[A Collection of Nineteen Mounted Photographs of Australia (Twelve of Sydney) and New Zealand]. by [AUSTRALIA - SYDNEY] - 1885

1885. Photographic Image. Very Good. Card Mount. Ca. 1885. Nineteen mounted albumen prints, seventeen each ca. 13,5x18,5 cm (5 ½ x 7 ½ in) and two 19,5x24 cm (7 ½ x 9 ½ in), most images captioned in ink manuscript on mounts. Some very mild fading of margins but generally very good strong images. The collection gives a good over view of Sydney around 1885, then a city of about 300,000 inhabitants. The views in this collection include: Scene from Sydney Town Hall; Bulli Forest; Lane Cove River, Sidney Harbour; Scene from Sydney Town Hall; Zig Zag Railway, Lithgow Valley, Blue Mt.; Darling Harbour and Balmain; View of Parramata River; Blue Point, Sydney Harbour; Scene near St. Leonard's, Sidney Harbour; Mount Wellington (Tasmania); Hobartown, the Fern Tree Bower; Nugget Point Lighthouse (New Zealand); Dusky Sound, West Coast; Rere Lake; Jollie River Pass; Moonlight Gorge, South Alps..