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Sydney, 1831 [Cumberland Street], Charles Rodius (1802-1860); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

  1. "The Hell Ship" — The Tragic Story of the "Chapman" Convict Ship 1817
  2. 1867 The Year of the Floods in New South Wales
  3. A Day Spent at Claremont Hospital for the Insane, Western Australia, 1920
  4. A Small History of Parramatta District Hospital 1817 to 1911
  5. A Soldier's Diary of Gallipoli 1915
  6. A Tasmanian Bushranger - Michael Howe (1787-1818)
  7. A Trip on the Hawkesbury River 1880
  8. A Trip to Launceston in 1869
  9. A Visit to Queen's Orphans School New Town (Tasmania) 1853
  10. A Visit to Yarra Bend Lunatic Asylum 1853
  11. A Visit to the Cascades Lunatic Asylum in 1882 (The Former Cascades Female Factory)
  12. A Visit to the Northern Mines of South Australia 1846
  13. Account of a Trip to Hunter's River - Letter I - 1827
  14. Account of a Trip to Hunter's River - Letter II - 1827
  15. Account of a Trip to Hunter's River - Letter III - 1827
  16. Account of a Trip to Hunter's River - Letter IV - 1827
  17. Account of a Trip to Hunter's River - Letter V - 1827
  18. Ann Rumsby 1802-1850 - The story of the pretty convict girl who had doctors fight for her, Marsden prosecute her and Governor Brisbane defend her.
  19. Bridge Over the River Torrens, Adelaide
  20. Burke and Wills Monument Melbourne 1865 
  21. Cannibalism of Convicts ... An Incident of Convict Life in Tasmania
  22. Claremont Hospital for the Insane Western Australia 1912
  23. Convict Stories: Henry Perfect - Transported for Seven Years to Botany Bay, April 1805
  24. Convict Stories: Richard Andrews & Alexander Hall - Sentenced to Seven Years Transportation
  25. Country Scenes - Port Macquarie - 1864
  26. Darlinghurst Prison 1840-1866
  27. Early History of Petersburg South Australia 1875-1897
  28. Early History of the Murrumbidgee - Wagga Wagga
  29. Edward Henty - The First 'Abiding' Settler on Victorian Soil (Portland) 19th November 1834
  30. Farmers Visiting the State Agricultural Farm, Roseworthy Agricultural College, South Australia 1908
  31. Freemantle Western Australia in 1866
  32. Gipps Land Hospital, Sale - Opening 20 August 1867
  33. Gold Escort Conveying Gold from the Mines to the Bank - South Australia
  34. Goulburn Goal in 1888
  35. Governor Phillip's Arrival With the First Fleet - Printed in 1863
  36. Great Meeting of Gold Diggers - Mt Alexander Goldfields near Bendigo - 15th December 1851
  37. Henry Lawson 7 June 1867 – 2 September 1922
  38. Historic Event - Attempted Escape of Prisoners from Darlinghurst Goal November 1864
  39. Historic Event - Grand Masonic Ball Melbourne, October 1853
  40. Historic Event - Intercolonial Fire Brigade Competition, at Prince Alfred Park Sydney - November 1881
  41. Historic Event - Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Freemason's Almshouses, Melbourne 17 July 1867
  42. Historic Event - The Arrival of the Missionary Ship "John Williams" at Hobson's Bay on 19 August 1866
  43. Hobart Town on the River Derwent, Van Diemen's Land - February 1830
  44. Inside The Penal Establishment at Pentridge in 1867
  45. Life at the Diggings - Letters from McIvor Diggings, Victoria, 1 July 1853 and Bendigo, 25 July 1853
  46. Life on the Gold Fields 1852-53
  47. Loss of the Neva Convict Ship 14 May 1835
  48. Memoirs of Ex-Superintendent Roche - The Bertrand Murder 1865
  49. Menzies Pioneers First Social Gathering 1897 (Western Australia)
  50. Mother's Day - First Celebration in Australia - The White Carnation - 19th June 1910
  51. New South Wales Cadet Corps 1898 (Beginnings at The King's School Parramatta)
  52. Old Australian Crime Records - Remarkable Crimes and Criminals - Part 1
  53. Old Australian Crime Records - Remarkable Crimes and Criminals - Part 2
  54. Old Australian Crime Records - Remarkable Crimes and Criminals - Part 3
  55. Parramatta's Last Representative Rugby Football Team (against New Zealand) in 1893
  56. Pictures of ANZAC Day from around Australia 1920
  57. Rambles Through Sydney - Part I - The Rocks - 1864
  58. Rambles Through Sydney - Part II - The Rocks cont. - 1864
  59. Rambles Through Sydney - Part III - Woolloomooloo - 1864
  60. Rambles Through Sydney - Part IV - Woolloomooloo, cont. - 1864
  61. Rambles Through Sydney - Part V - Sussex Street and Darling Harbour - 1864
  62. Rambles Through Sydney - Part VI - Sussex Street and Darling Harbour, cont. - 1864
  63. Rambles Through Sydney - Part VII - Upper Watershed of Darling Harbour - 1864
  64. Rambles Through Sydney - Part VIII - Upper Watershed of Darling Harbour, cont. - 1864
  65. Second Independent Church, Melbourne - March 1851
  66. Shipwreck - Steamer Wairarapa - 28 October 1894 - Captain, Passenger and Seamen Lost - Press Releases as it happened
  67. South Australia in 1864
  68. Swan River 1832
  69. Sydney Mint in 1871
  70. Sydney in 1801-02-03 - Part I
  71. Sydney in 1801-02-03 - Part II
  72. The Asylum for Destitute Children, Randwick (NSW) - A Short History 1852-1868
  73. The Dandenong Ranges Victoria (A Day's Ramble) 1868
  74. The First School House in Melbourne 1837-38
  75. The First Sydney Duel - Colonel Paterson and Captain Macarthur - A Scrap of Early Colonial History
  76. The Gilbert Henderson - Female Convict Ship - Voyage of 1841 to Van Diemen's Land
  77. The Hunter's River - Letter I - 1827
  78. The Hunter's River - Letter II - 1827
  79. The Loss of the Brig "Tobago" - Tasmania - Monday 2nd June 1845
  80. The Loss of the Cataraque 1845
  81. The Nashville Diggings - The Gympie Goldfieds - Queensland
  82. The Oldest Grammar School in Australia - The King's School - History from 1832 to 1911
  83. The Opening of the Adelaide and Glenelg Railway, South Australia, 1873
  84. The Parramatta Female Factory Riot and Governance in 1827
  85. The Riots at Lambing Flat 1861
  86. The Tragic Story of Mrs Watson of Lizard Island, North Queensland 1881
  87. Unveiling the Batman Memorial - 3rd June 1882
  88. Victorian Police Cadets in the 1850s
  89. Volunteer Troops of the Early 1860s - Victoria and New South Wales
  90. William Ewart Hart - One of Australia's First Aviators

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