Photo of Parramatta Street (now Broadway) taken by James Rooke ca1850 My 3 x great grandfather, James Rooke, took this photo of Broadway in Sydney sometime prior to his death in 1860. The negative was also accompanied by a sketch (dated 1861) and handwriting which describes the buildings in the photo. The items, along with photos of 2 of his granddaughters were donated to the Mitchell Library by another relative, Ruth Robertson.
Photographer: William James Rooke
Current owner: Mitchell Library, Sydney
Canon originals http://kirrawee.net/rooke/IMG_2383.CR2 http://kirrawee.net/rooke/IMG_2378.CR2
State library reference: hhttp://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=910473