Colonial NSW 1853-1894 - A Fascinating Contemporary Account of Life in Australia from the pages of The Illustrated Sydney News

The Illustrated Sydney News, modelled on The Illustrated London News, gave an all-round view of the city, and country beyond, for much of the second half of the 19th century. Its stories ranged from a catastrophic warehouse fire to the landing of a case of ladies' parasols by a George Street merchant, and from the tittle tattle that a lady in Kent Street had locked her inebriated husband out of their cottage to the fact that the Cobar mail was once again waylaid by bushrangers...