THE view above exhibits the character of the site, and the early state of the land, upon which Sydney has risen. It is from a sketch by Captain Hunter, takes on the 20th August, 1788, or about seven months after the British colours were first unfurled as a token that thenceforth Australia should be a dependency of the Empire. The picture shows in front the site on which the official residences where first planted: this was a little to the east of the end of what is now known as Pitt-street north, and a little farther south than the existing Circular Quay. In the small bight where the land on each side slopes down to a point in the middle of the sketch, the once famous Tank Stream that supplied Sydney with water, emptied itself into the Cove. The water which occupies the fore part of our picture shallowed in the course of years, and became an unwholesome muddy beach, which was eventually filled up. The space is now occupied by the level bind abutting upon the semicircular quay. Our view does not take in sufficient space to the north to include the points to which the quay extends on the east and west. The present Pitt-street runs from a spot ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), Sat 11 Dec 1875, Page 4
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