Caroline Simpson Collection

Panoramic view of Sydney, looking south east from St Phillip's Church, near Wynyard, around 1871 / photographer unknown

[c1871]

1 photoprint : sepia toned ; 8 x 13.5 cm.

Albumen print pasted onto page and captioned: Sydney, looking S.E. / Dr. Lang's Church in the foreground; Wynyard Square to the right; St. James's Church in the distance.

Jamison Street (Sydney, N.S.W.)
Margaret Street (Sydney, N.S.W.)
Carrington Street (Sydney, N.S.W.)
Hunter Street (Sydney, N.S.W.)
Wynyard Square (Sydney, N.S.W.)
terrace houses
city streets
churches
Scot's Church (Sydney, N.S.W.)

Visitors' guide to Sydney (1872)

Scot's church, fronting Jamison Street, is in the foreground with its vestry facing onto Margaret Lane. Beyond the vacant block behind the church is Margaret Street and the north-east corner of Wynyard Square is visible where Margaret Street and Carrington Street meet. The dog-leg street running east through the centre of the picture is Hunter Street.

This photograph is one of 6 albumen prints pasted into a special edition of the Visitors' guide to Sydney, comprising description of the city, its institutions, parks, excursions, and other information ... with plan of the city, published by the Sydney stationer William Maddock in 1872.

Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection ; RB 919.441 VIS facing p.10

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