{"product_id":"2940013684379","title":"Sydney in 1848","description":"Sydney, the capital of New South Wales and Metropolis of Australasia, is\u003cbr\u003esituated on the southern shore of Port Jackson, at the distance of seven\u003cbr\u003emiles from the Pacific Ocean, in lat. 33° 55' S. and long. 151° 25' E. It\u003cbr\u003eis built at the head of the far-famed \"Cove;\" and, with Darling Harbour\u003cbr\u003eas its general boundary to the west, extends, in an unbroken succession\u003cbr\u003eof houses, for more than two miles in a southerly direction. As a\u003cbr\u003emaritime city its site is unrivalled, possessing at least three miles of\u003cbr\u003ewater frontage, at any part of which vessels of the heaviest burden can\u003cbr\u003esafely approach the wharves. The stratum on which it stands is chiefly\u003cbr\u003esandstone; and, as it enjoys a considerable elevation, it is remarkably\u003cbr\u003ehealthy and dry. The principal thoroughfares run north and south,\u003cbr\u003eparallel to Darling Harbour, and are crossed at right angles by shorter\u003cbr\u003estreets. This, at first, gives the place an air of unpleasing sameness\u003cbr\u003eand formality, to those accustomed to the winding and romantic streets of\u003cbr\u003ean ancient English town; but the eye soon becomes reconciled to the\u003cbr\u003echange, and you cease to regret the absence of what is in so many\u003cbr\u003erespects undesirable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSydney occupies a space of more than two thousand acres; but from this\u003cbr\u003emust be deducted fifty-six acres, reserved for recreation and exercise,\u003cbr\u003eand known as Hyde Park or the Race Course. By the Census taken in 1846,\u003cbr\u003ethe number of houses in the city was seven thousand one hundred; there\u003cbr\u003eare now, at least, two hundred more. But, independently of the city\u003cbr\u003eitself, the suburbs have, during the last few years, steadily increased\u003cbr\u003e{page 6} in size and importance. To the eastward is Wooloomooloo; to the\u003cbr\u003esoutheast, Paddington and Surry Hills; to the south, Redfern and\u003cbr\u003eChippendale; to the south-west, Camperdown, Newtown, and the Glebe; to\u003cbr\u003ethe west (across Darling Harbour), Balmain; and, to the north, the\u003cbr\u003etownship of St. Leonard's. All these, except the two last, are more or\u003cbr\u003eless connected by streets with the parent city; and, in 1846, contained\u003cbr\u003eone thousand seven hundred and fifteen houses: they now probably number\u003cbr\u003etwo thousand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSydney is divided into four Parishes--St. Philip's, St. James', St.\u003cbr\u003eAndrew's, and St. Lawrence's; and was, in 1842, incorporated by Act of,\u003cbr\u003eCouncil, and municipally divided into six Wards: viz. Gipps Ward, Bourke\u003cbr\u003eWard, Brisbane Ward, Macquarie Ward, Cook Ward, and Phillip Ward. Each of\u003cbr\u003ethese divisions is represented by four Councilmen and an Alderman, of\u003cbr\u003ewhom one retires annually by rotation. The Mayor is chosen from their own\u003cbr\u003enumber, by the Aldermen and Council.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Population of the city, in 1846, was 38,358; and, adding the average\u003cbr\u003eannual increase, taken from the five years previous to that year, must\u003cbr\u003enow be 41,712. The suburbs also, in 1846, returned as 6832, from their\u003cbr\u003every rapid extension may be safely stated at 7500--making a total of\u003cbr\u003e49,212.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Public Institutions are numerous and flourishing; but as we purpose\u003cbr\u003eto describe them at length, as opportunity offers in the course of this\u003cbr\u003eWork, we shall content ourselves with briefly enumerating them in the\u003cbr\u003epresent chapter. There are four Banks of Issue--the Bank of New South\u003cbr\u003eWales, and the Commercial Bank, both _Colonial_; and the Union Bank\u003cbr\u003eof Australia, and the Bank of Australasia, _Anglo-Australian_.\u003cbr\u003eBesides these, there are--the Savings' Bank, the Royal Bank of Australia,\u003cbr\u003ethe British Colonial Bank and Trust Company, the Scottish Australian\u003cbr\u003eInvestment Company, the Bank of Australia, and the Loan Company. We have\u003cbr\u003ealso an Australian Gas Light Company, an Australian Sugar Company, a\u003cbr\u003eSydney Fire Insurance Company, and a Sydney Marine Insurance Company.\u003cbr\u003e{Page 7} The Literary and Scientific Institutions are--the Australian\u003cbr\u003eSubscription Library, the Mechanics' School of Arts, the Australian\u003cbr\u003eMuseum, the Society for the Promotion of the Fine Arts, and the Floral\u003cbr\u003eand Horticultural Society. In connexion with the last-named Institution,\u003cbr\u003eit may not be irrelavent to allude to the Botanical Gardens, which are\u003cbr\u003esubject to the management of the Government, and are kept up at the\u003cbr\u003epublic expense. Besides these, there are numerous Lodges of Free Masons\u003cbr\u003eand Odd Fellows, and several Religious, Social, and Benefit Societies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEducation, though not regarded with all the attention it demands, is\u003cbr\u003enevertheless not wholly neglected; for we have, in Sydney, a very fair\u003cbr\u003eproportion of well frequented Academies, although the majority are of a\u003cbr\u003eprivate nature.","brand":"WDS Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47070253875440,"sku":"2940013684379","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013684379_p0.jpg?v=1763584483","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013684379","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}