Janus: Streets and buildings of Sydney

RCS contains:
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Y3086I	Cataract Dam and Broughton's Pass Weir
Y3086J	Photographs - New South Wales, circa 1885
Y3086K	New South Wales, 1908
Y3086N	The University of Sydney, New South Wales: The Fisher Library, circa 1915
Y3086O	The University of Sydney
Y3086P	Streets and buildings of Sydney
Y3086R	Four Photographs of Scenery in New South Wales
Y3086S	Sydney Botanical Gardens and Mount Kosciusko
Y3086T	East Circular Quay, Sydney
Y3086W	Yass, New South Wales 1949
Y3087A	Melbourne International Exhibition
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Streets and buildings of Sydney

Title	Streets and buildings of Sydney
Reference	GBR/0115/Y3086P
Creator	Unknown
Covering Dates	1870–1879 (1870s.)
Extent and Medium	80 prints; Generally faded.
Repository	Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library

Content and context

Collection of loose albumen prints mounted on cards. This collection provides a very substantial graphic record of Sydney in the 1870s but it is inadequately captioned; some details are written in pencil on the mounts, but as these have become very soiled, identification is sometimes difficult. Valuable assistance has been given by visiting photographic librarians from Australia.

Access and Use

Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Streets and buildings of Sydney, Y3086P

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Indexed

This collection level description was entered by KS using information from the original typescript catalogue.

This collection is available on microfiche: Australasia, fiche number 59-63.

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Oceania

RCS/Y3086P contains:

Squatters' Exchange, corner of George Street and Margaret Street. 272 x 201 mm. View looking south along George Street, with the Squatters' Exchange at the junction with Margaret Street in the right foreground. The tower in the distance at the extreme left appears to be that of the Town Hall, completed in 1875. Other business premises identifiable in the print are: Petrie at number 269 and next door, Griffiths and Weaver, Stock and Station Agents.
Poor condition, fading, yellowing and dirt-marking..

Redfern Railway Station. 280 x 213 mm. View of the Redfern Railway Terminal, with the 1870 Sydney Inter-Colonial Exhibition buildings (demolished in 1954) in the background.
Fair condition, slight overall fading and yellowing..

Cleveland Street West, Redfern. 285 x 205 mm. View looking along Cleveland Street, with Edward Bennett's pawnbroking establishment in the left foreground. Further along the street Alfred Lee's Royal Standard Hotel stands at the junction with Woodburn Street.
Fair condition, overall yellowing and slight fading..

Exchange, Gresham Street. 275 x 209 mm. View looking west across Gresham Street, with the eastern façade of the Exchange visible at the right, overlooking Macquarie Place. This two storey building, with composite pilasters running through both floors, was later enlarged by a further two floors. The left hand building, with its first floor windows flanked by paired Ionic columns, housed a number of businesses, among them that of the Land Surveyor Ernest O. Smith.
Fair condition, overall yellowing and some fading..

Circular Quay. 270 x 212 mm. View looking along the row of warehouses facing the Circular Quay, with Talbot's Wool Stores in the centre of the group.
Fair condition, slight yellowing and fading..

[?] Fern Street. 272 x 204 mm. View looking across a street towards an unidentified group of verandahed houses. The pencilled caption is largely illegible.
Poor condition, overall yellowing and fading..

Municipal Chambers, [?] Pitt Street. 262 x 209 mm. View looking across (?) Pitt Street towards the two storey Municipal Chambers which stands on the corner of Wells Street, with the small wooden premises of E. Allen, family butchers, and domestic residences beyond. The segmental pediment which stands on Ionic columns on the first floor above the porch is inscribed with the date 1870.
Fair condition, overall yellowing and some fading..

Phillip Street. 274 x 210 mm. View looking south along Phillip Street, with St James's Church visible at the end of the road. At the right is a block of two storey domestic residences with cast-iron verandah and balcony work.
Fair condition, overall yellowing and some fading..

Market Street from (?) Sussex Street. 268 x 203 mm. View looking up along Market Street, presumably from the junction with Sussex Street. Margaret Pugh's Old Boomerang Inn is on the corner in the right foreground, with the Lenehan Brothers' (Robert and Christopher H.) New Bridge Grocery Warehouse two doors along at 3 Market Street.
Fair condition, overall yellowing and some fading..

Market Street Works West from [illegible]. 263 x 205 mm. View of business premises with the masts of moored ships visible in the right background. The precise location has not been identified, but is presumably one of the streets at the west end of Market Street near the Pyrmont Bridge. In the left foreground is R. Grant's Timber Offices with the Harrison Joinery Works beyond. Next comes the tiny boarding hotel, the Paris Board and Residence, with the more substantial three storey premises of A.B. Armstrong and Co. beyond and nearest the harbour. Andrew Bell Armstrong's chandlery business is recorded in the 1867 directory as being at 41 Wharf Street and this is probably the road seen here.
Fair condition, overall yellowing and some fading..

George Street South. 288 x 204 mm. View looking south along George Street, with Christ Church St Laurence visible in the right background. The photograph appears to have been taken from the junction of George Street with Hay Street.
Fair condition, overall yellowing and some fading..

Government Mint, Macquarie Street. 281 x 210 mm. View of the Mint from Macquarie Street. This two storeyed verandahed building with hipped roof was originally the southern wing of the Rum Hospital, built 1811-16. It became the Government Mint in 1853 and has in recent years been turned into a Museum of State history.
Fair condition, overall yellowing and some fading..

Legislative Council and Assembly, Macquarie Street. 273 x 210 mm. View from Macquarie Street of the Legislative Council buildings. This building started life as one of the wings of the Rum Hospital. It became the Legislative Council Chamber in 1843.
Fair condition, overall yellowing and some fading..

Macquarie Street North. 267 x 202 mm. View looking along Macquarie Street, with a row of three storey terrace houses in the foreground. The building in the background appears to be the Free Library at the junction of Bent Street and Macquarie Street. The terraced houses in the foreground are handsomely proportioned buildings with slender arched doorways and cast-iron balconies on the first floor. They would appear to date from around the mid-1840s.
Fair condition, overall yellowing, some fading..

Wynyard Square. 277 x 207 mm. Showing a corner of Wynyard Square, with Pfahlert's Family Hotel prominent in the left foreground and terraced residential houses beyond. The square had formerly been the site of military barracks built by Governor Macquarie in 1822. These barracks were demolished in 1848 and the square re-named after Major General E.B. Wynyard, who arrived in that year as Commander of British Forces in Australia and New Zealand.
Fair condition, some yellowing, fading and abrasions..

Wynyard Square South. 275 x 214 mm. View looking along the row of commercial premises along the south side of Wynyard Square. In the foreground is the three storey, nine bay building occupied by T.F. Meyer and Co. and D. Mitchell and Co. The first storey windows of this building are recessed into arch-topped openings with decorative fanlights above the windows. Beyond are the premises of Charles Teakle, auctioneer.
Fair condition, overall yellowing and slight fading..

Clarence Street. 274 x 202 mm. View of houses along Clarence Street, probably at the back of Wynyard Square. The houses are of three storeys, with cast-iron covered verandahs on the first floor.
Fair condition, overall yellowing and some fading..

Wynyard Square East. 265 x 211 mm. View looking along Wynyard Square East, with no. 1 Wynyard Square in the right foreground. This substantial three storey residential building, with a cast-iron balcony running along the first floor, is surmounted by the inscription 'Isaac Levey 1861'. The next building along in the square is Horner's Family Hotel.
Fair condition, slight overall yellowing and fading..

Bathurst Street looking west from Sussex Street. 264 x 210 mm. View from the junction of Bathurst Street and Sussex Street looking west, with the southernmost tip of Darling Harbour visible at the end of the street. In the left foreground on the corner is Reuben C. Jacobs' Robert Burns Hotel and, a few doors down along Bathurst Street, the premises of John Phillips and Co., coal and wood merchants and contractors.
Fair condition, overall yellowing and some fading..

Bathurst Street looking east from Sussex Street. 282 x 209 mm. View looking up along the south side of Bathurst Street, from the junction of Bathurst Street and Sussex Street. In the right foreground at 295 Sussex Street, at the junction with Bathurst Street, is the independent Methodist Chapel, a two storey brick building with stepped gables facing onto Bathurst Street. Further down the street is the small Kerosene Oil Depot.
Fair condition, overall yellowing and some fading..

George Street from Market Street. 272 x 210 mm. View looking along George Street from the junction with Market Street, showing the commercial premises along the left hand side of the road. On the corner in the foreground is the Sydney Grocery Emporium of C.Kidman and Son. Next door at no. 243 is George Fesq's wine and spirit shop and beyond that the ornately detailed frontage of F. Lassetter's ironmongery business at no. 421. This is followed by Hyam Hains, stationers, H Zions, tailors, and Keep and Parsons, merchants.
Fair condition, overall yellowing and some fading..

Francis Street from College Street. 265 x 204 mm. View looking east along Francis Street, a road lined on both sides with modest two storey terraced houses. The view is taken from the junction with College Street which runs north-south along the side of Hyde Park. The entrance to a small alley, Park Lane, can be partially seen in the right foreground. The junction with Yurong Street can be seen in the middleground of the print, with the junction with Riley Street at the bottom of the hill. On the opposite skyline is the spire of St Andrew's Church.
Fair condition, some overall yellowing and fading..

Bathurst Street West. 286 x 211 mm. View looking up along Bathurst Street West from an unidentified junction. In the right foreground on the corner is William Lang's Sir Walter Scott Hotel and a few doors up, John Harkness's Bell Foundry.
Poor condition, overall yellowing and some fading..

Liverpool Street looking west from Sussex Street. 265 x 192 mm. View looking along the westernmost section of Liverpool Street, with the southern tip of Darling Harbour visible at the end (this section of water was later reclaimed). In the right foreground, at the junction with Sussex Street, the entrance to the Builder's Arms can be seen. On the left-hand side of the road a row of two storeyed terraced houses with cast-iron balconies on the first floor runs down to the junction with Harbour Street, on the further side of which is M.W. Kavanagh's grocery.
Fair condition, overall yellowing and some fading..

Liverpool Street. 275 x 206 mm. View looking up Liverpool Street towards the Willow Tree Inn at the junction with Castlereagh Street. The right foreground of the print is occupied by a large four storey bonded warehouse and factory named the Virginia Factory. The right-hand portion of the building is occupied by Cameron's Bond.
Fair condition, some overall yellowing and fading..

Pitt Street from King Street. 273 x 188 mm. View looking along Pitt Street from its junction with King Street. On the corner in the left foreground is Punch's Hotel, operated by Thomas Punch, a substantial three storey building. Beyond are more modest commercial premises, including Washington H. Soul's Patent Medicine Depot at no. 221.
Fair condition, overall yellowing and some fading..

King Street looking west from Queen's Square. 272 x 200 mm. View from the easternmost end of King Street looking west. In the right foreground is a three storey terrace block with cast-iron verandahs running along the first floor. The right-hand portion of this is occupied by the Oxford Hotel. Directly opposite, at the extreme left of the print, a small part of the portico of St James's Church can be seen. Further down the road, on the junction with Phillip Street, is the Supreme Court Hotel.
Poor condition, overall yellowing and fading..

Sussex Street [?] from Bathurst Street. 268 x 201 mm. View looking towards the Governor Bourke Hotel which stands on the corner of Sussex Street, probably at its junction with Bathurst Street. The hotel abuts a ledge of rock which rises to a height of one storey. On top of this are modest two storey dwellings.
Fair condition, some yellowing and fading..

Botany Road [?] from Randwick Road. 266 x 202 mm. View looking along Botany Road (later Flinders Street), probably from its junction with Randwick Road. In the left foreground are the premises of W. Knight, tobacconist, with a glaziers and a newsagents beyond on the other side of the road. Further on still, towards Oxford Street, is an unidentified factory.
Poor condition, overall yellowing and fading..

Upper William Street North. 272 x 210 mm. View of a handsome row of six three storey terrace houses in Upper William Street, probably constructed in the 1840s. The verandahs, supported on cast-iron work run through both the ground and first floor and on the upper storey are supplied with curtains which can be drawn across for additional shade.
Fair condition, some overall yellowing and fading..

Crown Street ... [caption partly illegible]. 272 x 197 mm. View looking along a row of small terraced houses, probably built in the early 1860s in Crown Street. The portion of the caption stating from where the picture was taken is illegible.
Fair condition, some overall fading and yellowing..

Darlinghurst Road. 273 x 191 mm. View showing a heterogeneous block of three storey verandahed dwellings in the Darlinghurst Road, probably constructed in the 1860s.
Fair condition, some overall yellowing and fading..

Darlinghurst Road. 273 x 206 mm. Showing a mixed block of houses . The first two houses in the row have their first floor verandahs supported on Ionic columns (? of cast-iron).
Fair condition, overall yellowing and slight fading..

Circular Quay. 274 x 208 mm. View of warehouses on the Circular Quay. In the left background are the massive premises of Mort and Co., with the warehouses of Harrison, Jones and Devlin and Maiden, Hill and Co. in the foreground.
Fair condition, some yellowing and slight fading..

Church Hill. 274 x 212 mm. View of Wentworth House Private Boarding Establishment, a two storeyed verandahed building on Church Hill. The two other houses in the block, without the elaborate cast-iron verandahs but with similar porches supported on Ionic columns, form part of the same terrace.
Fair condition, some yellowing and fading..

Prince's Street, Church Hill. 277 x 183 mm. View of a terrace of modest two storey sandstone houses with dormer windows. The house on the right is dated 1849 on the cartouche above the roofline. The brick houses which continue the terrace to the left are of later date. In the centre of the group is James Lucas' Auckland Hotel, and next door to him the shop of G.E. Coy.
Fair condition, some yellowing and fading..

St Phillip's, Church Hill. 276 x 210 mm. General View from the east of St Phillip's Church, built in Gothic Style by Edmund Blacket, 1848-57.
Fair condition, slight yellowing and fading..

St Phillip's Church and School. 281 x 201 mm. General view from the north-west looking towards the tower of St Phillip's, with the church school at the left.
Fair condition, overall fading and yellowing..

St Benedict's Church, corner of Broadway and Abercrombie Streets. 285 x 209 mm. General view of St Benedict's from the south-east. The first Roman Catholic Church to be consecrated in Australia, it was built in 1845 with a triple pitched roof for the aisles which are almost of a height with the nave. The slender and well-proportioned spire rises from a crenellated tower.
Fair condition, some overall yellowing and fading..

The Scots' Church, College Street. 275 x 206 mm. View from the west of the attractive and unpretentious Scots' Church, erected in 1824 and now demolished. A plaque on the tower above the west door reads 'Scots' Church erected MDCCCXXIV'. Apart from its pointed windows, this stolid sandstone building with its squat tower has something of the atmosphere of a Norman church. It was designed by S.L. Harris.
Fair condition, slight overall yellowing and fading..

St Patrick's Church, Charlotte Place, Church Hall. 281 x 214 mm. General view from the west of St Patrick's Church at 20 Grosvenor Street, opposite Lang Park, a Gothic revival building in sandstone, designed by J.F. Hilly and built circa 1840-44.
Fair condition, some overall yellowing and fading..

Wesleyan Chapel, Redfern. 264 x 210 mm. General view of the Gothic revival building, precise location unidentified.
Good condition, apart from slight yellowing..

St Paul's, Redfern. 248 x 207 mm. General view from the east of St Paul's, Redfern, another of Edmund Blacket's Sydney churches and built between 1848 and 1856. The turret, seated at the north-east corner of the tower, was not completed until the early 1870s.
Good condition, apart from slight yellowing and fading..

Congregational Church, Woollahra. 264 x 204 mm. General view of the church. It is possible that this print has been miscaptioned, as its appearance does not correspond with printed descriptions of this church.
Fair condition, some overall yellowing and fading..

Christ Church St Laurence, George Street. 276 x 200 mm. View looking north along George Street South towards the west end of Christ Church St Laurence, a Gothic revival building of sandstone built between 1843 and 1845 to designs by Henry Robertson and under the supervision of Edmund Blacket.
Fair condition, overall yellowing and some fading..

St Matthias, Paddington. 275 x 212 mm. General view from the road of St Matthias' Church, Paddington. The building was designed by Edward Bell in 1859. The porch and turret, clearly seen in this print, were added by Edmund Blacket in the early 1860s.
Fair condition, overall yellowing and slight fading..

[?] Chalmer's Church. 261 x 198 mm. View of a small church or chapel in Gothic style on the corner of two unidentified streets. The pencilled caption is difficult to decipher and the above title is tentative.
Poor condition, overall yellowing and fading..

[?] St Benedict's, Old South [?] Shore Rd., now [illegible]. 275 x 213 mm. View from the road looking towards the sandstone Gothic church. The tower in the foreground possibly awaits the addition of a spire. Both the church and the precise location have not been positively identified; the handwriting of the caption is difficult to read and is further made obscure by dirt marking.
Poor condition, yellowing and fading..

Castlemaine Brewery, Elizabeth Street. 264 x 206 mm. General view from the street of the brewery premises, with the malt house at the rear.
Fair condition, some overall yellowing and fading..

Brewery, Elizabeth Street and Albion Street. 263 x 203 mm. General view from the junction of Elizabeth Street and Albion Street of an unidentified brewery, a fine sandstone building with brick additions to the tower in the background.
Fair condition, slight overall yellowing and fading..

Burragong Family Hotel, George Street South. 280 x 204 mm. View from a cross-roads (? the George Street junction with Hay Street) looking along the row of shops lining one side of George Street. In the right foreground is E. (or F.) Smith's Burragong Family Hotel; other identifiable commercial premises on George Street are: Louis Uhde and Co., butchers; Fairleigh, Nettheim and Co., leather and grindery merchants at no. 659; A.L. Robinson, tailor at no. 661.
Poor condition, overall yellowing and some fading..

Castlereagh Street. 276 x 209 mm. View looking along Castlereagh Street, with the Royal Navy Hotel in the left foreground. Next door to the hotel is the Theatre Royal, with a porch carried on Ionic columns projecting over the pavement. The Prince of Wales Theatre, built by Joseph Wyatt and opened in 1855, originally stood on this site. This building was destroyed by fire in 1860, rebuilt in 1863, destroyed by fire again in 1872 and re-opened as the Theatre Royal in 1875. The bills at the entrance advertise a play entitled The Old Corporal. Further down the street, an unidentified building is in the course of construction.
Fair condition, some overall yellowing and fading..

Corner of Oxford Street and Forbes Street. 257 x 189 mm. View from Forbes Street looking towards the junction with Oxford Street. In the right foreground stands Johnston's Family Hotel, and on the opposite corner, the Queen's Arms Hotel. Next door to the Queen's Arms at number 189 Oxford Street are the premises of Baily and Co.
Fair condition, some overall yellowing and fading..

The Treasury, Macquarie Street North. 252 x 199 mm. General view of the Treasury buildings at the junction of Bridge Street and Macquarie Street. Designed by Mortimer Lewis and built circa 1849, it is a two storey construction in classical style of ashlared sandstone with rusticated quoins and window surrounds. It is seen here before the addition of the Premier's Office added in the 1890s.
Poor condition, overall fading and yellowing..

The Sailors' Home, George Street North. 273 x 217 mm. General view of the Sailors' Home, situated on the west side of the Circular Quay overlooking Sydney Cove. The three storey building (? plus basement) has four sets of bastardised Venetian windows on each floor and a steeply pitched roof. Date of construction unknown. Sydney Cove and the eastern half of the Circular Quay, with moored ships and warehouses, can be seen in the background.
Fair condition, some overall yellowing and fading..

Bank of Australasia, corner of George Street North and Jamieson Street. 266 x 216 mm. View looking across George Street towards the east façade of the Bank of Australasia, designed in classical style by Edmund Blacket in 1857-58. The Jamieson Street corner is in the left foreground. The building is of three storeys and five bays, with a rusticated ground floor and quoins, and with pediments above the arched windows on the first floor. The premises of George Loxton and Co. (? printers), can be seen to the north towards the junction with Charlotte Place.
Good condition, apart from slight overall yellowing and fading..

Sydney Insurance Group, Pitt Street. 260 x 212 mm. View of a block of three office buildings in classical style in Pitt Street. Precise location unidentified. The nearest building is the Fire Office.
Fair condition, slight overall yellowing and fading..

Hudson Saw Mills, Botany Street. 281 x 213 mm. General view looking along Botany Street towards the Hudson Brothers' Saw Mills, an imposing three storey factory with the narrow façade of the building facing onto the road. One of the posters stuck to the wooden fence in the foreground advertises a meeting of the Randwick Racing Club on Saturday 29 April. See note on dating in introduction to this collection.
Poor condition, overall fading and yellowing..

St Vincent's Hospital, Victoria Street, Darlinghurst. 268 x 206 mm. General view from the road. The two storey building is constructed on the accepted H-shaped plan, with verandahs running along both floors to catch as much of the breeze as possible. On the façade facing Victoria Street the verandahs run between the projecting wings at either end, those on the ground floor supported by Ionic columns, those on the first floor by decorative cast-iron work. The two wings of the building terminate in pediments, in the right hand tympanum of which being the inscription 'St Vincent's Hospital established 1857'. This refers to the date of the founding of the institution (by the Sisters of Charity, as a hospital for the poor), rather than the date of the erection of the building. This building was first occupied in 1870.
Fair condition, some overall yellowing and fading..

Pitt Street, Ridge. 270 x 204 mm. View of modest residences.
Fair condition, some overall yellowing and slight fading..

Botany Street, Redfern. 267 x 201 mm. View of a group of shops on Botany Street. At the left is the Stirling Castle Hotel, followed by J.M. Canty, ironmongers; Hankin and Nicoll, boot and shoe warehouse; (?) W.H. Noon; The Live and Let Live public house; and one further small unidentified shop.
Fair condition, some overall yellowing and fading..

Cleveland Road, Redfern. 267 x 212 mm. View of a mixed group of domestic residences on Cleveland Street. The house-types vary between thin two storey houses with verandahs on both floors to wood-frame bungalows with dormer windows. From the alternating disposition of these buildings it would appear that the bungalows were built between the verandahed houses on land originally belonging to the latter.
Poor condition, overall yellowing and fading..

Junction of William Street and Yurong Street. 281 x 210 mm. View from the southern end of Boomerang Street looking east along William Street, with Yurong Street going off to the south at the right hand side of the print. In the right foreground of the picture on the corner of Yurong Street is Mary Watts National Hotel. Beyon the hotel, on the south side of William Street, the following shops can be identified: Mrs F.J. Hodges at number 47, milliners; C.F. Wright, coppersmith; William Tughy's Albert Hotel at the junction with Riley Street; Davy's, grocer; and Edwards, ironmongers. On the north side of the street in the foreground is Messrs Tost and Coates' Berlin Wool Depot.
Good condition, apart from slight yellowing and fading..

Randwick Asylum. 282 x 213 mm. General view looking across to the east front of the Randwick Asylum facing onto Avoca Street. The hospital, originally known as the Catherine Hayes Hospital and now named the Prince of Wales Hospital, was designed by Edmund Blacket in the mid-1860s. The large block at the left was a later addition.
Fair condition, overall yellowing and fading..

Corner of King Street and York Street. 274 x 206 mm. View taken from the junction of King Street and York Street, looking east along King Street with the spire of St James's Church visible in the distance. York Street proceeds south out of the right hand side of the print, with Forbes' Hotel at the junction of the two streets in the right foreground. The following shops can be identified on the south side of King Street: F. Hermelin and Co.; L. Ehbe and Co., Metropolitan Dining Rooms; and A. Marks Clothing Hall at number 412, on the George Street junction.
Poor condition, overall yellowing and fading..

Junction of Bligh Street and Bent Street. 276 x 214 mm. View looking south-west along Bligh Street from its junction with Bent Street, which proceeds south-east out of the right-hand side of the print. Bligh Street is built up along its north-west side with domestic residences, with a verandahed terrace block of four houses (? of the 1860s) in the foreground.
Fair condition, some overall yellowing and fading..

Victoria Road [?] West. 277 x 210 mm. View looking along a row of suburban houses of varied character, mainly of fairly modest dimensions, with much cast-iron work in evidence in balconies and verandahs.
Fair condition, some yellowing and fading..

Elizabeth Road South, near [illegible]. 285 x 209 mm. View of a block of houses on Elizabeth Street. At the right is a small confectioner and fruiterer, in the middle a narrow three storey public house (name unknown), at the left a small wood-frame bungalow with dormer windows. Precise location unidentified.
Fair condition, some overall yellowing and fading..

Liverpool Street [?] East. 277 x 207 mm. View looking downhill and along Liverpool Street, with an unidentified road junction in the middleground and open country in the distance. The street is lined with modest domestic dwellings.
Fair condition, overall yellowing and some fading..

Woollahra. 272 x 214 mm. View looking down along a row of very similar domestic houses in Gothic style, with steeply pitched slate roofs, rusticated quoins and window surrounds and very elaborately carved (? or cast) decorative bargeboards on the gable ends. Precise location unidentified (? possibly Queen Street).
Fair condition, some overall yellowing and slight fading..

Mort, Thos [remainder of caption illegible]. 282 x 210 mm. View looking towards Mort's large wood-frame factory buildings, with the harbour in the background. Precise location unidentified.
Fair condition, overall yellowing and fading..

[?]S. Zollner's Galvanized Iron Works. 281 x 197 mm. View looking towards whitewashed factory buildings. The proprietor's name is written on the end façade of the building but is largely faded and only tentatively identified as the premises of S. Zollner.
Fair condition, some overall fading and yellowing..

Pemell's Flour Mill, Hay Street. 274 x 207 mm. View from waste land looking towards the rear of the factory, a substantial four storey sandstone building with an additional attic floor in wood-frame. A 'To Let' sign stands in front of the building, but whether this refers to the mill or the land behind it is unclear.
Fair condition, some overall yellowing and fading..

Redfern, Banks Street. 277 x 197 mm. View looking west along Banks Street towards Abercrombie Street, with domestic residences of varied character lining the road. The University of Sydney buildings are visible on the skyline in the distance.
Poor condition, overall yellowing and fading..

The Argyle Cut. 273 x 209 mm. View looking west along Argyle Street towards the Argyle Cut, a passage carved through solid rock beneath Cumberland Street and Prince's Street in the 1840s to give access between the Circular Quay and Miller's Point. Cumberland and Prince's Street pass over the Cut on stone bridges.
Fair condition, slight overall yellowing and fading..

The Argyle Cut. 271 x 207 mm. View looking east along Argyle Street towards the Argyle Cut. A small portion of Holy Trinity Church can be seen in the left foreground.
Fair condition, slight overall yellowing and fading..

Sussex Street from [?] Hay Street. 275 x 204 mm. View looking along Sussex Street with the premises of Cooper, Nathan and Co. in the left foreground at the junction with (?) Hay Street and domestic residences beyond.
Poor condition, overall fading and yellowing..

[Unidentified building - caption illegible]. 274 x 211 mm. View looking towards a substantial brick building with rusticated masonry piers and quoins standing at the junction of two unidentified streets. Three bays of the building are of three storeys, the remainder of two. The main block is surmounted by a lantern with a drum composed of windows giving clerestory light to the interior.
Poor condition, overall yellowing, some fading and dirt-marking..

Sussex Street looking south. 286 x 210 mm. View looking south along Sussex street from an unidentified junction, with Augusta Nolan's Star Hotel in the right foreground. With domestic residences and hotels lining the street. The church in the distance is presumably St Luke's.
Fair condition, some overall yellowing and fading..

Dr. Cox's junction of Hunter Street and Macquarie Street North. 286 x 210 mm. View looking towards the two storey house with hipped roof and ground floor verandah which occupies the north corner of the junction between Macquarie Street North (at left of print) and Hunter Street (at right). Dr Cox is probably Dr James C. Cox.
Poor condition, overall yellowing and fading..