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Emu Hall, Penrith 1866

By
Joseph Fowles
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a128971 / ML 1009]
(Mitchell Library)

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Fowles, Joseph

Artist and teacher who left a record in illustrations of Sydney in the mid-nineteenth century.

State Library of New South Wales

Fowles, Joseph

Farmer, businessman, racing enthusiast, Joseph Fowles was also a successful artist, who left a visual record of Sydney in 1848 that remains invaluable to historians.

Colonial architecture

Horses as transport

Residential building

Horses

Penrith

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Far western suburb lying on the eastern bank of the Nepean River at the foot of the Blue Mountains, named by Governor Macquarie after a town in England's Lake District. Developing rapidly in the 1970s, it is now one of the major commercial centres in the Greater Western Sydney area.