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Town Hall, Sydney c.1870
lithograph; 15.8 x 22.2 cm
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It is a little known fact that part of the land on which the Sydney Town Hall sits was used as a burial ground until 1820. Although the City Council first approached Governor Gipps about the site in 1844, it took 25 years before it was confirmed. The human remains were removed and the first section, consisting of the present vestibule and some offices, was completed in 1874, about the time that the lithograph above was made. Read more...
September 2007 Volume XVII Number 12
Would you build a Town Hall in a cemetery?
Russell Doust looks at the fascinating story of how the site for the Sydney Town Hall was gained
From Anzac Cove to Hollywood: Alvin C. York’s role in The career of Tom Skeyhill
Jeff Brownrigg continues his profile of the colourful life of a soldier, songsmith, raconteur and sometime confidence trickster
Geoffrey Powell’s Family Group: the image that made and broke a photographer
Craig Hoehne discusses the career of Geoffrey Powell and how it was affected by his iconic 1945 image of a family waiting to be evicted
Great Wall of Rabbit Repulsion
Ian Warden tells the story of the Number One Rabbit Proof Fence and describes some of the men who helped build and maintain it
The Voices of Women
Sara Dowse talks about her interviews with Lyndall Ryan, Dame Beryl Beaurepaire and Anne Summers and their roles in the development of government policies for women
Friends
A regular news page about the activities of the Friends of the National Library of Australia
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