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Wax impression of obverse of the first Great Seal of New South Wales 1792

The colony's first territorial seal was approved by King George III on 4 August 1790 and arrived in Sydney in September 1791. The Royal Warrant describes the design on the obverse as:

Convicts landed at Botany Bay; their fetters taken off and received by Industry,…

Jew Fish Bay and Oatley Park Baths

The Oatley Amateur Swimming Club began in 1927 on the sandy beach of Jew Fish Bay in a small area protected from sharks with iron mesh netting. Over the decades the club held swimming competitions and social events, drawing people from all over Sydney. It continues to…

Pikelets being made at the Electrical Association, 1936

Electrical Association for Women Cookery book 1936

Birds eye view of general wharfage scheme west of Dawes Point as it will appear when completed, published 1913

Aims and objectives of the Electrical Association for Women 1936

Electrical Association for Women Cookery book 1936

The Governor has been pleased to approve of the following appointments... 25 October 1825

Waratah (Telopea speciosissima, R Br) 1912

Street signalling equipment: one of the new electromatic traffic signals which has been erected at the intersection of Kent and Market Streets October 1933

Report on the Coroner's Inquest and the burials of of Thomas Gibbes, Charles Kemp and James Starkie of the Edward Lombe 6 September 1834

Busby's Bore

Part of the new water system designed by John Busby in the 1820s, Busby's Bore was a major piece of engineering infrastructure for the city, and supplied a population of 20,000 with 1.5 million litres of water per day.

Electrical Association for Women should like YOU to become a member, 1936

Fight between Paddy Sinclair, the Enfield General, and William Sparkes, alias Johnny Heki 1848

York Street 1848

Public notice: the undermentioned Persons have obtained Certificates, or Tickets of Leave, during the last Week, 28 October 1824

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Wax impression of obverse of the first Great Seal of New South Wales 1792

Jew Fish Bay and Oatley Park Baths

Pikelets being made at the Electrical Association, 1936

Electrical Association for Women Cookery book 1936

Birds eye view of general wharfage scheme west of Dawes Point as it will appear when completed, published 1913

Aims and objectives of the Electrical Association for Women 1936

Electrical Association for Women Cookery book 1936

The Governor has been pleased to approve of the following appointments... 25 October 1825

Waratah (Telopea speciosissima, R Br) 1912

Street signalling equipment: one of the new electromatic traffic signals which has been erected at the intersection of Kent and Market Streets October 1933

Report on the Coroner's Inquest and the burials of of Thomas Gibbes, Charles Kemp and James Starkie of the Edward Lombe 6 September 1834

Busby's Bore

Electrical Association for Women should like YOU to become a member, 1936

Fight between Paddy Sinclair, the Enfield General, and William Sparkes, alias Johnny Heki 1848

York Street 1848

Public notice: the undermentioned Persons have obtained Certificates, or Tickets of Leave, during the last Week, 28 October 1824

Government Public Notice concerning Elizabeth Davis who absconded from the Female Factory at Parramatta August 1831

Advertisement for W Blyth, Cook, Pastry Cook and Wholesale & Retail Confectioner 1847

Restrictions on spectators for the first race meet at Hyde Park Racecourse in October 1810

Government and General Orders concerning the hour of internment in the new burial ground 14 October 1820