Zoological Gardens, Moore Park, photograph by Charles Bayliss

SSV/189

fonds

probably between 1884 and 1894

Graphic Materials, Photographs

9659555

1 photographic print - albumen - 16 x 21 cm

The Zoological Gardens at Moore Park (also known as Sydney Zoo or Moore Park Zoo) were opened in 1884 and operated on that site until 1916. Employees and animals were then transferred to Taronga Zoo, located in Mosman.

Quong Tart (1850-1903) was a prominent Chinese tea merchant and restaurateur, opening a series of popular teahouses in Sydney. By 1885 Tart had opened four venues including the Pavilion at the Zoological Gardens.

Charles Bayliss (1850-1897) was a prominent Australian photographer of the 19th century. Initially he was apprenticed to Beaufoy Merlin, with whom he formed the American and Australasian Photographic Company (A&A Photographic Company). He then worked for B.O. Holtermann from 1873 to 1875 before working independently from 1876 until his death.

References:
Library acquisition file
“Zoological Gardens Moore Park.” The Dictionary of Sydney. Accessed 5 October 2021.
https://dictionaryofsydney.org/place/zoological_gardens_moore_park
"Advertising, Tenders." The Sydney Morning Herald, 25 January, p. 16. Accessed 31 Aug 2021. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15972572
“SHIFTING THE ZOO." The Daily Telegraph, 9 September 1916, p. 11. Accessed 5 October 2021. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article239217468
Tart, Margaret. “The Life of Quong Tart or, How A Foreigner Succeeded in A British Community.” Accessed 5 October 2021 https://setis.library.usyd.edu.au/ozlit/pdf/fed0048.pdf
State Library of New South Wales. “Holtermann Collection.” Accessed 21 September 2020. https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/research-and-collections/significant-collections/holtermann-collection
Ennis, Helen Bayliss. “A modern vision: Charles Bayliss, photographer, 1850-1897.” Accessed 5 October 2021. https://www.nla.gov.au/pub/ebooks/pdf/A%20Modern%20Vision.pdf

This photograph depicts people either sitting or walking, many with parasols, around a lake with a fountain in the middle and gardens in the foreground. In the background, behind a grassy hill, is a series of buildings, the last on the upper left of the picture bearing the name Quong Tart & C.

Out of copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Title devised by cataloguer based on information supplied by vendor

Photographer's imprint 'C. Bayliss. Photo. Sydney.' at lower right margin, front. Above photographer's imprint is written, 'The Zoo'

Date based on newspaper articles confirming Quong Tart's teahouse operating at the zoo