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Images of Early White Settlement in Australia

^One of the first hand-coloured engravings in Australia. An exploring party from An Account of the State of Agriculture and Grazing in New South Wales, published in 1826.

 

^Sydney, about 1828, looking north over Hyde Park towards the harbour.

 

^Lower George Street, Sydney about 1828.

 

^Sydney from the west, about 1828. The Gothic-style toll gates were erected by Governor Macquarie.

 

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