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Manly, harbour side c1890

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Kerry & Co
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[DL PX 138, f24]
(Dixson Library)

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Kerry & Co

State Library of New South Wales

Suburbanisation

Architecture

Wharves

Housing

Camera Obscura, Manly 1857

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Turretted tower built by Henry Gilbert Smith which housed a camera obscura. The land on which it stood was eventually sold to WB Dalley who built Marinella on the site.

Manly

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Peninsular suburb at the northern entrance to Port Jackson, which faces both the harbour and the ocean. Its name comes from the 'confidence and manly behaviour' of the Aboriginal people encountered there by Governor Arthur Phillip in 1788.

Manly Wharf

Ferry wharf and entertainment precinct.

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