Exhibition
Dockside:
Sydney's working harbour
1840–1875
Open: 5 May to 10 August 2008
Venue: Picture Gallery
Tall ships, working wharves and dock labourers from Sydney’s past come alive in a captivating display of rarely seen artwork and photography in the new exhibition, Dockside: Sydney’s working harbour, 1840–1875.
The exhibition portrays a harbour that is barely recognisable today. Sourced from the Library’s extensive pictorial collections, the free exhibition reveals the fascinating story of the city’s bustling commercial waterfront in the mid-nineteenth century. Among the selection of watercolours, oils and photographs on display are works by well known artists such as Frederick Garling, Samuel Elyard and Conrad Martens.
Image: Customs House & part of Circular Wharf, Sydney NSW (detail), 1845, by George Edwards Peacock
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Margery Kempe: Travels and travails :: Talk
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Seven years in Tibet :: Movie
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