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Golden Point, Ballarat, Victoria, 1851, William Strutt (1825-1915); Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales

Around Australia

  1. A Fern Tree Valley - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  2. Aboard the Convict Ship Illustration
  3. Alluvial Gold Washing - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  4. An Aboriginal Bora 1898
  5. An Explorer's Camp c.1873
  6. Australian Aboriginals Fishing 1873
  7. Australian Shepherd's Hut - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  8. Carrobboree on the Banks of the Murray - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  9. Diggers on the Road to a (Gold) Rush - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  10. Fern Trees - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by Nicholas Chevalier
  11. Historic Illustration - Gold Mining - The First Claim on the New Rush 1876
  12. Mallee Scrub, River Murray - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by Nicholas Chevalier
  13. Night Scene in the Diggings (Gold Fields) - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  14. Old Whaling Station - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  15. Sports in Australia - The Emu Hunt
  16. The First Australian Railway Supply Detachment, 11th A.A.SC. - 19 December 1914
  17. The Gwalior Plains c.1873
  18. The Old and New Home Stations - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by Nicholas Chevalier

New South Wales

  1. "New" Wing of Petersham Superior Public School - February 1903
  2. 1802 Chart of the three Harbours of Botany Botany Bay, Port Jackson, and Broken Bay, &c.
  3. Baptist Church, Parramatta c1910
  4. Bendigo 1895 - The Benevolent Asylum - Hospital - North Old Chum Quartz Mine - Chinese Camp
  5. Bendigo in 1895 - A Pioneers Grave at Myers Creek and of the Fire Brigades Demonstration
  6. Berry's Bay & Goat Island, Sydney, New South Wales 1878
  7. Bird's Eye Views of Wagga Wagga in 1883
  8. Botanical Gardens (Farm Cove) Government House in Distance, New South Wales, 1878
  9. Botany Zoological Gardens 1853
  10. Bridge Over The Darling River at Wentworth 1896
  11. Brisbane, Queensland 1873
  12. Broken Hill Silver Mines 1896
  13. Broulee, Sydney, New South Wales - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  14. Charles Rodius (1802-1860) - Sydney 1830 - Government House Stables from the Domain
  15. Church Street and Post Office, Parramatta North c1910
  16. Church Street, Parramatta c. 1910
  17. Church Street, Parramatta, Looking South from Lennox Bridge c.1910
  18. Church Street, Parramatta, looking North, showing Bank of New South Wales c. 1910
  19. Circular Quay, from Custom House, Sydney 1895
  20. Cockatoo Island, New South Wales - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  21. Committee, Medical and Nursing Staff of the Parramatta District Hospital 1911
  22. Conrad Martens (1801–1878) - Sydney Cove c1835/36
  23. Dancing the Lancers on Horseback - Parramatta c1910
  24. Diamond Drill Plant in Cremorne 1896
  25. Fairlight Glen, on the Warragamba, New South Wales - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  26. Fairy Lake, New South Wales - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  27. Fall of the Weatherboard, New South Wales - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  28. General Post Office Sydney 1853
  29. George Street Sydney 1895
  30. George-street west, Sydney, 1917
  31. Goat Island, New South Wales - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  32. Government House, Parramatta 1826
  33. Government House, Sydney 1853
  34. Government House, Sydney, New South Wales - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  35. Grote Street School - The First City Model School (Teacher's School) South Australia
  36. Gully at Wollongong, New South Wales - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  37. Hampden Bridge - Wagga Wagga 1895
  38. Harpers Hill, Hunter River, New South Wales - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  39. Historic Event - The Turning of the Turf of the First Australian Railway - Sydney 3 July 1850
  40. Historic Illustration - Sydney Cove with Government House & Fort Macquarie c1838
  41. Historic Illustration - View of Sydney from above Vaucluse, NSW, c1838
  42. Historic Photo - Petersham Superior Public School - Teaching Staff - 1903
  43. Historic Picture: A Home in the Australian Bush 1873
  44. House of Parliament, Sydney 1895
  45. Jamieson's Valley, New South Wales - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  46. John Rae (1813-1900) - Sydney Street View 1846
  47. Joseph Lycett (c. 1775-1828) - Bathurst Cataract, on the River Apsley, New South Wales, November 1, 1824
  48. Joseph Lycett (c. 1775-1828) - Liverpool, New South Wales 1824
  49. Joseph Lycett (c. 1775-1828) - Parramatta, New South Wales 1824 - Joseph Lycett
  50. Joseph Lycett (c. 1775-1828) - View of Windsor, Upon the River Hawkesbury, New South Wales 1824
  51. Joseph Lycett (c. 1775-1828) - View on the Wingecarribee River, New South Wales 1824
  52. Lake Illawarra, New South Wales - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  53. M'Arthur & Co. Warehouse - York Street, Sydney 1896
  54. Maitland, Victoria Bridge 1853
  55. Map of Port Jackson, Sydney, Showing Shipping Facilities in 1895
  56. Martindale Station & Creek 1878 New South Wales - Richard Wendel 1851-1926 
  57. Middle Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales 1878
  58. Mount Kiera, New South Wales - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  59. Mount Toma, New South Wales - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  60. NSW Department of Public Works (Phillip Street) Sydney 1859-1895
  61. Native Encampment - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  62. Near Newcastle, On the Hunter, New South Wales - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  63. New South Wales Government Meat-Market, Darling Harbour, Sydney 1895
  64. New South Wales Post and Telegraph Department 1895
  65. Newcastle Harbour, Showing Steam-Cranes, New South Wales 1895
  66. Newcastle in 1853
  67. Newcastle, New South Wales 1824 - Joseph Lycett (c. 1775-1828)
  68. Newcastle, New South Wales, as seen from the Custom-House 1895
  69. OFFICERS INFANTRY SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION, VICTORIA BARRACKS, NSW, 1900.
  70. Oak Avenue and River Scene, Parramatta Park c.1910
  71. On the Cow Pasture River, New South Wales - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  72. Parramatta District Hospital c.1910
  73. Parramatta North Public School c1910
  74. Parramatta Town Hall c. 1910
  75. Port Jackson, New South Wales - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  76. Port Stephen, New South Wales - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  77. Post Office, Church Street, Parramatta c1910
  78. Quarantine Burial Ground, Port Jackson, New South Wales - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  79. Redfern Railway Station, Sydney 1894
  80. Remarkable Colour Prints of Sydney First Published in 1802 and 1803
  81. Robert Russell (1808-1900) - Darling Harbour, Cockle Bay, Sydney 1835
  82. Ship "Harvest Home" - 1,944 Tons Register, Loading the First Cargo of New South Wales Timbers for London, September, 1895
  83. Snapshots of Street Scenes in Sydney Following the Official News of the Armistice - November 1918
  84. St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney 1895
  85. Steam-Crane, Darling Harbour, New South Wales 1895
  86. Sydney Exchange 1895
  87. Sydney Heads,New South Wales - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  88. Sydney Town Hall 1895
  89. Sydney's Inner Harbour 1891
  90. Sydney, Looking South from the Cove 1839
  91. Sydney, New South Wales 1873
  92. Tallow-Wood Logs, waiting to be brought from the forest to the wharf on Wooden Train-Rails, Manning River, New South Wales 1895
  93. Tent Hill Tin-Smelting Works - Emmaville 1895
  94. The (New) Exchange Sydney 1853
  95. The Cow Pastures, New South Wales - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  96. The First Stone Bridge Built in NSW - Road from Emu Plains, Over the Blue Mountains
  97. The Hawkesbury, New South Wales - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  98. The King's School in Parramatta 1899
  99. The Landing Place of Captain Cook at Botany Bay as Depicted in 1862
  100. The Lands Office, Sydney 1895
  101. The Metropolitan Colliery, Helensburgh, New South Wales 1896
  102. The New South Wales Ministry 1895
  103. The Old Tank Stream, Sydney, New South Wales - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  104. The Park Gate Hotel, Parramatta 1879-1959
  105. The Sailor's Return Hotel - The Rocks, Sydney
  106. The University, Sydney 1895
  107. Tom Thumbs Lagoon, New South Wales - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  108. Two Historic Pictures of Parramatta in 1824 and 1911
  109. Twofold Bay, New South Wales 1873
  110. View Near Botany Bay, New South Wales - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  111. View at Rose Hill 1792 (New South Wales)
  112. View from Top of Grose Head, New South Wales - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  113. Views of Camden New South Wales 1883
  114. Views of Parramatta New South Wales c.1910
  115. Views of Rosehill Racecourse, near the Parramatta River NSW c1910
  116. Warren Weir-Works, Macquarie River, New South Wales 1895
  117. Wesley Tin Mine in Emmaville (Vegetable Creek) NSW 1895
  118. Willandra Weir, Lachlan River, New South Wales 1896
  119. Willoughby Falls, Near Sydney, New South Wales - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  120. Winchcombe, Carson, & Co.'s Wool Stores, Pyrmont, Sydney 1895
  121. Wingadee Station - 23,000 Sheep on the Coonamble, New South Wales 1895
  122. Wycombe House, Church Street, Parramatta c1910

Northern Territory

  1. Baines River, Northern Territory - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by Thomas Baines
  2. Natives of Carpentaria - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by Thomas Baines
  3. Port Darwin, Northern Territory 1873
  4. Stampede of Pack Horses, Northern Territory - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by Thomas Baines 

Queensland

  1. Brisbane 1917 
  2. General Post Office, Queen Street, Brisbane, 1897 
  3. Gladstone, Queensland 1873 
  4. Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Queensland 1873 
  5. Maryborough Grammar School, Queensland 1888 
  6. New Zealand Gully near Rockhampton, Queensland 1873 
  7. Open Bush, Queensland 1873
  8. Parliament House, Brisbane, in 1888 
  9. Return of Burke and Wills to Coopers Creek - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by Nicholas Chevalier 
  10. The Baodab Tree, Queensland - c. 1879's Engraving of a Drawing by Thomas Baines 
  11. Townsville, Queensland c.1873 

South Australia

  1. Adelaide from the River Torrens, South Australia - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by James Howe Carse
  2. Barrossa Ranges South Australia - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  3. Breaking up Grenfell Street, Adelaide - Preparing to Put Down the Rails - 1908
  4. Concordia Gold Mines, South Australia c.1870's
  5. Country Road at Strathalbyn, South Australia c. 1908
  6. Glenelg and Adelaide Harbour, South Australia 1873
  7. Government House Adelaide, South Australia 1873
  8. Lake Albert, South Australia - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  9. Madame Melba Visiting the Metropolitan Fire Brigade Station Adelaide November 1902
  10. Port Lincoln, South Australia 1873
  11. Testing the First Electric Tramcar in Adelaide 23rd December 1908
  12. The Burra Burra Copper Mines, South Australia c. 1870's
  13. Trial Run of the First Electric Tramcar in Adelaide - December 23rd, 1908
  14. Waterfall near Adelaide,South Australia - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout

Tasmania

  1. Black Man's Cove, Tasmania - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  2. Break of Day Plains, Tasmania - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  3. Cataract Glen, Mount Wellington, Tasmania - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  4. Deadman's Island - Port Arthur - Picture Taken in 1891
  5. Eagle-Hawk Neck Peninsula - The Bulldogs Platform - Port Arthur
  6. Historic Colour Plate Print from 1871 of H. E. Charles Ducane, Esq. Visiting the Squadron, River Derwent, Tasmania
  7. Historic Colour Plate Print from 1871 of the Government House in Hobart Town
  8. Historic Painting of Hobart - Mrs A Prinsep in 1829
  9. Hobart Town, Tasmania 1873
  10. Lake St. Clair,Tasmania - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  11. Launceston in 1867
  12. Launceston, Tasmania - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  13. Longford, Tasmania - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  14. Macquarie Street, Hobart, 1917
  15. Maria Island, Tasmania - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  16. Mount Wellington, Tasmania - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  17. Perth, Tasmania - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  18. Port Arthur Picture of a Convict Cart taken in 1891
  19. Port Arthur, Tasmania - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  20. Source of the Derwant, Tasmania - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  21. Tasman Island, Tasmania - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  22. The Derwent, Tasmania - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  23. The Quay, Hobart Town, Tasmania 1873

Victoria

  1. Artists Depiction of Melbourne from the South Bank of the Yarra in 1840
  2. Avoca River, Victoria - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  3. Ballarat Victoria 1873 (Picture 1)
  4. Ballarat Victoria 1873 (Picture 2)
  5. Bendigo Government Camp in 1853
  6. Bird's Eye-Views of Bendigo 1895
  7. Cape Otway Victoria - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by Nicholas Chevalier
  8. Cape Schanck, Victoria - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by Nicholas Chevalier
  9. Chinese Garden in Victoria 1873
  10. Daylesford, Victoria 1873
  11. Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, 1917
  12. Glimpses of Early Victoria in 1855 - Ballarat - Castlemaine - Williamstown - Geelong
  13. Grass Tree Plains, Victoria - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  14. Historic Colour Plate Print from 1871 of the Government House, Toorak, Melbourne
  15. Lake Colac, Victoria - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by Nicholas Chevalier
  16. Map of Castelemaine and Fryers Mines 1865
  17. Marysville, Victoria - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by Nicholas Chevalier
  18. McIvor Diggings, July 26, 1853 (Langley, Hawkes, & Foster's Stores) Victoria
  19. Melbourne Port Phillip, Collins Street West, from the Survey Office 1840
  20. Melbourne from St. Kilda Road Victoria c1870s
  21. Melbourne from the Yarra, Victoria - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by Nicholas Chevalier
  22. Morse's Creek, Victoria - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by Nicholas Chevalier
  23. Mount Arapiles, Victoria - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by Nicholas Chevalier
  24. Mount Leura, Camperdown, Victoria 1873
  25. Mount Macedon, Victoria - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  26. Mount Zero and Mount Taylor, Victoria - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by Nicholas Chevalier
  27. Officers of the Victorian Bushmen Corps 1900
  28. On the Goulburn, Victoria - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  29. On the Plenty, Near Melbourne Victoria - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  30. Ovens River, Victoria - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by Nicholas Chevalier
  31. Painting of Melbourne Taken from Near the West End of Collins Street 1840 (George O'Brien 1821-1888)
  32. Port Phillip Heads, Victoria - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  33. Portion of Melbourne from near the corner of Bourke and William Streets October 1844
  34. Post Office, Melbourne Victoria 1873
  35. Samuel Ramsden's Paper Mill, Yarra Bank Melbourne 1868
  36. Sandridge Victoria - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by Nicholas Chevalier
  37. South Bank of the Yarra, Near Melbourne Victoria - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  38. St. Jude's Church, Carlton, Victoria - 1867
  39. The Basin Bank, Victoria - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by Nicholas Chevalier
  40. The Metropolitan Meat Market, North Melbourne - 17 August 1893
  41. The Punt at Echuca, Victoria 1873
  42. The River Barwon, Victoria - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  43. The Victoria Tannery 1850
  44. The Victorian Bushmen's Corps - Non-Commissioned Officers 1900
  45. Upper Goulburn, Victoria - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  46. Valley of the Goulburn, Victoria - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by John Skinner Prout
  47. Victoria Valley and Mount Caroline, Victoria - c. 1870's Engraving of a Drawing by Nicholas Chevalier
  48. Views At And Near Dandenong (Victoria) in 1881

Western Australia

  1. Administrative Staff of Claremont Hospital for the Insane, Western Australia, 1912
  2. An Early Sketch of Perth and Melville Waters, Western Australia
  3. Historical Places - A Bush Inn at Rockingham, Western Australia in 1868
  4. In and Around Perth Western Australia 1884
  5. King George Sound Western Australia c. 1870
  6. Photo of a Group of West Australians Home from the Boer War - August 1900
  7. Reception of the new Governor (Kennedy) of Western Australia
  8. St. George's Terrace, Perth, 1917

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