Collection: Reference

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.

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.

This book coincides with the 80th anniversary of the opening of the bridge, and brings to life those bygone eras in beautiful, clear black and white images that represent a snapshot of the city and its people

This book looks at one of the distinctive periods in the history of Australian art, between 1915 and the 1940s. The Sydney modernists produced works in response to and as part of the changing modern world and the international modernist movement.