Census of New South Wales. November 1828
Sydney, Library of Australian History, 1985 (second impression)/ 1980. [2 items]. More
Sydney, Library of Australian History, 1985 (second impression)/ 1980. [2 items]. More
The photograph is taken from behind the wicket and includes the wicket-keeper, the fieldsman at slips, Alan Fairfax, the cartwheeling stump and Alan Kippax, the batsman at the non-striker's end. Of far greater consequence, however, is the signature pencilled on the verso of the image: that of Archie Jackson, the..... More
The signatures are Arthur Morris (Captain), Alley, Donaldson (12th man), Fred Johnston, Kissell, Lindwall, Lukeman, Miller, Moroney, Pettiford, Saggers and Toshack. The team featured six Test players, including five future Invincibles; Alley and Pettiford played for the Services and/or later Commonwealth teams. This was Keith Miller's debut match for NSW..... More
Weimar, im Verlage des Landes Industrie Comptoirs, 1802 [but 1803]. A rare German map of the early settlements of New South Wales, including Sydney, Paramatta [sic] and Bankstown, published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden', Volume 11, in 1803. It is largely copied from a map in David Collins' 'An Account of..... More
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1901. This history of these two cavalry units, from their foundation through to the end of the Boer War, is 'undoubtedly a regimental record, but it is something more - it is an attempt to explain, and to some extent combat, the unreasoning prejudice which has..... More
The sketches range between 100-140 mm high and 70-90 mm wide (two are smaller); they are mounted in five roughly straight lines, with their names and regional addresses (or rural industry employers) added in ballpoint pen to the mount. It is behind glass in its original and appropriately rustic white-painted..... More
Sydney, Government Printer, 1857. New South Wales Parliamentary Paper Number 120 of 1857. Seven items of correspondence relating to an alleged incident on the Lower Condamine in 1852 ('a collision had taken place between the Police and some petty cattle stealers'). All pretty inconclusive. More
Sydney, Sherriff & Downing, [1863]. Provenance: Thomas Thornton Reed (1902-1995), Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide, with his signature in pencil at the head of the title page. Ferguson 15645 (supplying the date; the advertisement on the rear flyleaf contains testimonials dated January 1863, and suggests those wishing to 'be supplied in..... More
Sydney, W.A. Gullick, Government Printer, 1908. The broad coverage of the State comprises captioned images of public buildings (12) and street scenes (8) of Sydney; ports and harbours (6, including 3 of Newcastle); north coast farms (8); mines and other industries (10); timber (7); livestock (8); agriculture (6); and leisure..... More
Edinburgh, Thomas Brown, [circa 1807/ 1801]. A map of the east coast of Australia, with inset maps of Port Jackson and Botany Bay, Norfolk Island, and Lord Howe Island. Tooley 21, suggesting Brown's 'A General Atlas' as the source and the date of 1801. This example is from a later..... More
[Paris, Chez Saillant et Nyon ... chez Panckoucke, 1774]. The two panels of the map show the Endeavour River (where Cook beached the 'Endeavour' for repairs after striking the Great Barrier Reef in 1770) and Botany Bay respectively. It comes from the first French edition of the official account of..... More
[Brussells, P.M.G. Vandermaelen, 1827]. Plate 55 from Vandermaelen's monumental 'Atlas Universel', showing the New South Wales coast from around Batemans Bay to the Solitary Islands. Sydney, the Blue Mountains and hinterland are shown, including much of the Lachlan River. Vandermaelen's atlas was 'the first world atlas on a uniform scale..... More
On the verso are the pencil signatures of the New South Wales team for the match against Queensland, 24-28 October 1952 (SSM 434). The heavyweights are Miller (Captain), Barnes, Benaud, Burke, Carroll (12th man), Craig, Davidson, de Courcy, Flockton, Lindwall, Morris, Trueman (and Sydney Trumper, the Manager). Barnes, Lindwall, Miller..... More