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A Southerly Buster 1878

A Southerly Buster 1878

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[from 'Southerly Busters' by Ironbark, Published by John Sands, Sydney 1878, frontispiece]

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Clint, Alfred

English artist who made his living and his reputation as a scenic artist and cartoonist.

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Clint, Alfred

English-born scene painter Alfred Clint both came from and sired an artistic family. His elaborate painted backdrops were a highlight of late nineteenth-century Sydney theatre.

Weather

Pedestrians

Horses as transport

Public transport

Buses

St James Anglican church Queens Square

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Early Anglican church which was Australia's tallest structure from 1822 to 1853 The copper steeple is 52 metres high and was part of the modification to the original plans which were for a courthouse on the site.

Southerly buster

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Colloquial expression describing the strong southerly winds which sweep in from the south at the end of a hot summer's day.

Clint, Alfred

Talented artist who made his living and his reputation as a scenic artist and cartoonist.

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Statue of Prince Albert

Bronze statue of Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, sculpted by English sculptor William Theed and shipped to Sydney where it was erected in Hyde Park and unveiled five years after Albert's death.

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Queens Square

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Public square at the junction of Macquarie and King streets containing a statue of Queen Victoria.

Macquarie Street

Street at the eastern edge of Sydney's central business district, designed as a ceremonial thoroughfare by Lachlan Macquarie and containing many of Sydney's public buildings. It was later the best address in the colony, and became a prestigious medical precinct in the twentieth century.

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