Photographs - Topographic

  • Two Aboriginal boys with three European men, posing in front of a homestead near Swan Hill on the Murray River (Victorian or New South Wales side), circa 1875.

    # 24892

    BRYSON & HEYWOOD (SWAN HILL)

    Two Aboriginal boys with three European men, posing in front of a homestead near Swan Hill on the Murray River (Victorian or New South Wales side), circa 1875.

    Albumen print photograph, cabinet card format, 92 x 120 mm (image), 108 x 165 mm (mount), verso with the photographers’ names in manuscript ‘Bryson & Heywood, Swan Hill’; there is some staining to the top edge of the print and to the margin of the mount, but the print, though a little pale, has excellent …

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  • Archive of photographs belonging to a Dutch East India Company coffee plantation overseer in East Java, early 1900s.

    # 25038

    Photographer(s) unknown.

    Archive of photographs belonging to a Dutch East India Company coffee plantation overseer in East Java, early 1900s.

    This small archive of 32 photographs – taken with a variety of camera types, and for the most part by different amateur photographers – was compiled by a Dutch East India Company employee, and documents his life as an overseer on a Company coffee plantation in East Java in the early 1900s. The backs of …

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  • Two snapshot photos of the railway station at Coledale, north of Wollongong, New South Wales, circa 1920.

    # 24672

    Photographer unknown.

    Two snapshot photos of the railway station at Coledale, north of Wollongong, New South Wales, circa 1920.

    Two black-and-white photographic prints, each 57 x 82 mm, versos with identifying caption in pencil ‘Coledale Station’; both in fine condition. The South Coast railway line to Coledale, a coal mining village on the coast north of Wollongong, was completed in 1902. The station building, still in current use, was built in 1915.

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  • A grand, freestanding, double-storey private residence. Melbourne, 1872-73.

    # 24752

    BRITISH & COLONIAL PHOTO. COMPANY [J. J. H. WEST, manager]

    A grand, freestanding, double-storey private residence. Melbourne, 1872-73.

    Albumen print photograph, oversize carte de visite format, 65 x 122 mm (mount), 65 x 100 mm (image), verso with back mark of the British & Colonial Photo. Company, 144 Latrobe St. West, Melbourne; the print is a little pale, but is otherwise in very good condition, as is the mount. This photograph of an …

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  • Photographs of Hawaii, 1870-1883

    # 11209

    Chase, H. L. (attrib.) & Williams, J. J. (attrib.)

    Photographs of Hawaii, 1870-1883

    Eleven albumen print photographs mounted recto and verso of [7] pages removed from a nineteenth century travel album, all in format 175 x 235 mm, contemporary captions in French and English in ink beneath each image, the prints attached to the leaves with the original double-sided adhesive tape at each corner, occasional foxing and mild …

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  • A pair of very early stereoview photographs of Adelaide streets, circa 1860.

    # 23765

    Photographer unknown.

    A pair of very early stereoview photographs of Adelaide streets, circa 1860.

    Both views are exceptionally early and are possibly unrecorded. They appear to have been kept together for almost 160 years, as the manuscript captions on both are written in the same contemporary hand. It is likely that the same unidentified photographer was responsible for both views. I. Adelaide, S.A. Rundle St. from Gawler Place, north …

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  • Noongar men, southwest Western Australia, circa 1868.

    # 23258

    [MANNING & KNIGHT, attributed]

    Noongar men, southwest Western Australia, circa 1868.

    Albumen print photograph, 59 x 82 mm, laid down on a piece cut from a 19th century album page, contemporary caption in pencil beneath image: ‘Australian Natives armed with boomerangs’; the print is slightly faded but otherwise is in very good condition. The attribution to the Perth-based photographic partnership of Manning & Knight is based …

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  • Shop interior of W. Davies, musical instrument maker and repairer, Rundle Street, Adelaide, 1920s.

    # 22921

    Photographer unknown.

    Shop interior of W. Davies, musical instrument maker and repairer, Rundle Street, Adelaide, 1920s.

    Silver gelatin print photograph, 120 x 180 mm, unmounted; verso with pencilled inscription ‘Inside W. Davies music shop Rundle St. 1920s; in fine condition with crisp detail. A fascinating glimpse into the cluttered retail showroom of W. Davies, who evidently also ran his School of Music in the same building. There is a vast array of …

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  • Brisbane and Environs Illustrated: Twelve Views of the Scenery of the City and Neighbourhood.

    # 23023

    WRIGHT, George P[arkinson]. (photographer and publisher)

    Brisbane and Environs Illustrated: Twelve Views of the Scenery of the City and Neighbourhood.

    Second Series … [Contents …] Photographed by Geo. P. Wright, Creek Street, (Opposite the Union Bank) Brisbane. MDCCCLXXVIII. At head of title: Under the Patronage of His Excellency the Governor. Brisbane : George P. Wright [printed by Cleghorn & Co.], 1878. Oblong folio, original half morocco over brown cloth boards with gilt lettering (boards marked and …

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  • [SPELEOLOGY] Waitomo, Ruakuri and Aranui, New Zealand. "The most beautiful caves in the world."

    # 21645

    F.G. RADCLIFFE (publisher)

    [SPELEOLOGY] Waitomo, Ruakuri and Aranui, New Zealand. “The most beautiful caves in the world.”

    Whangarei, NZ : F.G. Radcliffe [c.1910]. Small oblong quarto, original silver-lettered grey wrappers and green ties, [24] pp, all monochrome photographic illustrations; a pristine copy.

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  • Views of Turner's homestead, clearing the land and planting lemon trees near Renmark, South Australia, 1892-93.

    # 21246

    Photographer unknown.

    Views of Turner’s homestead, clearing the land and planting lemon trees near Renmark, South Australia, 1892-93.

    Three silver albumen print photographs (160 x 110 / 160 x 110 / 90 x 135 mm), laid down on individual sections cut from the pages of a disbound nineteenth century album, with undidentified photographer’s manuscript captions beneath each image: ‘Camp, Renmark. Sept. 92 (after clearing)’; ‘Block at Renmark shewing young lemons, Oct. 92’;  ‘Turner’s. Renmark. …

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  • View of Millers Point, Parramatta River from the Flagstaff, Sydney, 1858-59.

    # 20453

    HETZER, William fl. 1850-67

    View of Millers Point, Parramatta River from the Flagstaff, Sydney, 1858-59.

    Stereoscopic albumen print photograph, each individual image 80 x 77 mm (arched format), original plain greyish buff mount 84 x 172 mm, verso with studio label printed in blue ‘Stereoscopic Views of Sydney and Environs by W. Hetzer, Photographic Artist, 287 George Street, Sydney, N.S.W.’ and an accompanying contemporary caption in ink ‘Millers Point – Parramatta …

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  • Sydney from Governor Bourke's statue, on the edge of the Inner Domain, circa 1859.

    # 20447

    HETZER, William fl. 1850-67

    Sydney from Governor Bourke’s statue, on the edge of the Inner Domain, circa 1859.

    Stereoscopic albumen print photograph, each individual image 80 x 77 mm (arched format), original plain greyish buff mount 84 x 172 mm, verso with contemporary caption in ink ‘Sydney – from the Domain’; both albumen prints are in fine condition, with good tonal range and sharp detail; the mount is free from foxing. This view, looking …

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  • View of George Street, Sydney, showing the Commercial Bank and Bank of New South Wales, 1860-63.

    # 20442

    HETZER, William fl. 1850-67

    View of George Street, Sydney, showing the Commercial Bank and Bank of New South Wales, 1860-63.

    Stereoscopic albumen print photograph, each individual image 80 x 77 mm (arched format), original plain greyish buff mount 84 x 172 mm, verso with studio label printed in blue ‘Stereoscopic Views of Sydney and Environs by W. Hetzer, Photographic Artist, 287 George Street, Sydney, N.S.W.’ and an accompanying contemporary caption in ink ‘George St. / Commercial …

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  • The fountain in Coonamble Park, Central West New South Wales, circa 1920.

    # 20766

    Photographer unknown.

    The fountain in Coonamble Park, Central West New South Wales, circa 1920.

    Sepia photograph on glossy printing out paper, 140 x 95 mm, tipped onto a card mount, contemporary caption in ink across bottom margin of mount: ‘Coonamble Park, N.S.W.’; fine condition. The Coonamble fountain is mentioned in the opening stanza of Along the Castlereagh, a poem by commercial traveller and bush lyricist Jack Moses (1861-1945), first …

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  • View of Bourbong Street, Bundaberg, Queensland, late 1890s

    # 18809

    Photographer unknown.

    View of Bourbong Street, Bundaberg, Queensland, late 1890s

    Albumen print photograph, 240 x 370 mm, no photographer’s imprint; verso with later pencil inscription ‘Main street, Bundaberg’; unmounted; a superb print with beautiful tones and sharp detail; the small white fleck at upper left is in the negative. A large format view of Bourbong Street looking west, with the Post Office in the distance. …

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