Standish Lawrence Harris - Report & Estimate of the Value of the Improvements which have taken place...
Standish Lawrence Harris - Report & Estimate of the Value of the Improvements which have taken place...
Standish Lawrence Harris - Report & Estimate of the Value of the Improvements which have taken place in the Public Buildings of Sydney, Paramatta, Windsor, Liverpool and Campbelltown, between the 25th of December 1822 & the 24th of December 1823 inclusive, and an Expose of the present state of the Public Buildings in New South Wales, 1824
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Date
1824
Call Numbers
C 225 , C 226
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Formats
Manuscripts, Pictures and Drawings
Physical Description
Contents
1 box (2 vols) - 0.1 Meters
Textual Records - (manuscript)
Drawings
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Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
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Digitised
Finding aids
Read the transcription here: http://archival-classic.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2017/D00007/a1357.html
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Volume 2
C 225
Contains critical reports and cost estimates and, in many cases, plans and elevations of the following public buildings:
Sydney: Military Barracks, Police Office, Military Hospital & Doctor's house, Carter's Barracks, Orphan School & Lumber Yard, Court House, Macquarie Light House, Asylum, Commissariat Store, Wharf etc., Pri...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Standish Lawrence Harris - Report & Estimate of the Value of the Improvements which have taken place in the Public Buildings of Sydney, Paramatta, Windsor, Liverpool and Campbelltown, between the 25th of December 1822 & the 24th of December 1823 inclusive, and an Expose of the present state of the Public Buildings in New South Wales, 1824
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
The volumes are marked No. 2 and No. 3; the Library does not hold a volume labelled No. 1, and its whereabouts is unknown.
This item has been digitised as part of the Nelson Meers Foundation Heritage Collection, 2006
Microfilm available at CY 1035 frames 01 - 48 (C 225) ; frames 49 - 98 (C 226)
Digital order no:Album ID : 823581
Contextual Information
Exhibited in
- Nelson Meers Foundation Heritage Collection
- Women Transported : Life in Australia's Convict Female Factories
- The Governor: Lachlan Macquarie, 1810 to 1821
State Library of New South Wales. Applies to: C225 p.32 Jan-Mar 2006
Parramatta Heritage Centre (August 2008 - November 2010). Applies to: C 226
State Library of New South Wales (July 2010 - October 2010). Applies to: C 226
Administrative / Biographical history
Standish Lawrence Harris arrived in Sydney in 1822. In the same year he was appointed Civil Architect to replace Francis Greenway. His main achievement was preparing a report on the condition of the Colony's public buildings at the request of Governor Brisbane. The report was severely critical of Greenway's works but much of Harris' criticism was b...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
C 225 , C 226
Record Identifier
nZNvEK6n
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nZNvEK6n
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Reference code
447195
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