1788 Sketch of Sydney Cove, Port JacksonPLEASE NOTE: This is a square print, and the dimensions of this print may require special framing. The sizes that we offer are suitable for a range of IKEA frames. A very early map of Sydney Cove, Port Jackson in 1788. This map shows the earliest British settlement on mainland Australia. The various locations and buildings that are notated are (note the older spelling of Governor) : 1 A small House building for the Governour. 2 A Farm : 9 Acres in

Notes from the State Library of Victoria tell us that this was "Originally published: Sydney : R

Looking south

so that dynamite would be used to blow the rocks up

There are hundreds of fascinating points of interest in the image

Title derived from publisher's catalog

The architect was Nahum Barnett

as it curves on its way to Spencer Street

The GPO stands proudly on the left

Melbourne has had a love affair with Flinders Street Station since it was completed in 1910

This work thus put together from different writings as well as from personal observation by Abel Jansen Tasman

A private hospital at the time the picture was taken

as part of the development of the Victoria Dock area