Janus: Sorell causeway

RCS contains:
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Y3087J	Souvenir of New South Wales Court, Centennial International Exhibition, Melbourne
Y3087K	Pictures in the National Gallery, Melbourne
Y3087L	Victorian scenery
Y3087M	A short history and description of the Parliament House, Melbourne
Y3088A	Stereoscopic views in Tasmania
Y3088B	Sorell causeway
Y3088C	The last Tasmanians
Y3088D	Views of Hobart
Y3089A	New Zealand Scenery. c.1870
Y3089AA	Life in New Zealand 1982
Y3089B	View in Melbourne and New Zealand
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Sorell causeway

Title	Sorell causeway
Reference	GBR/0115/Y3088B
Creator	Calder, James Erskine, 1808-1882, Surveyor of Van Diemans Land
Covering Dates	circa 1875
Extent and Medium	1 image; Poor condition, faded and dirt marked.
Repository	Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library

Content and context

180 x 103 mm. A mounted print, with a handwritten caption beneath which reads: 'Sorell causeway over the Pittwater (?) River, from the Bluff, Cambridge, Tasmania.' A view looking across the small causeway, along which runs a railway line, towards the Sorell side of the bay. The causeway, which crosses Pitt Water, thus allowing a straight route from Hobart to Sorell and thence on to the east coast of Tasmania, was started at the instigation of Governor Sir William Denison in 1854. It was opened for traffic in 1872.

Presented by J E Calder, Esqre, Hobart Town.

Access and Use

Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Sorell causeway, Y3088B

Further information

Indexed

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

This collection is available on microfiche: Australasia, fiche number 75.

Index Terms

Calder, James Erskine (1808-1882) Surveyor of Van Diemans Land

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