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404875
  • Title
    [Panorama of Sydney / Thomas Woore]
  • Creator
  • Call number
    SAFE/SV1/1829/1a-f
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    1829
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    404875
  • Issue Copy
    Digitised
  • Physical Description
    Drawings - Pen, ink and pencil on six sheets - 24.3 x 225.7 cm total
  • Scope and Content
    No.1a
    1 Hospital, 2 Botany Bay, 3 St James's Church, 4 New Court House, 5 Mr Barnet Levy's Mile in George Street, 6 Entrance to Government House

    No.1b
    7 Barracks, 8 Campbell Jnr, 9 Aid de champ Cottage, 10 Scotch Kirk, 11 Darling Harbour, 12 Military Hospital, 13 Fort Phillip, 14 Goal, 15 Government House

    No.1c
    16 Cummins's Hotel, 17 Commisariat Department, 18 Colonial Dock Yard, 19 Daws's Point & Battery, 20 Phoenix Hulk, 21 HMS Zebra

    No.1d
    22 Milsons Cottage, 23 Macquary Fort, 24 H.M. Ship Crocodile, 25 Governors Stables, 25 Pinchgut Island

    No.1 e & f
    26 North Head, 27 South Head, 28 Light House, 29 Garden Island, 30 Point Piper, 31 Walk round Demense, 32 Botanical Gardens, 33 Woolloommoolloo, 34 New Gaol, 35 Catholic Chapel, 36 Prisoners Barrack
  • Access Conditions

    Access via appointment
  • Copying Conditions
    Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
    Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
  • General note

    Thomas Woore, a surveyor and mid-shipman on HMS Zebra, made this panorama when his ship was in Sydney in 1829. It is probably taken from the top of a windmill, situated near what is now the Governor Phillip statue in the Royal Botanic Gardens
    Digital order no:Album ID : 823683
    High resolution images available on request
  • Signatures / Inscriptions

    Key to buildings is inscribed beneath images
  • Topic
  • Place
  • Exhibited in

    A Rage for Curiosity - State Library of New South Wales (1 September, 1997 - 11 January, 1998)
    An unbroken view - early nineteenth century panoramas - State Library of New South Wales (9 August - 15 October 2006)
    Grand Vistas - Panoramas from the collection - State Library of New South Wales (May, 2022 - April, 2023)
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