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Sydney in the 1850s

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Sydney in the 1850s

This painting of Sydney, by W. S. Hatton, shows the harbour, with some of the ships that plied the trans-Tasman route.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: C-063-002

by W. S. Hatton

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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John Wilson, Australians – Early arrivals, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/3709/sydney-in-the-1850s (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by John Wilson, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 July 2024.