Royal Australian Historical Society

FOUNDED 1901

AUSTRALIAN HISTORIC

SOCIETY

JOURNAL

AND

VOLUME X.

Sydney

1925

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STANFORD UNIVERSITY

LIBRARIES
STACKS

MAR 19 19/4

KIN TENCH. By Professor G. Arnold Wood

STATE INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES OF AUSTRALIA, 1822-

1823. By J. McKern .. ..

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THE OLD ILLAWARRA-ROAD. By F. Cridland..

SOME RECOLLECTIONS OF THE NEW SOUTH HEAD-

ROAD AND WOOLLAHRA. By Arthur Dowling

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PART II.

THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. By Aubrey Halloran

THE VALLEY OF THE TANK STREAM. By J. F. Campbell

GEORGE HOWE AND THE GAZETTE OFFICE. By Mrs. A.

G. Foster ..

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NEW SOUTH HEAD-ROAD (Corrigenda and Addenda).

Arthur Dowling

FIRST BRITISH FLAG UNFURLED AT SYDNEY

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By

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COOK'S ATTITUDE TO AUSTRALIA. By F. G. Adrien

THE REV. GEORGE FAIRFOWL MACARTHUR, AND ST.

MARK'S COLLEGIATE SCHOOL, MACQUARIE FIELDS.

By Arthur Dowling. ..

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THE DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT OF THE MACLEAY

RIVER. By John Weingarth ..

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JAMES MARIO MATRA-THE FATHER OF

By Captain J. H. Watson

AUSTRALIA.

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PART IV.

SOME EARLY LEGAL CELEBRITIES (First Series).

Aubrey Halloran

By

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RARE PICTURES RELATIVE TO AUSTRALASIA.

Notes of

a Lantern Lecture, by William Dixson

SYDNEY AND DISTRICT IN 1824, AS DESCRIBED BY A

FRENCH VISITOR. Translated and annotated by Arthur

Jose

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EARLY DETAILS OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE LOCALITY

OF ORANGE, AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE

VILLAGE. By Henry Selkirk

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EXCURSION TO PROSPECT. By William Welch

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PART V.

CAPTAIN COOK AND BOTANY BAY. By Charles H. Bertie 233

THE VILLAGE OF GUNNING. By Henry Selkirk .. ..

THE HEAD OF SYDNEY COVE. By John Weingarth

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PART VI.

By

SOME EARLY LEGAL CELEBRITIES (Second Series).

Aubrey Halloran

EXCURSION TO MACQUARIE FIELDS AND DISTRICT. By

William Welch

THE HUME OR MURRAY RIVER. By Alex. Wilson
JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY OF HOVELL AND HUME IN
1824. By Alex. Wilson ..

PART VII.

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ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1924

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STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS FOR 1924

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APPENDIX I.-A HOME FOR THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY 379

APPENDIX II.-ANSWERS TO INQUIRERS, 1924 ..

APPENDIX III.-MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN

HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 1924

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ILLUSTRATIONS.

THE VALLEY OF THE TANK STREAM

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SKETCH OF SETTLEMENT AT SYDNEY COVE, by Lieutenant

William Dawes, R.N., July, 1788 ..

PLAN OF THE TOWN OF SYDNEY, by James Meehan, Assis-
ant Surveyor of Lands, October 31, 1807

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PLAN OF SYDNEY'S FIRST WATER SUPPLY, BY PIPE DIS

TRIBUTARIES FROM THE "BUSBY BORE"

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THE TANK STREAM IN 1834-

Bridge-street to Hunter-street

Hunter-street to King-street

King-street to Market-street

REV. G. F. MACARTHUR

DWELLING-HOUSE OF REV. G. F. MACARTHUR

MAIN ENTRANCE GATES, MACQUARIE FIELDS

OLD BARN, MACQUARIE FIELDS

KURNELL, SHOWING ALLEGED LANDING-PLACE OF COOK

ON INSCRIPTION POINT

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KURNELL, LOOKING NORTH-EAST, SHOWING ROCKS ON