Old Sydney Town, 1788-1810: a history in contemporary documents/ Old Sydney Town Pty Ltd

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Unique IDLIB-00015813Date1st January 1975Date qualifieryear onlyDescriptionDescription: Old Sydney town: from Phillip's settlement to Macquarie's new order 1788-1810/ Eric Russell ([12] p.: ill. ; 28 cm.)

The Sydney Herald, Vol. 1, No. 1, Monday, April 18, 1831 (2 p.)

Separate illustrations: 1. Discovery, a prison hulk at Deptford, on the Thames

2. The London convict maid, an English printed broadside of the early transportation period

3. The first five Governors of New South Wales 1788-1810 (portraits)

4. A coloured sketch of Sydney Cove looking south in 1788, made by William Bradley, first lieutenant of H.M.S. Sirius

5. Non-descript animals and birds of New South Wales (cassowary, dingo, kangaroo, kookaburra, lyrebird, wombat)

6. Plan of the town of Sydney in New South Wales, by James Meehan, by order of His Excellency Governor Bligh, 31 October 1807

7. Sketch of Sydney Cove, Port Jackson in the County of Cumberland, New South Wales, July 1788

8a Thomas Watling's Direct north view of Sydney Cove and Port Jackson, the chief British settlement in New South Wales. Taken from the north shore about one mile distant for John White Esqu[e] (about 1792)

8b. An enlarged detail from the above showing some of the buildings around Sydney Cove

9. Missing

10. Ingleses en la Nueva Olanda, drawn by Juan Ravenet (1793)

11. Instructions to the watchmen of the Town Divisions, 1796

12. Facsimile reproduction of the first issue of the Sydney Gazette, 5 March, 1803 (4 p.)

13. Proclamation issued by George Johnston the day after he overthrew Governor William Bligh

14. Proclamation 24 January 1810 issued by Governor Macquarie urging persons of different sexes cohabiting and living together, unsanctioned by the legal ties of matrimony to marry

15. Market regulations, October 20, 1810

16. Watercolour of the western shore of Sydney Cove and part of the Rocks area, probably the work of John Eyre, c.1810LanguageEnglish (eng)IllustrationsBlack and white illustrationsPublisherOld Sydney TownPlace of publicationSomersby
New South Wales
Australia

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FormatPublication - Book

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Number of pages18

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Dimensions (free text)in 1 folder 25 x 35 cm

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Dewey decimal numberSRC 994.41 OLDISBN/ISSN0869000489Source system IDR0000229067Alternative ID30002035106715

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Old Sydney Town, 1788-1810: a history in contemporary documents/ Old Sydney Town Pty Ltd