• Title
  Series 2: Architectural drawings of Norfolk Island, ca. 1822, 1830-1844; Parramatta Road watch-house, ca. 1824; Bathurst police office, 1829; Maitland courthouse, 1830; overseers quarters, Cockatoo Island, 1850; and, Goulburn Plains gaol and courthouse, 1832
• Creator
  Alexander Maconochie, 1787-1860
  William (William John) Dumaresq, 1793-1868
  Ralph Darling, Sir, 1775-1858
  Gother Kerr Mann, 1808-1899
  Thomas Mitchell, Sir, 1792-1855
  Ambrose Hallen
• Call number
  DLADD 203
  
• Level of description
  series
• Date
  
  ca. 1822-1850
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Architectural and Technical Drawings
• Reference code
  949888
• Physical Description
  9 architectural drawings (1 folder)
  
• Scope and Content
  1. MAITLAND
  Plan of a courthouse at Maitland
  Scale not given
  architectural drawing ; on sheet 40 x 33 cm.
  Floor plan and side elevation of courthouse at Maitland.
  Plan shows judges' room, jury room, court room, and platform.
  Includes specifications for windows, walls, platforms, rafter, ceiling, etc.
  Signed with illegible signature, "Chas. Wilson [?] C.E. [Civil Engineer], D.M.[?] July [?] 21st 1830."
  Watermark: J. Whatman 1829.
  Archives File No. 30/7140, 30/7482.
  
  2. PARRAMATTA ROAD
  Proposed plan of a watch-house for the Parramatta Road / Wm. Dumaresq, Civil. Engineer
  Scale [ca. 1:120]
  architectural drawing : col. ; on sheet 40.5 x 32 cm.
  Map shows front elevation, ground plan, and roof.
  Dating:[not before 1824]: Watermark: Roland 1824.
  "(Copy)"--top left hand corner.
  (See also: William Aird. Specification of a watch house proposed to be erected near Haslems Bridge on the Sydney Road, signed by Aird and William Dumaresq, and dated Engineers Office, Parramatta, 6 Sep. 1827; with plans)
  
  3. COCKATOO ISLAND
  Design for free overseers quarters, Cockatoo Island / to accompany letter 9th May 1850 transmitting estimate, Gother K. Mann, civil engineer.
  Scale not given
  architectural drawing : col. ; on sheet 32 x 52 cm.
  Floor plan and elevation.
  Plan shows yards, kitchens, verandahs, rooms, bedrooms. Elevation also shows walls.
  Watermark: Mill Kent.
  "A"--top left hand corner.
  Archives File No. 50/4649.
  
  4. NORFOLK ISLAND
  Plan for a double kitchen
  Scale [ca. 1:96]
  architectural drawing : col. ; on sheet 31 x 39 cm.
  Shows ground plan and front elevation.
  Includes reference for ground plan showing kitchen and pantry.
  Believed to be plans from Norfolk Island.
  Watermark: J. Green 1822.
  
  5. NORFOLK ISLAND
  Plan of cottage for the residence of two officers
  Scale [ca. 1:96]
  architectural drawing : col. ; on sheet 31 x 39 cm.
  Shows ground plan and elevations of front and gable.
  Includes reference for ground plan showing parlor, bed room, small d. [?], hall, servants' room, and veranda.
  Believed to be plans from Norfolk Island.
  Watermark: J. Green 1822
  
  6. NORFOLK ISLAND
  Design for a gaol to contain one hundred prisoners
  Scale [ca. 1:240] 1 in. = 20 feet
  architectural drawing : col. ; 42 x 47 cm., on sheet 46.5 x 52 cm.
  Plans of the upper storey and ground floor.
  Plans show rooms, stairways, walls. Sections are marked with identifying letters, however no corresponding key is given on the sheet.
  Dating:[between 1840 and 1844]: plans match a description of the 'New Gaol' at Norfolk Island [Norfolk Island - The Web Site] and gaol described by Alexander Maconochie [Alexander Maconochie of Norfolk Island: a study of a pioneer in penal reform - John Vincent Barry, p. 114]. Alexander Maconochie was Superintendent of the Penal Colony at Norfolk Island from 1840-1844 [Australian Dictionary of Biography Online].
  Watermark: HS&S.
  
  7-9. BATHURST (Two sheets - 3 images)
  Plan of police office Bathurst / Wm. Dumaresq, D.P.W. ; approved Ra. Darling 23rd February 1829
  Scale [ca. 1:120] 1 in. = 10 feet
  2 architectural drawings : sheets 40 x 31.5 cm and 19.2 x 31.5 cm.
  Includes 3 floor plans, showing measured rooms with details, and 2 elevations showing the Superintendent of Police's house, and the Lieutenant's cottage.
  Dating:[between 1827-1829]: sheets are watermarked 1827 and 1828, and plans are approved 1829.
  "A true copy, April 6th 1831, [illegible signature], D.P.W."
  Verso sheet 1: No. 161/1 58.
  Plan of police office, Bathurst -- Ground plan and elevation of Superintendent of Police's house, shewing alterations as proposed, converting it into a police court -- Ground plan and elevation of cottage occupied by a Lieutenant of the Mounted Police.
  Archives File No. 31/2475.
  
  10. GOULBURN PLAINS
  Design of a gaol & court house for Goulburn Plains / Ambrose Hallen, to accompany letter, dated Goulburn Plains, 27 Dec. 1831, from L. Macalister and Andrew Gibson to the Colonel Secretary, about the ecaing state of the gaol.
  architectural drawing : col. ; on sheet 32.3 x57 cm.
  Includes general plan of site, and plan of fencing around gaol, and 3 elevations showing front elevation with view of Magistrate's Room at front of site; elevation of gaol including section of cell; and, elevation of gate and fencing.
  Dating: Signed Ambrose Hallen 23 January 1832; Charles Wilson, 7 February 1832
  Archives File No. 32/1107.
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Crown copyright expired
  Please acknowledge:: Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Transferred from Dixson Map Collection Ca 84/8-9, Ca 85/27, Cb 82/31-32, Cb 83/14 and Cb 84/43; November 2011
• Subject
  Prisons--New South Wales.
  Public buildings--Norfolk Island.
  Dixson Library (N.S.W.)
  Public architecture--New South Wales.
  
• Topic
  architectural drawings
  floor plans
  prisons
  watch-houses
  police stations
  workers residences
  
• Place
  Norfolk Island
  Parramatta Road (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  Bathurst (N.S.W.)
  Maitland Courthouse (N.S.W.)
  Cockatoo Island (N.S.W.)
  
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