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Gordon's Mill, Paddington 18 December 1859

By
George Roberts
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a3850001 / PXA 2691, 1]
(Mitchell Library)

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Roberts, George

Painter who specialised in theatrical scenery.

State Library of New South Wales

Windmills of Sydney

In the late eighteenth century, and well into the nineteenth century, the tallest structures around Sydney Cove were windmills. They left few physical remains, yet their presence left a lasting legacy in early colonial landscape art and the minds and hearts of many contemporaries.

Mills and windmills

Paddington

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Inner-east residential suburb, named for the London borough, with 3,800 terrace houses built between 1860 and 1890. It was one of the earliest Sydney suburbs to be valued for its heritage buildings, many of which have been restored.

Gordon's mill

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Stone and post mill situated on the ridge near the corner of Stewart and Gordon streets at Paddington which operated from about 1829 until the 1870s.