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421552
  • Title
    Royal Australian Historical Society : architectural drawings, plans, and maps, ca. 1807-1949
  • Call number
    PXD 1223/Box 1/Items 50-64
  • Level of description
    series
  • Date

    ca. 1910-1949
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    421552
  • Physical Description
    4 maps - printed - 38.6 x 39 cm or smaller
    9 architectural drawings - black & white, coloured - 46.5 x 40.8 cm or smaller
    2 prints - black & white - 18.7 x 24.8 cm or smaller
  • Scope and Content
    Architectural Drawings and Plans:

    Copy of D.D. Mathew's plan for a Court House & Town Hall, 1814

    Copy of ground plan of Greenway's Lighthouse & Tower, South Head, 1816-1818

    Copy plan of elevation of The Secretary's House, Bridge Street, completed 1816

    Ground plan of original site of Convict Stockade, 1 1/4 miles from Wiseman's Ferry, N.S.W. / F. Walker, 1910. Includes photograph in left-hand bottom corner of a view of Building 'C' from the North East. Note in right-hand corner of plan: 'None of these ruined buildings are more than 4 feet in height, but from the quantity of scattered stones lying about, they were originally much higher, and were roofed with bark, or slabs. The area contains about 1 1/2 acres, and the encampment is about 50 feet above the road.'

    Floor plan of 4 bedroom 2 storey house on linen paper

    Plan of obelisk proposed to be erected on the spot where Captain Cook landed in Botany Bay. Handwritten note on reverse of plan dated 1925

    Architectural drawing of the fountain for the site of the First Church in Australia [No.1]

    Architectural drawing of the monument for the site of the First Church in Australia [No.2]

    Architectural drawing of proposed obelisk at Possession Island

    Architectural plan showing buildings on Dubbo Street, Warren, 1915

    Maps:

    Map of Pittwater

    Plan showing the land belonging to the Fitzroy Iron Works Company / Allan & Wigley, Sydney

    Map showing position of obelisk, corner Hunter & Bligh Streets, Sydney

    Sydney in 1807 and 1900. The heavy lines from Meehan's Map 1807 and faint lines from Health Map 1900. On reverse are two printed copies of views of Sydney drawn and engraved by J. Carmichael. One view is of Sydney from Hyde Park, 1829 and the other view is Sydney from the Domain Near Government House
  • System of arrangement
    Alphabetically by title within subject area
  • Copying Conditions
    Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955 (applies to artisitic works)
    Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
  • General note

    Individual illustrations are unnumbered
    Donors include: M.H. Ellis and Reverend A.A. Aspinall

    Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.2039 as part of the eRecords Project 2012-13
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