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Title
Album of photographs of Sydney & country New South Wales, ca. 1871 / American & Australasian Photographic Company
Creator
American & Australasian Photographic Company
Call number
PXA 933
Level of description
fonds
Date

ca. 1871
Type of material
Graphic Materials, Photographs
Reference code
420926
Issue Copy
Digitised
Physical Description
234 photographs (1 album) - cartes-de-visite - 31 x 27 cm.
1 photograph - gelatin silver, printing-out paper photoprint - 20 x 15 cm.
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

Beaufoy Merlin and the American and Australasian Photographic Company arrived in Sydney from Victoria in September 1870. The studio did views, street scenes and later portraits. In March 1872 Merlin and his assistant Charles Bayliss moved to the goldfields town of Hill End. It was on this site that many carte-de-visite portraits were taken.

Reference:
Mechanical Eye in Australia / Alan Davies & Peter Stanbury. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1985
Scope and Content
Album:
1. Parramatta River
2. A.S.N. Co.'s Slip from Sydney
3. Goulburn Church
4. Ra[n]dwick
5. Darling St, Balmain
6. Public School, Redfern
7. [Elevated view of unidentified country town]
8. Gas Works, Sydney
9. [Man and horse in paddock, unidentified church at right. Cf. church in 186]
10. A.S.N.Co.'s Wharf, Sydney
11. [William Street, Bathurst, showing Duke's Hotel on corner]
12. Wearnes' Mills [possibly at Liverpool, on Georges River]
13. Bridge, Queanbeyan Hunts Hotel
14. Royal Hotel, [George Street] Sydney
15. [William Street, Bathurst]
16. Bridge near Lapstone Hill
17. Australian Joint Stock Bank, Yass
18. Bank of N.S.W., Queanbeyan. H Glennie Manager
19. [Volunteer regiment in William Street, Bathurst]
20. Lunatic Asylum, Sydney
21. [Main street of unidentified country town. Cf. 36]
22. Parramatta
23. Watsons Bay
24. [Main street of unidentified NSW country town. A signboard reads "Prince of Wales"]
25. [c.1854 laminated arch bridge, Yass, before demolition and construction of the 1871 road bridge]
26. [Unidentified building]
27. [Bank of Australasia, 437 High Street, Maitland]
28. St. Phillips [Church]
29. School of Arts, Balmain
30. Philip [i.e. Phillip] St, Sydney
31. [Main street of unidentified NSW country town]
32. [Bridge over creek, unidentified]
33. [Unidentified rural scene]
34. [William Street] Bathurst
35.[Main street of unidentified NSW country town]
36. [Main street of unidentified NSW country town. Cf. 21]
37. Road to South Head
38. Newcastle
39. [Unidentified bush and pond]
40. Nobbys, Newcastle
41. [Unidentified coastline]
42. [Unidentified NSW country town]
43. [Unidentified rural NSW scene]
44. [Bank of New South Wales, George St, Bathurst]
45. [Main street of unidentified NSW country town]
46. [Premises of] R & W Oakes, auctioneers [William Street, Bathurst]
47. Australian Joint Stock Bank, Geo[rge] St Sydney
48. [Bank of Australasia, William St, Bathurst]
49. Nobbys, Newcastle
50. [George Street, Parramatta]
51. [Main street of unidentified NSW country town]
52. H.R.N.S.N. Co.'s S.S. 'Maitland"
53. [Unidentified military barracks]
54. [Unidentified building]
55. [Unidentified site, possibly a flour mill]
56. R.M.S.S. "Rangoon" off Balmain
57. [Unidentified building]
58. Booth's Saw Mills, Balmain
59. [Unidentified cemetary]
60. Bonded Stores, Lane & Co., Ship Chandlers [Newcastle]
61. [High Street, West Maitland]
62. Woolloomooloo Wharf, Sydney
63. Cockatoo [Island], Port Jackson
64. [c.1854 laminated arch bridge, Yass, before demolition and construction of the 1871 road bridge]
65. [Unidentified road leading to a harbour]
66. [Unidentified park and pavillion]
67. [Unidentified building]
68. The King's School, Parramatta
69. Sydney
70. Commercial bank
71. Deaf and Dumb and Blind Institution
72. [Unidentified building]
73. "Governor Blackett" in Waterview Bay, Balmain
74. [Shops, including that of T. Byrne, pastry cook and confectioner. Possibly Belmore Street, Tamworth]
75. [Auburn Street] Goulburn
76. [Unidentified rural NSW scene, including church]
77. [Queen's Bridge, Queanbeyan]
78. Duke's Hotel [William Street, Bathurst]
79. Parliament House, Sydney
80. Infirmary, Sydney
81. [Group of schoolgirls and 2 teachers, William Street, Bathurst]
82. Ship "Sobraon" off Pinchgut, Port Jackson
83. [Unidentified Mechanics Institute]
84. [Unidentified rural NSW scene]
85. [Main street of unidentified NSW country town]
86. [Unidentified cemetary]
87. [William St, Bathurst, looking north, showing Methodist Church to right]
88. Parramatta Watch-House
89. Clarke's Elizabeth Street
90. [Unidentified building]
91. [Main street of unidentified NSW country town]
92. [Men & boys assembled in an unidentified street. Cf. 107]
93. Surveyor General's Office, Sydney
94. Bowen's Steam Flour Mill [cnr. Summer Street, Orange]
95. [Unidentified rural NSW scene]
96. [George St, Bathurst, taken from Church St, showing Bank of New South Wales and Webb & Co]
97. [Unidentified church]
98. Presbyterian Church, Balmain
99. [St. James Church of England, Morpeth]
100. Wesleyan Chapel, Botany St
101. [Unidentified church]
102. [Unidentified church]
103. [Main street of unidentified NSW country town]
104. [Unidentified rural NSW scene]
105. Cook's River Dam
106. [Unidentified site, possibly military barracks]
107. [Men & boys assembled in an unidentified street. Cf. 92]
108. Old City Bank, Sydney
109. Mortuary, Redfern
110. [Unidentified church]
111. Masonic Temple, corner of Sale & Kite Streets, Orange
112. [Parishioners assembled outside an unidentified church]
113. [Schoolgirls and teacher assembled outside an unidentified] Public School
114. [Unidentified church]
115. [Unidentified church and grounds]
116. Parramatta Railway Station
117. [George St, Bathurst, near corner of Howick St, showing Club House Hotel]
118. H.M.S. "Clis", Port Jackson
119. Sir R. Bourke's Statue, Domain
120. Steamers Ferry, North Shore
121. [All Saints' Church, Church St, Bathurst, from Howick St]
122. Wesleyan Church, Sydney
123. [Unidentified church]
124. Revd. Mr. Soares[?] & daughter, Church, Queanbeyan
125. [4 adults assembled outside an unidentified building]
126. [Unidentified church and yard]
127. Pyrmont [showing cattle in a field with sandstone boulders]
128. Parramatta [street scene]
129. Balmain [elevated view]
130. The King's School, Parramatta
131. Mariners Church, Sydney
132. Parramatta [showing overhead bridege and cart in street]
133. [Possibly Howick Street, Bathurst]
134. [Dalton's Hardware, and Post Office (left), Summer Street, Orange]
135. [Schoolgirls and teachers assembled outside an unidentified] Public School
136. [Telegraph Office, Howick St, Bathurst]
137. [Unidentified church]
138. [St Michael and St John's Cathedral, William St, Bathurst]
139. Wesleyan Chapel, York Street, Sydney
140. [Bank of Australasia, 437 High Street, Maitland]
141. North Shore
142. Campbells Wharf, Sydney
143. Sydney Exchange
144. [Unidentified coastal view]
145. St. Mary's Church, Balmain
146. Roman Catholic Church, Balmain
147. [Methodist Church, William St, Bathurst]
148. [Unidentified church]
149 . [Unidentified church]
150. [Unidentified church]
151. Sydney from Balmain
152. [Men sitting in a boat under construction, near unidentified shoreline]
153. [Aerial view of unidentified coastline]
154. "Governor Blackall" off Balmain
155. View of the North Richmond bridge undergoing repairs, Richmond, New South Wales
156. [Unidentified street view]
157. [Unidentified church]
158. St. Michael's Church, Surry Hills, Sydney
159. [Unidentified church altar]
160. [Unidentified church]
161. [Unidentified church]
162. Wesleyan Church, Balmain
163. Government House, Sydney
164. Sydney Infirmary
165. Fire Brigade, Parramatta
166. Domain Gates, Sydney
167. Cronulla [showing man under a tree]
168. [Unidentified shoreline]
169. [Unidentified church]
170. St. Peters Church, Cooks River. Rev. Guhrney[?]
171. [Unidentified church]
172. St Christopher's Church, Dulwich Hill, Sydney
173. [Holy Trinity Church, Kelso]
174. [Unidentified church and bell tower]
175. English, Scottish & Aus. Chartered Bank, Geo[rge] St, Sydney
176. Watsons Bay
177. Training Ship "Vernon", Port Jackson
178. Government Printers Office, Sydney
179. [Unidentified building]
180. A.S.N.Co's S.S. "Coonanbarra"
181. [Unidentified church]
182. [Schoolboys and teacher assembled outside an unidentified church]
183. [St. John's Presbyterian Chruch, Orange]
184. [Schoolgirls and teacher outside Methodist Church School, William St, Bathurst]
185. [Unidentified church]
186. [Unidentified church]
187. [View of Parramatta River below Lennox Bridge, with All Saints' Church, Parramatta, visible in the middle distance]
188. [Horsedrawn cart crossing unidentified bridge]
189. Castlereagh St. North, Sydney
190. [Auburn Street, Goulburn]
191. [Unidentified building]
192. [J. Douglas Timberyard in unidentified main street of NSW country town] [possibly Orange]
193. [Unidentified church]
194. [3 men outside an unidentified building]
195. [Unidentified church and yard]
196. [Unidentified building]
197. [Unidentified church]
198. [Nave of unidentified church]
199. [Unidentified rural NSW scene]
200. Liverpool
201. Bridge St., Sydney
202. [Bullocks and dray, market building under construction, Kings Parade, Bathurst]
203. Darling Street, Balmain
204. Black Horse Hotel [cnr. George and Howick Streets, Bathurst]
205. [Men and women outside an unidentified church]
206. Randwick [elevated view]
207. [Public School, George Street, Bathurst]
208. St John's Darlinghurst
209. [Unidentified church]
210. St Andrews Cathedral, Sydney
211. [William St, Bathurst, looking north-east]
212. Bourke & Botany Streets, South Head Rd, Sydney
213. Darlinghurst [grounds at Craigend]
214. Newcastle [showing railway tracks]
215. Court House, Singleton
216. [c.1854 laminated arch bridge, Yass, during demolition and construction of the 1871 road bridge]
217. St John's Church of England School, Darlinghurst
218. [2 men and 2 boys outside an unidentified church]
219. St Michaels Church, Surry Hills, Sydney
220. [Unidentified church]
221. [Unidentified church]
222. [Unidentified church]
223. Lower Geo[rge] St., Sydney
224. The Gap, South Head, Sydney
225. George St, Sydney
226. [Unidentified church]
227. Mutual Life Association Office, Geo[rge] St, Sydney
228. Australian Mutual Provident Socy., Sydney
229. Macquarie Place, Sydney
230. St Peters Cooks River, Revd. Geo[rge] King
231. South Head Road, Sydney
232. [Group of men laying railway tracks in unidentified bush location]
233. [Old St Stephen's Presbyterian Church, William St, Bathurst]
234. [St. John's Church of England] Parramatta
235. [Loose uncaptioned print - 20cm x 15cm]
Loose photoprint:
235. [Berowra Creek Bridge] J.Symonds
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright: Created before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Description source

No. 134 previously titled [Main street of unidentified NSW country town]. Identified by Tom Thompson, February 2009.
Nos. 25, 64, 111, 216 identified by Ben Jackman, 2013.
Nos. 44, 48, 81, 87, 96, 121, 136, 138, 147, 173, 184, 202, 211, 233 identified by Ireen Lark, 2015.
Nos. 117, 204 and 207 identified by Ireen Lark, April 2018.
No. 155 titled 'Glebe Island Bridge' in pencil, has been identified as and retitled 'View of the North Richmond bridge undergoing repairs, Richmond, New South Wales', AD 19/10/2021
No.187 titled after same image held in Caroline Simpson Collection (https://first.mhnsw.au/firsthht/fullRecordPicture.jsp?recno=37836) and information supplied by a reader (view looking downstream in an easterly direction towards Lennox Bridge (arch behind rounded tree), with All Saints Church in the distance).
General note

This album was possibly second prize in a competition run by the Company, as advertised in the Sydney Morning Herald on 12 May 1871
Digital order no:Album ID : a5743096
Signatures / Inscriptions

"Conyber Bookbinder, 13 Park Street, Sydney" -- printed on decal affixed to inside front cover
"American & Australasian Photographic Company, Sydney Office, 324 George Street, Beaufory Merlin" -- printed on card affixed to inside front cover
Rudimentary pencil sketch of a kangaroo head on inside back cover
Handwritten album inscriptions in pencil identify some images (possibly added later)
Conservation note

Album - spine broken and covering worn.
Photograph - Creased and torn with piece missing from bottom left corner.
Creator/Author/Artist
American & Australasian Photographic Company
Merlin, Beaufoy, approximately 1830-1873
Place
Balmain (N.S.W.)
Bathurst (N.S.W.)
Darlinghurst (N.S.W.)
Goulburn (N.S.W.)
Maitland (N.S.W.)
Newcastle (N.S.W.)
Orange (N.S.W.)
Parramatta (N.S.W.)
Richmond (N.S.W.)
Sydney Harbour (N.S.W.)
Sydney (N.S.W.)
Yass (N.S.W.)
Exhibited in

UNESCO Six - State Library of New South Wales (6 October, 2018 - 5 May, 2019)
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