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Panoramas gained great popularity in Australia in the 1870s, largely
as a result of the work of Charles Bayliss, one of Australia’s
finest early Photographers. Bayliss was renowned for his panoramas
of Sydney and suburbs and is represented in the exhibition with
a stunning example from 1879, measuring nearly five and a half metres
long.
Then, as now, Sydney’s geographical features and superb harbour-side
site were ideally suited to the panoramic format. Bayliss’s
panorama exudes confidence; it is a testament to the triumphs of
civilisation which the city of Sydney itself represented, and to
the possibilities of the photographic medium.
Also on display is a wonderfully detailed panorama of Sydney taken
in 1885 by Francis Robinson, as well as panoramic views of the Federation
celebrations held in Centennial Park in Sydney in 1901 and attended
by thousands of people.
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