Box 38: Subject and place file, Ovens to Parramatta, N.S.W. – Railways, ca. 1819 to 1977

PXA 2113/Box 38

item

between ca. 1819 to 1977

1323810

105 photographic prints, prints, drawings and clippings (1 box)

OVENS, J.
1. Br-Major John Ovens, undated
Tombstone reads “Underneath the remains of Br-Major John Ovens … A brave Soldier & a Public Officer of tried and unblemished integrity. He died the 7th day of Dec. 1825 …”
Photograph, black and white
2. Major John Ovens – Grave, undated
“Tomb from Garden Island. Transferred to St. Leonards Cemetery” – inscribed below photograph
Photograph, black and white

OVENS RIVER
3. Ovens River, Vic., undated
“Ovens River – Bright, Vic.” - caption
Print, coloured

OVERLANDING
4. Overlanding, 1894
“An overlanding mob” – at foot of photograph
“Paysages de l’Australie. Voy [?] Nature 30 Juillet 1892. N° 1000 – pages 134 à 138” = “Australian landscapes. [?] Nature 30 July 1892. No. 1000 – pages 134 – 138” – inscribed below photograph
Photograph, sepia toned
5. Overlanding, 1894
Almost identical to photograph at no. 4
Photograph, sepia toned

OWEN, S.
6. Owen Stanley, undated / copied by the N.S.W. Govt. Printer
Photograph, black and white, of a flower

PACIFIC ISLANDERS
7. Pacific Islanders, undated, photograph no. 1
[Unidentified portrait]
Photograph, sepia toned
8. Pacific Islanders, undated, photograph no. 2
[Unidentified portrait]
Photograph, sepia toned
9. Pacific Islanders, undated, photograph no. 3
[Unidentified portrait]
Photograph, sepia toned
10. Pacific Islanders, undated, photograph no. 4
[Unidentified portrait]
Photograph, sepia toned
11. Pacific Islanders, undated, photograph no. 5
[Unidentified portrait]
Photograph, sepia toned
12. Pacific Islanders, undated / Kerry Photo, Sydney
“Native woman, Otaola” – at foot of photograph
Photograph, sepia toned
13. Pacific Islanders, undated / Kerry Photo, Sydney
“Native woman, Leata” – at foot of photograph
Photograph, sepia toned
14. Pacific Islanders, undated / Kerry Photo, Sydney
“Papela chief” – at foot of photograph
Photograph, sepia toned
15. Pacific Islanders, undated / Kerry Photo, Sydney
“Native girl, Tanna” – at foot of photograph
Photograph, sepia toned
16. Pacific Islanders, undated / Kerry Photo, Sydney
“Tapu, chief lady” – at foot of photograph
Photograph, sepia toned
17. Pacific Islanders, undated / Kerry Photo, Sydney
“Chief lady, Tua” – at foot of photograph
Photograph, sepia toned
18. Pacific Islanders, undated
[Unidentified sailboat] – photograph no. 1
Photograph, sepia toned
19. Pacific Islanders, undated
[Unidentified sailboat] – photograph no. 2
Photograph, sepia toned
20. Pacific Islanders, undated
[Unidentified rowing boat]
Photograph, sepia toned
21. Pacific Islanders, undated
[Unidentified rowing boats]
Photograph, sepia toned
22. Pacific Islanders, undated
“View, Treasury Island” – at foot of photograph
Photograph, sepia toned
23. Pacific Islanders, undated
[Unidentified indigenous man]
Photograph, black and white
24. Pacific Islanders, undated
Photograph, sepia toned

PACIFIC ISLANDS
25. Pacific Islands, undated, photograph no. 1
Photograph, sepia toned
26. Pacific Islands, undated, photograph no. 2
Photograph, sepia toned
27. Pacific Islands, undated, photograph no. 3
Photograph, sepia toned

PACIFIC OCEAN
28. Pacific Ocean, undated
Photograph, black and white
Original available at PX*D 301, No. 3
Negative available at ONCY 48 : 3

PAIHIA, BAY OF ISLANDS
29. Paihia, Bay of Islands, N.Z., undated / W. Colenso? ; D. Blair, lith.
“The Anchorage with Russell Bay of Islands, from top of the high hill behind Paihia” – below picture
Print, black and white
From: Fifty years ago in New Zealand : a commemoration : a jubilee paper : a retrospect : a plain and true story / read before the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute, October 17th, 1887, by William Colenso. Napier [N.Z.] : R.C. Harding, 1888.
30. Paihia, Bay of Islands, N.Z., undated / W. Colenso; D. Blair, lith.
“Between Paihia and Waitangi. With Paihia appearing in the foreground” – below picture
Print, black and white
From: Fifty years ago in New Zealand : a commemoration : a jubilee paper : a retrospect : a plain and true story / read before the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute, October 17th, 1887, by William Colenso. Napier [N.Z.] : R.C. Harding, 1888.
Other sketches by W. Colenso at PXA 236, vol. 2
31. Paihia, Bay of Islands, N.Z., undated / W. Colenso; D. Blair, lith.
“Paihia from the islet Motuoranga. The house under the two birds, where the N.T. printed” – below picture
Print, black and white
From: Fifty years ago in New Zealand : a commemoration : a jubilee paper : a retrospect : a plain and true story / read before the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute, October 17th, 1887, by William Colenso. Napier [N.Z.] : R.C. Harding, 1888.
Other sketches by W. Colenso at PXA 236, vol. 2

PALMER ISLAND
32. Palmer Island, N.S.W., undated
“Palmer’s Island, Clarence River”
Photograph, sepia toned
33. Palmer Island, N.S.W. - Bridge, undated
“Palmer’s Island, Bridge, Clarence River”
Photograph, sepia toned

PAMBULA
34. Pambula, N.S.W. – Churches – church of England, undated
Photograph, sepia toned
35. Pambula, N.S.W. – Hotels – Roan Horse Inn, undated
Clipping
Negative available at FM1 / 5093

PAPEETE
36. Papeete, 1840
“Papety, Island of Tahity, with the arrival of Admiral du Petit Thouars in the Rhein Blanche” - caption below picture
Photograph, black and white, of a drawing
Sotheby’s sale, 16 October 1969, Lot 115
37. Papeete, 1914 / L. Gaultier, Papeete
“Bombardement de Papeete” = “Bombardment of Papeete” – at foot of photograph
“Ce qu’il reste des Entrepots … [?]” = “What remains of … Warehouses” – inscribed on verso
Photograph, black and white
38. Papeete, 1914 / L. Gaultier, Papeete
“L’emplacement de la … aujourd’hui [?]. Le groupe du milieu – nos … de guerre, occupi aux … des … causés par leur compatriots” = “The location of the … today. The middle group [?] … of war, occupied … caused by their compatriots”
Photograph, black and white
39. Papeete, 1914
“Les services du … [?] rosés” - verso
Photograph, black and white
40. Papeete, 1914
“à gauche le moulin [?] couvert et à coté le moulin découvert … le 11 Sept. 14” = “on the left the covered mill and next to it the uncovered mill … 11 September ‘14” - verso
Photograph, black and white
41. Papeete, 1914
“un quartier [chinois?] … portant – Les ruines [?]” = “a [Chinese] district … carrying the ruins” [?]
Photograph, black and white
42. Papeete, 1914
“Bombardement de Papeete au début de la guerre par le Sharnhorst et le Gneisenau coulés plus tard aux Falklands” = “Bombardment of Papeete at the beginning of the war by the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau sunk later in the Falklands” – verso
Another handwritten note in French on verso
Photograph, black and white
43. Papeete – Monuments and statues – A.J. Bruat, 1977
Monument to Admiral Bruat
Clipping, dated Wednesday 10 August 1977

PAPUA
44. Papua, undated
Stereoscopic pair[?] of photographs, black and white
45. Papua – History, 1884
Proclamation of British protectorate, 6 November 1884
“Rev’d Mr Laws Residence New Guinea” – inscribed below photograph
Photograph, sepia toned
46. Papua – History, 1884
Proclamation of British protectorate, 6 November 1884
“On 6th Nov. 1884 Commodore James Erskine was allowed to proclaim a protectorate over the south coast [of New Guinea]” – quoted from the Australian Encyclopedia? - verso
Photograph, sepia toned
47. Papua – Legislative Council, undated
“Meeting of the Legislative Council, Port Moresby: in foreground, the Lieutenant-Governor, Sir Hubert Murray (left) and Staniforth-Smith” - caption
“Murray (M.L. ref. FM2 / 614, frame O)” – verso
Photograph, black and white

PARADISE
48. Paradise, Tasmania, undated / Beattie Studios, Hobart
“Paradise, East Coast” – inscribed on verso
Post card, black and white

PARKES
49. Parkes, N.S.W. - Hospitals, 1885
Photograph, sepia toned
50. Parkes, N.S.W. – Radio telescope, 1975
Photograph, black and white

PARKES, H.
51. Sir Henry Parkes, 1890 / G.F. Jenkinson, Broken Hill
“Sir Hy Parkes’ visit to Broken Hill Ap. 3, 1890” – at foot of photograph
Photograph, sepia toned
52. Sir Henry Parkes – Birthplace, undated
Photograph, black and white
53. Sir Henry Parkes – Birthplace, undated
Clipping
On verso of no. 79

PARRAMATTA
Parramatta, N.S.W., 18--
54. Parramatta, N.S.W., 1838 / N.S.W. Government Printer, Sydney
“Parramatta, showing Old Government House, St. John’s Church, The King’s School and Elizabeth Farm” / by Conrad Martens - verso
Photograph, black and white
Original in Felton Bequest 1950, National Gallery of Victoria
55. Parramatta, N.S.W., 1853 / Terry del.; Sands & Kenny, Sydney & Melbourne
“English Church at Par[r]amatta” – caption
Photograph, sepia toned, of a drawing
56. Parramatta, N.S.W., 1853 / Terry del.; Sands & Kenny, Sydney & Melbourne
“Bairnes’ Cloth Factory, Par[r]amatta River” – caption
Print, black and white
57. Parramatta, N.S.W., c. 1853
“Parramatta River” / by John Clarke
Print, black and white, of a sepia, white & blue wash
Lawson’s, 4 March 1980, Lot 94
58. Parramatta, N.S.W., 1888
“Antiquities of Parramatta”, picturing:
1. The old barracks, now Government Asylum 2. Old barrack hospital, now Government Asylum 3. St. John’s Church 4. Gravestone of 1802, St. John’s cemetery 5. Old Government House 6. The Parramatta Hospital
Clipping
From: The Illustrated Sydney News, 26 January 1888
Negative available at FM1 / 4723

Parramatta, N.S.W., 19--
59. Parramatta, N.S.W., 1922
1. At the rear of Government House is a deep valley, which was the site of the first orchard in Australia 2. Dam on the Parramatta River, on the outskirts of Parramatta 3. St. John’s Church 4. On the hill in Parramatta Park 5. The avenue to Government House, with the gates and guard house 6. & 7. Views of Old Government House 8. The oldest photograph of Government House 9. In the park
Clipping with 9 pictures

60. Parramatta, N.S.W., undated
“Parramatta from the grounds of H.H. McArthur” by C. Martens
Photograph, black and white, of a drawing
Original in private collection, 1952
61. Parramatta, N.S.W., undated / Kerry Photo, Sydney
Photograph, sepia toned

62. Parramatta, N.S.W. – Barracks, 1910
“The old imperial military barracks at Parramatta …”
Clipping
From: The Sun, 1 October 1910
63. Parramatta, N.S.W. – Barracks – Lancer Barracks, 1971?
Brochure, black and white, for the Royal New South Wales Lancers Memorial Museum

Parramatta, N.S.W. – Churches
64. Parramatta, N.S.W. – Churches – Methodist Church, undated / Broadhurst
Card, sepia toned
65. Parramatta, N.S.W. – Churches – Methodist Church, undated
“Macquarie-Street Methodist Church, Parramatta” - caption
Clipping
66. Parramatta, N.S.W. – Churches – St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, undated / Broadhurst
Card, sepia toned
67. Parramatta, N.S.W. – Churches – St. John’s Church, 1878
Photograph, black and white
68. Parramatta, N.S.W. – Churches – St. John’s Church, 1878
“St. John’s Church Parramatta was begun in 1797, completed in 1808. The twin towers were added in 1816. In 1852 the old church building was pulled down and new one built onto the towers” – at foot of picture
Clipping with coloured picture
From: Sun, 26 January 1947
69. Parramatta, N.S.W. – Churches – St. John’s Church, 1954 / Rhys Williams
Clipping
From: Daily Telegraph, Saturday 20 November 1954
70. Parramatta, N.S.W. – Churches – St. John’s Church, undated
Card, sepia toned
71. Parramatta, N.S.W. – Churches – St. John’s Church, undated / Sands & Kenny, Sydney & Melbourne
“Photo of letterhead from Terry’s Landscape scenery pl[ate] no. 21”
Photograph, sepia toned, of a drawing
72. Parramatta, N.S.W. – Churches – St. John’s Church, undated / Sands & Kenny, Sydney & Melbourne
Same scene as for no. 71
“English Church at Parramatta” – caption
“Extra plate from later ed[ition] of Terry’s Landscape scenery pl[ate] 21”
Print, black and white
73. Parramatta, N.S.W. – Churches – St. John’s Church, undated / Sands & Kenny, Sydney & Melbourne
Same scene as for no. 71
“English Church at Parramatta” – caption
Print, black and white, with blue wash
Some foxing
74. Parramatta, N.S.W. – Churches – St. John’s Church, undated
Clipping
75. Parramatta, N.S.W. – Churches – St. John’s Church, undated
Card, coloured
76. Parramatta, N.S.W. – Churches – St. John’s Church, undated
“Rev. S. Marsden in the three decker pulpit of old St. John’s Parramatta” – verso
Photograph, sepia toned, of a drawing
77. Parramatta, N.S.W. – Churches – St. John’s Church, undated
Parramatta. Original Star Inn in the distance [marked by x]. Kept by Holland. Coach “Hero” - inscribed above picture
Photograph, sepia toned, of a drawing
78. Parramatta, N.S.W. – Churches – St. John’s Church, undated / published by Dibley’s Bookstore, Parramatta
“St. John’s Church of England & the fountain, Parramatta” – at foot of card
Card, black and white

79. Parramatta, N.S.W. – Hospitals – District Hospital, 1946
Photograph, sepia toned

80. Parramatta, N.S.W. – Hospitals – Lunatic Asylum, c. 1883
“[Possibly Parramatta Psychiatric Hospital (formerly the Lunatic Asylum) on original site of the Female Factory]” - verso
Photograph, sepia toned
Negative available at FM1 / 3817
81. Parramatta, N.S.W. – Hospitals – Lunatic Asylum, undated
Photograph, sepia toned

82. Parramatta, N.S.W. – Hotels – The Fox Under the Hill, undated
“The Fox Under the Hill, 4 miles west of Parramatta – Great Western Highway” – note below picture
Clipping
83. Parramatta, N.S.W. – Hotels – Woolpack Inn, undated
“The old Woolpack Inn, Parramatta” – caption
Clipping
Negative available at FM1 / 3584

84. Parramatta, N.S.W. – Parks and gardens – Parramatta Park, 1925
“Entrance to Parramatta Park” / Lionel Lindsay
Clipping
From: Sunday News, 7 April 1925
85. Parramatta, N.S.W. – Parks and gardens – Parramatta Park, undated
Photograph, black and white
86. Parramatta, N.S.W. – Parks and gardens – Parramatta Park, undated / Published by Dibley’s Bookstore, Parramatta
“Park gates, Parramatta” – at foot of post card
Post card, black and white

Parramatta, N.S.W. – Public buildings
87. Parramatta, N.S.W. – Public buildings – Asylum, undated
“formerly Barracks” - verso
Photograph, sepia toned
88. Parramatta, N.S.W. – Public buildings – Court House, undated / Terry del.; Sands & Kenny, Sydney & Melbourne
“Court House and Scotch Church Par[r]amatta” – caption
“Photo of letterhead from Terry’s Landscape scenery pl[ate] no. 17” - verso
Photograph, sepia toned, of a drawing
89. Parramatta, N.S.W. – Public buildings – Court House, undated
[2 views of] The Courthouse, Parramatta
2 prints, black and white
Clipping
90. Parramatta, N.S.W. – Public buildings – Court House, undated
Photograph, sepia toned
91. Parramatta, N.S.W. – Public buildings – Government House, 1819 / Dess. par Marchais d’après un dessin communiqué; gravé par Schroeder
“Port-Jackson, vue de la maison du gouverneur, à Parramatta” = “Port Jackson, view from Government House, at Parramatta” – caption
Photograph, black and white, of an engraving
From: Voyage autour du monde : fait par ordre du roi sur les corvettes de S.M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne, pendant les années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820 : Atlas historique / par Mrs. JS. Arago, A. Pellion &c. Paris : Chez Pillet Aîné, Imprimeur-Libraire, 1825, page 95
Negative available at FM1 / 2440
92. Parramatta, N.S.W. – Public buildings – Government House, 1966
“Plan to restore history”
Clipping
From: Sydney Morning Herald, 4 May 1966
93. Parramatta, N.S.W. – Public buildings – Government House, undated / c. 1895?
“Extracted from album … of views of countries visited presumably by J. McDakin Clench (whose ticket was in the album) on a world tour begun … leaving London 5 April 1895 for Albany, W.A.” – verso
Photograph, sepia toned
94. Parramatta, N.S.W. – Public buildings – Government House, undated
Print, black and white
95. Parramatta, N.S.W. – Public buildings – Government House, undated / L. von Koenneritz, Sydney
“Old Government House” – caption
Post card, black and white
96. Parramatta, N.S.W. – Public buildings – Government House, undated
Photograph, sepia toned
97. Parramatta, N.S.W. – Public buildings – Guardhouse, undated
“Military guard-house about 3 miles from Parramatta. Claimed to be the first brick structure in Australia” – caption
Print, black and white
Clipping
98. Parramatta, N.S.W. – Public buildings – Orphan School, undated
“Opened 1818, known as Female Orphan School until March 1844, then as Protestant Orphan School until 1888. It was then converted into an Asylum for the insane. Not to be confused with the Roman Catholic Orphan School which was opened in 1842 and which in 1886 became the Girls Industrial School (a reformatory)” – verso
Photograph, sepia toned
99. Parramatta, N.S.W. – Public buildings – Post Office, c. 1890
Photograph, sepia toned
100. Parramatta, N.S.W. – Public buildings – Post Office, undated / Broadhurst
Photograph, sepia toned
101. Parramatta, N.S.W. – Public buildings – Town Hall, undated / Published by Dibley’s Bookstore, Parramatta
Post card, black and white
102. Parramatta, N.S.W. – Public buildings – Women’s Asylum, c. 1900
Photograph, sepia toned
103. Parramatta, N.S.W. – Public buildings – Women’s Asylum, undated, photograph no. 1
Photograph, sepia toned
104. Parramatta, N.S.W. – Public buildings – Women’s Asylum, undated, photograph no. 2
Photograph, sepia toned

Parramatta, N.S.W. – Railways
105. Parramatta, N.S.W. – Railways, undated
“Parramatta Station soon after the opening”
Clipping

Box contents arranged in alphabetical order subject or location.

Copyright restrictions may apply: Photographs in this collection created before 1955 are all out of copyright. Photographs created after 1955 are in copyright for the life of creator plus 70 years.
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