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1878 Views of Sydney Harbour by Nicholas John Caire

Sold for A$250 at Sydney Rare Book Auctions on May 4, 2025.

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Eleven photographic prints from the "Views of New South Wales" series by the Anglo-Australasian Photo Company, photographer N.J. Caire. Each of the prints measures 190 x 130 mm., and is mounted on the original cardboard sheet. Views include the following: Rushcutter's Bay, South Head lookout, Darling Harbour with the Gas Works, Mossman's Bay, Sydney Town Hall spire view, Milson's Point, Parramatta river from Sydney Observatory, amongst others. The publication is dated 1878 based upon the company run by the commercial and portrait photographer Nicholas John Caire (being the Anglo-Australasian Photo Company) when based at 57 Bourke Street East Melbourne, see page 140 of "The Mechanical Eye in Australia" by Alan Davies and Peter Stanbury. A full listing of the plates in the publication "Views of New South Wales" is included in the catalogue entry for this publication in the State Library of N.S.W.

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