• Title
  From Sydney Observatory Tower, 1888 / taken by H. C. Russell
• Creator
  Henry Chamberlain Russell, 1836-1907
• Call number
  SPF/1002
  
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  1888
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs
• Reference code
  421249
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Photographs - 2 albumen photoprints - 10.3 x 29.6 cm.
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Henry Chamberlain Russell, astronomer and meteorologist, joined the staff of the Sydney Observatory in 1859. He was appointed Government Astronomer in 1870, a position he held for 35 years. -- The Australian encyclopaedia. Sydney : Grolier Society of Australia, 1965.
• Scope and Content
  Shows Millers Point (foreground) ; Looking across Darling Harbour toward Balmain East
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Created before 1955
• General note
  
  Digital order no:a325002
  This item has been catalogued and digitised under a project funded and supported by the State Library of New South Wales Foundation, 2001.
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Titled in ink on reverse
• Topic
  harbours
  panoramic views
  ships
  city & town views
  
• Place
  Balmain East (N.S.W.)
  Darling Harbour (N.S.W.)
  Millers Point (N.S.W.)
  

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