Description
Rare view of Sydney Harbour looking from the Observatory over present day Circular Quay, Fort Macquaire on Bennelong Point and to Shark Island. Government House is shown at right and numerous ships are at shown at anchor in the natural harbour. As shipping increased a plan was made to build a sea wall to accommodate the increased traffic. Work commenced in 1841, first on the eastern side and later on the western and southern sides (1854) after reclamation of the mudflats had been completed. The wall was cut from rock quarried on Cockatoo Island and brought to the site by boat.
From the first issue of Capt. Robert Westmacott’s, ‘Views of Australia’.
