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Gloucester Street and corner of little Essex Street, Sydney 1902

By
H Stuart Wilson
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a3767001 / ML 1437]
(Mitchell Library)

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Wilson, H Stuart

State Library of New South Wales

Painting Old Sydney

Just over a century ago, a unique collection of paintings opened a window to the urban life of the Rocks and Millers Point before their major transformation. No part of Sydney had been depicted so intensively. The Old Sydney Exhibition succeeded in bringing the loss of Old Sydney to the attention of the public, and so planted the seeds of the heritage conservation movement.

Residential building

Roads

The Rocks

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Suburb located north of the central business district on the western shore of Sydney Cove. Characterised by a precinct of restored nineteenth-century buildings which are a major tourist attraction, it was recognised as a separate suburb in 1993.

An Exhibition of Pictures of Old Sydney

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Exhibition of paintings of parts of Sydney which were due for demolition in the cleansing of The Rocks and Millers Point after the outbreak of plague in 1900. Organised by the Society of Artists, it was held in their rooms in Pitt Street.