Attributed to Robert Russell by J. L. Russell and by comparison with other sketches by him in the Library, particularly `Sketches in & around Sydney / Robert Russell' (ML Ref. PXA 71).
See contents list re notes on comparisons to Conrad Martens work, where its thought to be unlikely his work. For example no.5 is dated 1834, Martens arrived in Sydney in 1835.
Descriptions in square brackets supplied by cataloguer, July 1967