Sydney panorama from Town Hall clock tower, George Street Sydney, 1873. From the Sydney archives, "One of nine photos making up a panorama. View south east along George Street towards Central and Surry Hills, showing St Andrews Cathedral at bottom right, Belmore Park, the Benevolent Asylum, Devonshire Cemetery and the Exhibition Building in distance in Prince Alfred Park. Signs on buildings include Melbourne Boot Comp, Sydney Coach Building Company, Forrester, Condell Boots (Robert Condell, boot warehouse, 588 George Street), EF Flanagan (Edward Flanagan, stationery, book seller, 594 George Street), Kangaroo Hotel (Alexander Yeend, 471 George Street, site of Bank of NSW), TJ Brown, Engineer (99 Bathurst Street) & Lawlers (John Lawler, 517 George Street). In 1873, Sydney photographer Francis W. Robinson undertook a perilous ascent of the clock tower of Sydney Town Hall, then nearing completion as the tallest structure in Sydney. His images record the Sydney skyline of that time".
