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Cabbage trees near the Shoalhaven River, NSW, 1860
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View of Miller's Point and Darling Harbour, c 1870
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Stoneleigh, Beaufort near Ararat, Victoria, 1866
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Mayne Street, Gulgong, c 1870–1875
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The swimming enclosure, 1941
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Panoramic view of Sydney Harbour and the city skyline, 1894
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Picnic at The Rocks, 1952
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