THE MILLAR STORY

OLD SYDNEY

The first two views are displayed on this website by kind permission of the State Library of
New South Wales and may not be used for any other purpose. Any requests for copies
must be referred to the library via the PICMAN database.

	1845 VIEW IN SYDNEY COVE - a pencil drawing by Jacob William Jones

	Joseph & Mary Anne Thompson arrived here with their family a few years earlier in 1833.


	1849 SYDNEY FROM WOOLLOOMOOLOO - painting by George Edwards Peacock

	Looking towards Macquarie Street where St James Church can be seen on the left. By now Joseph and Mary Anne's son, Samuel 1821-1910, will have started on his commercial career in Sydney.


			Joseph Thompson (1779-1858) was one of the founders of PITT STREET UNITING church along with David Jones and John Fairfax. Built in the 1840s this is a picture of the then Congregational Church in 1848.

	MOSMAN BAY
			A picture of Mosman Bay painted in the 19th century looking down the bay with a distant view of the city of Sydney. It was here in what was then called Great Sirius Cove that HMS Sirius, flagship of the First Fleet, was careened. There was a name change later in the 1830s when Archibald Mosman established his whaling station. T.R. Millar's daughter, Anne, was born in the suburb of Mosman. The picture is presented by permission of the National Library of Australia with the reference as shown..



	MOSSMAN's BAY - a print from a water colour by S.T.Gill c1860 in the Mitchell Library..					Mosman's Bay - Arthur Streeton 1914 from Wikipedia

H.M. Bark ENDEAVOUR

Continuing to look back into Australian history here is the Australian built replica of H.M. Bark Endeavour sailing towards her spiritual home of Whitby.

The 40 year old Lieutenant James Tiberius Cook was appointed Captain of the Endeavour in 1768 and his exploration of the South Seas included a survey of the eastern coast of Australia and the Great Barrier Reef.

Picture taken from one of Beachcomber Cards

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