riley Esq, Wooloomooloo 1825
as Collection
Restrictions on spectators for the first race meet at Hyde Park Racecourse in October 1810
as Collection
Resuscitation work being carried out by lifesavers and helpers, Bondi Beach 6 February 1938
as Collection
Rev John Dunmore Lang c1860
as Collection
Revd John Dunmore Lang, DD, AM, for upwards of fifty years minister of the Scots Church, Sydney 1873
as Collection
Riding the reels, Chippendale 1959
as Collection
Riot at the Female Factory 1827
as Collection
Rowe Street: An Impression 1909
as Collection
Roxy Theatre facade, Parramatta c1970
as Collection
Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney 1849
as Collection
Rydalmere: a polka song 1886
as Collection
SOS sign to be placed in window if needing assistance during the influenza pandemic in 1918-1919
as Collection
Salvation Army, Oh! 1887
as Collection
Samuel Smyth's, Darling Point, Sydney 1853
as Collection
Sans Souci, June 26 1870
as Collection
Saturday 8 March 1788 This day went on shore... from Arthur Bowes Smyth's journal on board the Lady Penrhyn
as Collection
Saturday arvo, Cronulla, 1961
as Collection
Saturday's demonstration in the Domain 11 August 1917
as Collection
Schedule of the lots in the plan of partition of the Bank of Australia : the drawing to commence on Monday, January 1st, 1849
as Collection
School of Arts, Pitt Street, Sydney 1856
as Collection
Sea baths and beach, Avalon Beach 1950s
as Collection
See for yourself c1949
as Collection
Selection of Police Incident reports from the Sydney Herald in 1831 involving women who were sent to the Female Factory
as Collection
Sergeant Ball, February 1894
as Collection
Sheedy's Castle, Balmoral Beach 1889
as Collection
Ship in Sydney Harbour showing Government House c1840
as Collection
Ship in full sail passing Sydney Heads c1840
as Collection
Shooting the harpoon at a whale 1813
as Collection
Showboat Kalang going through the old Spit Bridge c1940s
as Collection
Sir Edmund Barton as a mature man
as Collection
Sir Henry Parkes at Faulconbridge c1885
as Collection
Sir John Alexander Ferguson
as Collection
Sir Joseph Banks Hotel, Botany Bay 1857
as Collection
Sir Joseph Banks c1771-1773
as Collection
Sir Maurice O'Connell c1847
as Collection
Sir William Walkley
as Collection
Sketch and description of the settlement at Sydney Cove Port Jackson in the County of Cumberland...16th of April, 1788
as Collection
Sketch at Mrs Darling's Point, near Sydney 1835
as Collection
Sketch, proposed house at Pymble c1925
as Collection
Sleaze Ball 1986
as Collection
Sleaze Ball 1986
as Collection
Society 1885
as Collection
Soldiers firing muskets 1804
as Collection
South Bankstown Ampol 1952-4
as Collection
South Head and lighthouse, Port Jackson, N. S. Wales, with the approach of a southerly squall c1825
as Collection
South end of Manly Beach, showing the shark tower, Manly Surf Pavilion and block of flats c1939
as Collection
Spectacle Ponds farm 1850-70s
as Collection
St Brigid's (Ryan's school), Kent Street 1900
as Collection
St Matthew's Anglican church, Windsor 1886
as Collection
St Michael's Church of England, Vaucluse 1955
as Collection
St Patrick's Church 'The stone work of this exquisite specimen of 'Ecclesiastical Architecture' is now completed' 1843
as Collection
St Patrick's College, Manly, 1910-1962.
as Collection
Star City Casino (after Breughel) 1998
as Collection
Steam locomotive, Sydney 1926
as Collection
Steps link 'Loo with Potts Point 1951
as Collection
Strathfield railway station c1920
as Collection
Study in Scarlet: Kate Leigh and Tilly Devine 1950
as Collection
Sumner Locke Elliott 1938
as Collection
Surf boat launch, Bilgola Beach 1967
as Collection
Surfing tragedy at Bondi 6 February 1938
as Collection
Survey of Port Jackson New South Wales 1822
as Collection
Sydney Barracks and Military Windmill, 1817
as Collection
Sydney Day Nursery, dressing to go home, 1939
as Collection
Sydney Gazette 5 March 1803 page 2
as Collection
Sydney Harbour with Garden [ie Goat] Island 1837
as Collection
Sydney Hospital Pneumonic - Influenza Epidemic: General Information for the Citizens of New South Wales 1918
as Collection
Sydney Morning Herald building construction c1924
as Collection
Sydney Olympic Park railway station, Homebush 2000
as Collection
Sydney Says... Sydney has a mystery 8 March 1947
as Collection
Sydney Shark Tragedy, January 1946
as Collection
Sydney's existing railways (shown black) and the future railways (shown white) September 1926
as Collection
Sydney, Government House 1802
as Collection
Teeth! Teeth! Teeth! Advertisement for Mr H Bertrand, dentist in Hunter Street February 1862
as Collection
Tempe on the Cooks River 1840s
as Collection
The 1878 Australian Eleven
as Collection
The Anniversary Polka 1853
as Collection
The Artists' Ball: this flashlight glimpse in the basement of Sydney Town Hall speaks for itself September 1924
as Collection
The Astor Flats, Macquarie Street 1923
as Collection
The Australian Bird Waltz 1850-59
as Collection
The Australian woman's mirror, 18 October 1938
as Collection
The Bernefield Estate, St Peters : for auction sale on the ground, at 3 o'clock, Saturday 2nd November 1895
as Collection
The Bird That Does Not Bury Its Head In The Sand 1920
as Collection
The Bridge Street Affray, February 1894
as Collection
The Bridge Street Burglars: Graphic Account of the Execution in 'The Bird O'Freedom', 2 June 1894
as Collection
The Bubonic Plague - Wash and Pray! April 1900
as Collection
The Burdekin House, Macquarie Street, Sydney 1914
as Collection
The Burning of the Garden Palace Sydney, September 22, 1882, as seen from Macquarie Street
as Collection
The City of Sydney Polka 1854
as Collection
The Cornstalk Polka 1857
as Collection
The Cornstalk Polka c1863
as Collection
The Cross Guns Hotel, Paddington c1890
as Collection
The Currency Lasses by Isaac Nathan 1846
as Collection
The Dainty Swallowtail (Papilio Anactus, Macleay) butterfly and caterpillar. Food-plant: Citrus aurantium 1890s
as Collection
The Five Pounds Baby Bonus 29 June 1912
as Collection
The Flying Fox ( Pteropus Poliocephalus ) 1869
as Collection
The Gap, South Head c1870
as Collection
The Governor has been pleased to approve of the following appointments... 25 October 1825
as Collection
The Havilah Estate, Chatswood, Hugh Duff & Co, auctioneers, 109 Pitt St & at Chatswood c1905
as Collection
The Hermitage cafe, Ash Street, Sydney 1942
as Collection
The Hero of Coogee Beach 1922
as Collection
The Hotel Australia, 1961
as Collection
The Lewellin Estate, Marrickville [Enmore] 1880s
as Collection
The Marian Waltzes 1853
as Collection
The Mount Rennie Outrage 1887
as Collection
The National Trust of Australia (NSW) 1947
as Collection
The New Goods Railway February 1911
as Collection
The Parramatta Orange
as Collection
The Parramatta River with Searle's monument c1915
as Collection
The Rabbit Plague and Anthrax in Australia; M. Pasteur's experiments and remedies for its extermination November 1891
as Collection
The Rev'd TF Palmer 1793
as Collection
The Right Rev. Frederic Barker, c1870s
as Collection
The Romaine of the Trocadero 1941
as Collection
The Sailor Rescued 1857
as Collection
The Sirius and Supply in Jackson's Bay c1789
as Collection
The Soldiers' Riots, The Mercury, 19 February 1916
as Collection
The Sydney City Railway: the Great Excavator 1923
as Collection
The Sydney Corporation Quadrilles 1842
as Collection
The Sydney Flour Song 1945
as Collection
The Sydney Milky Way; or Infant Poison 1875
as Collection
The Waratah Princess, Glenice Hill 1959
as Collection
The annual meeting of the native tribes at Parramatta, New South Wales, the Governor meeting them c1826
as Collection
The anti-transportation movement 1851
as Collection
The catodon polka c1850
as Collection
The common hangman January 1880
as Collection
The cow pastures c1874
as Collection
The cut in Argyle Street 1853
as Collection
The farm house of W Lawson Esqre, N S Wales c1826
as Collection
The ferry Kiandra, Sydney Harbour c1930
as Collection
The first cricket match between New South Wales and Victoria, Sydney Domain, January 1857
as Collection
The first government windmill 1797
as Collection
The old Parramatta Hospital c1880
as Collection
The three long board proponents c1950
as Collection
The tug Hero towing Pamir to Sydney Heads 1947
as Collection
The wheel of youth, Dee Why 1929
as Collection
The wonder boy Charlton
as Collection
Theatre interior remodelled at Enmore, NSW 1937
as Collection
Theft from the lumber yard 1829
as Collection
This book may make him a millionaire 1963
as Collection
This village stands as one man's memorial 1946
as Collection
Thomas F Cosh 1915
as Collection
Thomas Keneally 1998
as Collection
Till Charity Do Us Part 1900
as Collection
Tivoli music album No 29, Xmas number, 1906-7
as Collection
To the Editor of the Australian, on the decease of persons dying in public hospitals, December 1824
as Collection
Today Beryl Morrin Lives A Normal Life 1938
as Collection
Today Beryl Morrin Lives A Normal Life 1938
as Collection
Town Hall, Randwick c1885
as Collection
Transverse Section through a Range of Cells erected at the Female Factory, Parramatta 1837
as Collection
Two Aborigines spearing eels c1817-20
as Collection
Ultimo skyline 1961
as Collection
Varney Monk c1933
as Collection
Vietnamese on a boat from Vietnam, Darwin, November 1977
as Collection
View from Woolloomooloo 1857
as Collection
View in the Cowpasture district 1840-46
as Collection
View in the town of Sydney 1853
as Collection
View of Rodd Island, Leichhardt Bay 1891
as Collection
View of Sydney from Pyrmont, New South Wales c1880
as Collection
View of Tempe on Cooks River 1845
as Collection
View of Windsor upon the River Hawkesbury, 1824
as Collection
View of part of Sydney c1804
as Collection
View of the dam over the river at Liverpool c1857
as Collection
View of the race course at Homebush, near Sydney 1857
as Collection
View over a cricket match towards Fairlight House and Cardinal's Palace, Manly 1870-1890s
as Collection
Village de Brick-Field, from Plan de la ville de Sydney : (Capitale des colonies Anglaises aux Terres Australes) 1802
as Collection
Vineyard at Camden c1855-1880
as Collection
Vue de George's Street a Sydney 1833
as Collection
Warragamba weir under construction 1939
as Collection
Wattle Day: march song and two-step 1920s
as Collection
West Botany, Illawarra Railway route: large blocks of land for sale in the estate of the late John Archibald Cunningham 1881
as Collection
West side of Farm Cove with distant view of the Military Hospital, the smock-mill and Fort Phillip, c1818
as Collection
Western view of Sydney Cove 1797
as Collection
Westley's chemist shop, Rowe Street, Eastwood, c 1947
as Collection
Wharf at Peats Ferry c1885
as Collection
What next? 1869
as Collection
When Manly's on the spree 1928
as Collection
William Balmain
as Collection
William Street c1963
as Collection
Wireless Wizardry: A Sydney experiment August 1919
as Collection
Woolloomooloo, Potts Point and Elizabeth Bay 1832
as Collection
Work at the Show gives housewives a lift 1950
as Collection
Writer Dorothy Porter 1993
as Collection
Wynyard Park with the AWA building and tower c1939
as Collection
Wyoming Chambers, Sydney's newest skyscraper 1911
as Collection
Young Australians, Sydney Harbour, 1919
as Collection
Hawkesbury River, view no 6 1802
as Collection