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Goat Island, Sydney Harbour

Goat Island, Sydney Harbour

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YzOg8RA9

Goat Island, Sydney Harbour

About this item

Full title

Goat Island, Sydney Harbour

Date

between 1898 and 1901

Call Numbers

PXE 711/53

Record Identifier

YzOg8RA9

Reference Code

413183
Physical Description

Contents

Photographs - 15 x 20 cm. - 1 albumen photoprint

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Alternative Titles

Full title

Goat Island, Sydney Harbour

Notes

General note

Sydney Harbour -- at lower left
Titled from inscription in original album

Digital order no:a116053

Signature / Inscriptions

53 -- handwritten in pencil on reverse

Date note

The photograph is after 1898 as the Queen Victoria Building dome is visible, but prior to 1901 as there is no Harbour Master's residence on the island and no Sydney Harbour Trust activities on Millers Point. This is the best 19th century photograph of the Powder Magazine, Goat Island, taken from either Birchgrove or Longnose Point. -- Information s...

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

PXE 711/53

Record Identifier

YzOg8RA9

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YzOg8RA9

Other Identifiers

Reference code

413183

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