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Image from page 279 of "Australia and New Zealand" (1893)

Title: Australia and New Zealand

Identifier: australianewzeal00wall

Year: 1893 (1890s)

Authors: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913

Subjects: Natural history; Natural history

Publisher: London E. Stanford

Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto

Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

 

 

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250 COMPENDIUM OF GEOGRAPHY AND TRAVEL of Port Jackson contains 9 square miles ; but owing to its numerous bays, coves, and inlets, the coast-line is 54 miles in length. Sydney harbour is protected by five powerful forts, well armed with heavy Armstrong guns.

 

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TOWN HALL, SYDNEY. Sydney now consists of three distinct districts :—The Old City, ;l in which are George Street, Pitt Street, and others named after the | early governors, Macquarie, King, Bligh, Hunter, and Phillip. Here are the Houses of Parliament, the Treasury buildings, and Govern- ^ ment House, with its park and botanic gardens. To the south is I I

 

 

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Taken circa 1893