Port Jackson Collection

Coast at Port Jackson, 1885
3480417 Coast at Port Jackson, 1885; (add.info.: Coast at Port Jackson, Australia, 1885.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Australian aboriginal with club. Native of the East Coast of New Holland (Port Jackson, Sydney, Australia)
FLO4695328 Australian aboriginal with club. Native of the East Coast of New Holland (Port Jackson, Sydney, Australia). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a sketch by Jacques Arago from Frederic

Port Jackson and Sydney Cove a few years after Cook and Phillip, 1787
1578498 Port Jackson and Sydney Cove a few years after Cook and Phillip, 1787; (add.info.: Port Jackson and Sydney Cove a few years after James Cook (1728-1779)

Some Sea Urchins (colour litho)
5210946 Some Sea Urchins (colour litho) by Carreras, Theobald (1829-95); Private Collection; (add.info.: Some Sea Urchins)

Colonial and Indian Exhibition, New South Wales and New Guinea (engraving)
1624617 Colonial and Indian Exhibition, New South Wales and New Guinea (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Colonial and Indian Exhibition)

South Head Batteries, Port Jackson (b / w photo)
2813651 South Head Batteries, Port Jackson (b/w photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: South Head Batteries, Port Jackson)

Sir Hercules Robinson, the New Governor of New Zealand, leaving Port Jackson, NSW (engraving)
1058897 Sir Hercules Robinson, the New Governor of New Zealand, leaving Port Jackson, NSW (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sir Hercules Robinson)

Port Jackson, Sydney Harbour, Australia (chromolitho)
2782501 Port Jackson, Sydney Harbour, Australia (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Port Jackson, Sydney Harbour, Australia)

Gargen Island (b / w photo)
2813632 Gargen Island (b/w photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gargen Island)

Zookeeper boxing a male kangaroo at the Exeter Exchange zoo, London, 1806
6337364 Zookeeper boxing a male kangaroo at the Exeter Exchange zoo, London, 1806 by English School, (19th century); (add.info.: Zookeeper boxing a male kangaroo at the Exeter Exchange zoo, London)

Sydney and Port Jackson (engraving)
3655714 Sydney and Port Jackson (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sydney and Port Jackson)

The Young Princes at the Antipodes, the Detached Squadron leaving Port Jackson (engraving)
1054622 The Young Princes at the Antipodes, the Detached Squadron leaving Port Jackson (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Sketches in New South Wales (engraving)
1102795 Sketches in New South Wales (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sketches in New South Wales)

Cruising in Port Jackson, 1901. Creator: Unknown
Cruising in Port Jackson, 1901. From " Federated Australia". [The Werner Company, London, 1901]

Mosmans Bay, from Cremorne Jetty, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Mosmans Bay, from Cremorne Jetty, c1900. From " 50 Picturesque Photographic Views of Sydney and Surroundings". [Swain & Co. Sydney]

View of Sydney Harbour from North Shore, No. 2, c1900. Creator: Unknown
View of Sydney Harbour from North Shore, No. 2, c1900. From " 50 Picturesque Photographic Views of Sydney and Surroundings". [Swain & Co. Sydney]

Typical Sydney Harbour Yachting Scenes, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Typical Sydney Harbour Yachting Scenes, c1900. From " 50 Picturesque Photographic Views of Sydney and Surroundings". [Swain & Co. Sydney]

View of Sydney Harbour from North Shore, No. 1, c1900. Creator: Unknown
View of Sydney Harbour from North Shore, No. 1, c1900. From " 50 Picturesque Photographic Views of Sydney and Surroundings". [Swain & Co. Sydney]

Sydney Harbour, from Cremorne Point, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Sydney Harbour, from Cremorne Point, c1900. From " 50 Picturesque Photographic Views of Sydney and Surroundings". [Swain & Co. Sydney]

Mosmans Bay, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Mosmans Bay, c1900. From " 50 Picturesque Photographic Views of Sydney and Surroundings". [Swain & Co. Sydney]

Sydney Harbour and Botanical Gardens, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Sydney Harbour and Botanical Gardens, c1900. From " 50 Picturesque Photographic Views of Sydney and Surroundings". [Swain & Co. Sydney]

Sydney Harbour, 1923. Creator: Unknown
Sydney Harbour, 1923. From " Australia, New Zealand and Oceania in Pictures", by H. Clive Barnard, M.A. Blitt. [A. & C. Black, Limited, London, 1923]

South Head, Port Jackson, 1879. Artist: McFarlane and Erskine
South Head, Port Jackson, 1879. Port Jackson is the natural harbour of Sydney. A print from The History of Australasia, by David Blair, McGrady, Thomson, and Niven, 1879

Sydney, Australia, 19th century. Artist: Aubert
Sydney, Australia, 19th century

The coast around Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia, 1885. Port Jackson is the natural harbour of Sydney

Looking forward to the CBD of Sydney from a sailboat in the Sydney Harbour in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

View of Harbour Bridge & Opera House, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a steel through arch bridge across Sydney Harbour that carries rail, vehicular, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic between the Sydney central business district

Early Settlement
A view looking north to Sydney Cove and Port Jackson, the chief British settlement in New South Wales, Australia, circa 1792. Painting by Thomas Watling (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

A View of Sydney Cove, Port Jackson March 7th 1792
Drawing 21 from the Watling Collection titled A View of Sydney Cove - Port Jackson March 7th 1792 by a Port Jackson Painter, 1792

Travelling Cars
4th February 1948: A record shipment of 500 British cars of various makes, at Victoria Dock, London, waiting to be loaded into the SS Port Jackson, bound for Sydney and Melbourne. (Photo by J. A)

View of the entrance into Port Jackson Harbour
Drawing 4 from the Watling Collection titled A View of the Entrance into Port Jackson Harbour by a Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

View across Sydney Cove from the hospital towards Government
Drawing LS 6 from the Watling Collection titled Taken from the West side of Sydney Cove behind the Hospital by Thomas Watling, 1792-1797

North view of Sydney Cove
Drawing 17 from the Watling Collection titled North view of Sydney Cove; taken from the Flag-staff, opposite the Observatory by a Port Jackson Painter, 1793-1795

View of Sydney Cove from the North shore of the harbour
Drawing LS 7 from the Watling Collection titled A Direct North View of Sydney Cove and Port Jackson, the Chief British Settlement in New South Wales by Thomas Watling, 1792-1797

View of Sydney Cove, Australia, looking East
Drawing 13 from the Watling Collection titled Sun Rising - Going out of Port Jackson Harbour by Thomas Watling, 1792-1797

View looking across Sydney Cove towards the wooded north sho
Drawing LS 9 from the Watling Collection titled South View of Sydney-Cove, taken from the General Spring nigh the Eastern entrance to Pitts Row by a Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

A view of Government House and outbuildings, Sydney Cove
Drawing 19 from the Watling Collection titled A View of Governor Philips House Sydney Cove Port Jackson taken fron NNW by a Port Jackson Painter, 1789-1792

Sydney Cove
A section of Drawing LS 2 from the Watling Collection titled New South Wales, Port Jackson from the entrance up to Sydney Cove, taken in October 1788 by a Port Jackson Painter, 1788

Eye-sketch of the harbour of Port Jackson
Drawing LS 2 from the Watling Collection titled New South Wales, Port Jackson from the entrance up to Sydney Cove, taken in October 1788 by a Port Jackson Painter, 1788

Natives fishing in their Canoe, Port Jackson

A partial view of Sydney Cove
Drawing 14 from the Watling Collection titled A partial view of Sydney Cove taken from the Sea side before the Surgeon Generals House by a Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Bark canoes of Port Jackson
Watercolour 43 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)

View of the entrance into the Harbour of Port Jackson
Drawing 8 from the Watling Collection titled View of the Entrance into the Harbour of Port Jackson, taken in a boat under the North head by a Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1790

Nanberry, a native boy of Port Jackson
A painting by George Raper, 1792, part of the George Raper drawing collection held within the Natural History Museum, London

An East view of Port Jackson
Drawing 16 from the Watling Collection titled An East View of Port-Jackson, and Sydney-Cove, taken from behind the New Barracks by Thomas Watling, 1792-1797

1827 Port Jackson Australian Aboriginal 1
Early Lithographic print by Honegger drawn by Fuchs, from Dr. Shinz, " Naturgeschichte und Abbilldungen des Menschen der verschiedenen" 1827/1840, with hand colouring

1827 Port Jackson Australian Aboriginal 2
Early Lithographic print by Honegger drawn by Fuchs, from Dr. Shinz, " Naturgeschichte und Abbilldungen des Menschen der verschiedenen" 1827/1840, with hand colouring

Sydney Cove, Australia, circa 1790
Sydney Cove. Historical artwork showing Sydney Cove, Australia, circa 1790, a few years after the founding of Sydney, which would become the largest city in Australia

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"Discover the Beauty and History in Sydney, Australia" Port Jackson, located in Sydney, New South Wales, is a captivating destination that offers a blend of natural wonders and rich historical significance. As one of the most iconic harbors in Australia, it has witnessed numerous events that have shaped the nation's past. From its stunning coastline to its vibrant cityscape, Port Jackson showcases the beauty of Sydney. The harbor provides breathtaking views with its sparkling blue waters and picturesque landscapes. Visitors can explore its shores or take a leisurely cruise to admire famous landmarks such as the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge. But Port Jackson is not just about scenic beauty; it also holds an intriguing history. One notable event was "The Massacre of Lieutenant Bower and Five Seamen of H Ms 'Sandfly' in the Solomon Islands. " This tragic incident left a mark on Australian maritime history. Marine life enthusiasts will be delighted by the diverse underwater world found within Port Jackson. Colorful sea urchins inhabit these waters, creating a mesmerizing sight for snorkelers and divers alike. The Colonial and Indian Exhibition held at Port Jackson showcased New South Wales' cultural heritage alongside artifacts from Papua New Guinea. This exhibition provided visitors with an opportunity to appreciate both local traditions and those from neighboring regions. For those interested in military history, exploring South Head Batteries is a must-do activity while visiting Port Jackson. These historic fortifications offer insight into Australia's defense strategies during times of conflict and has been witness to important political events throughout history. Sir Hercules Robinson departing for his role as Governor of New Zealand highlights this connection between politics and port life. Capturing the essence through art has been popular over time - from chromolithographs depicting Sydney Harbour's grandeur to black-and-white photographs showcasing Garden Island's serene beauty. Even beyond Australian borders, stories about unique encounters with wildlife have emerged involving kangaroos.