1850c Map of Port Jackson and the Parramatta River Mornington Peninsula That site is now occupied

That site is now occupied by St Paul's Anglican Cathedral

columns and pediment of Baptist church just visible on left beside building

The residents of Melbourne wanted a community bathing facility that was safe and open to everyone

One of the earliest panoramic drawings of Melbourne as it appeared in 1841

thinly wooded with honeysuckle and she-oak

1850c Map of Port Jackson and the Parramatta River Mornington Peninsula That site is now occupiedNotes from the NSW Library tell us that: "This map was produced around 1850 in Sydney by William Meadows Brownrigg, a surveyor and lithographic printer. It is noted at the bottom of the map that it was drawn on stone by William Henry Fernyhough who was a silhouette artist, lithographer and draughtsman. By 1850, the Sydney settlement stretched across the Harbour to the north shore, identified as the town of St Leonards. Land ownership and settlement