Collection: Reference

Records the contribution engineers have made in the development of Sydney during the past two centuries, covering such subjects as water supply and sewerage, roads and streets, railways, bridges, shipbuilding, harbour works, tramways, and city buildings.

The years under the administration of John Hunter. Description of the daily life of Sydney from 1795 to 1800. Exploration was encouraged and a program of public works was commenced.

On 11 December 1792 Governor Arthur Phillip left the colony. Description of the daily life of Sydney from 1793 to 1795. The town was begining to take shape and widening out to new settlements like Rose Hill (later Parramatta) and the Hawkesbury district

Description of the daily life of Sydney from 1791 to 1792. The town was begining to take shape and widening out to new settlements like Rose Hill (later Parramatta)

A diary of a starving settlement. A day-by-day report on the Sydney settlement from 1789 to 1790

The experiences of Sydney's first year through the diaries, letters and ships' logs of the colonists. A monthly account.

The experiences of Sydney's first year through the diaries, letters and ships' logs of the colonists. A monthly account.