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Shipping horses for the Government of India at Millers Point Wharf, Darling Harbour c1847

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Frederick Garling
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a128239 / DG SV1A/9]
(Dixson Galleries)

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Garling, Frederick

Customs official and marine artist.

State Library of New South Wales

French

A small but influential community, French Sydneysiders have been settlers, businesspeople, artists, performers and entrepreneurs. The visibility of Sydney's French community and its cultural organisations, schools and language has led to difficulties when French governments have taken unpopular action, such as nuclear testing in the Pacific, but reconciliations have usually been quick.

Millers Point

Called Ta-Ra by its first inhabitants, the Cadigal, Millers Point was named for the windmills that were built on its heights, and their owner, John Leighton, known as Jack the Miller. By the 1850s Millers Point was a maritime enclave, with almost all residents and employers focused on the wharves and the trade they brought. Through plague, depression and war, the community at Millers Point retained its cohesion, but the changes brought by gentrification are harder to predict.

Sydney's first ice

Natural ice, imported from the lakes of the north-eastern United States, cooled the drinks of Sydneysiders for the first time in 1839. During the early 1850s, the trade provided relief during Sydney summers, as well as a spur to local engineers to improve ice manufacturing.

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Millers Point

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Inner-city suburb on the western side of the Harbour Bridge's southern approaches. It was named for the windmills that were built on its heights, and their owner, John Leighton, known as Jack the Miller.

Moore's wharf

Wharf built by Henry Moore at Millers Point by the 1830s. The original warehouse at the wharf was sited west of its current position but was rebuilt stone by stone in 1978.

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