Old mill, Gordon St, Paddington, Sydney, 1862 / George Roberts
Old mill, Gordon St, Paddington, Sydney, 1862 / George Roberts
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1862
Call Numbers
V1/Pub/Gov H/9a
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
Drawings - 21.4 x 29.6 cm. inside mount - Mounted with First Government House, Sydney, by the same artist - 1 watercolour
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Gordon's Post Mill was located at the end of Gordon Street and run by the Gordon family grinding wheat from the early 1830s. It remained a prominent and increasingly anachronistic feature of the local landscape as the surrounding ground was converted to houses, and as wind power was replaced by steam.
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Alternative Titles
Full title
Old mill, Gordon St, Paddington, Sydney, 1862 / George Roberts
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Titled from (library officer's?) inscription on mount.
Digital order no:a928314
Signature / Inscriptions
""GR / 1862"" -- signed and dated at lower right
""The Mill marks thereabout the site of the RC convent in Gordon St. Paddington. The picture was painted by Mr George Wm Roberts, & is presented to the Mitchell Library by Mrs. Annie Roberts, 2nd Oct. 1928. (The artist was a scene painter of the Old Victoria Theatre, [etc.?], Sydney)"" -- handwri...
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Mrs Annie Roberts, 1928
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
V1/Pub/Gov H/9a
Record Identifier
nX6Oq66Y
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nX6Oq66Y
Other Identifiers
Reference code
447130
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