Robert Hunt (1830-1892): Public Works Schemes
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29 April 1886, Robert Hunt
Albumen print, Macleay Museum, 811060333
Robert Hunt appears to have approached the documentation of new Public works with the same zeal he took to his other photographic enterprises. From the mid 1860s Hunt began photographing Sydney's new bridges, railways, viaducts, dry docks and the development of Sydney's water supply. These photographs can be seen as a companion project to his photographic documentation of well known buildings such as the Sydney branch of the Royal Mint. Discovery of gold in Australia in the 1850s saw the rapid expansion of public works in Victoria and New South Wales. Hunt's photographs provide a unique insight into the development of public roads, railways and the water supply as it pushed into the hinterland of Sydney.
The Prospect Dam and Water Supply 1885 - 1886, Sydney
 Flume, Temporary Water Works, Guildford, Sydney 19 September 1885, Robert Hunt Albumen print, Macleay Museum, 811060107 |
 Hudson Brothers Temporary Water Works, Sydney 19 September, 1885 Robert Hunt Albumen print, Macleay Museum, 811060108 |
 Sherwood Heights, Sydney 24 October 1885, Robert Hunt Albumen print, Macleay Museum, 811060112 |
 Hudson Brothers Flume - Inlet at Sherwood, Sydney 29 April 1886, Robert Hunt Albumen print, Macleay Museum, 811060135 |
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 The Pipe Head, Sherwood, Sydney 29 April 1886, Robert Hunt Albumen print, Macleay Museum, 811060143 |
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 Temporary Water Supply, Sydney 3 July 1886, Robert Hunt Albumen print, Macleay Museum, 811060148 |
 Mt. Anna, Aqueduct, Sydney 2 July 1886, Robert Hunt Albumen print, Macleay Museum, 811060149 |
 Hudson's Pipes at Shea's Creek, Sydney 16 June 1886, Robert Hunt Albumen print, Macleay Museum, 811060151 |
 Shea's Creek, Pipeline, Sydney 16 June 1886, Robert Hunt Albumen print, Macleay Museum, 811060152 |
 The Outlet at Botany, Hudson's Waterworks, Sydney 23 June 1886, Robert Hunt Albumen print, Macleay Museum, 811060153 |
 Water Aqueduct, Boothdown?, Sydney 8 February 1887, Robert Hunt Albumen print, Macleay Museum, 811060185 |
 Water Aqueduct, Sydney 8 February 1887, Robert Hunt Albumen print, Macleay Museum, 811060186 |
Viaducts
 Knapsack Gully Viaduct, Blue Mountains, Sydney c1865, Robert Hunt Albumen print, Macleay Museum, 811060302 |
 Knapsack Gully Viaduct, Blue Mountains, Sydney c1865, Robert Hunt Albumen print, Macleay Museum, 811060303 |
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Bridges
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 Battle Bridge, Parramatta Rd., Hawthorn Canal Lane Cove Creek, Bottom of Taverners Hill, Sydney 7th April 1886, Robert Hunt Albumen print, Macleay Museum, 811060150 |
 Bridge and Pipeline over Lane Cove Creek Lewisham, Sydney 7th April 1886, Robert Hunt Albumen print, Macleay Museum, 811060154 |
 Bridge and Pipeline over Lane Cove Creek Lewisham, Sydney 7th April 1886, Robert Hunt Albumen print, Macleay Museum, 811060158 |
 Mount Victoria Pass, Blue Mountains New South Wales c1886, Robert Hunt Albumen print, Macleay Museum, 811060334 |
Railways, Sydney
 The Zig Zag Railway, Lithgow, New South Wales Robert Hunt Albumen print, Macleay Museum, 811060014 |
 The Zig Zag Railway, Lithgow, New South Wales Robert Hunt Albumen print, Macleay Museum, 811060067 |
 Railway Station Picton, New South Wales 10th November 1886, Robert Hunt Albumen print, Macleay Museum, 811060163 |
 Railway Station Mount Victoria, New South Wales 13th January 1887, Robert Hunt Albumen print, Macleay Museum, 811060173 |
 Railway Station Thirlemere, New South Wales 1 August 1887, Robert Hunt Albumen print, Macleay Museum, 811060207 |
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 Railway Station Lawson, New South Wales 23 February 1888, Robert Hunt Albumen print, Macleay Museum, 811060253 |
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