barnet

What fun! To get that height and distance from the NEW lighthouse, the photo must have been taken from the OLD one. Looking west, Sydney Harbour in background. c.1883 See www.flickr.com/photos/state-records-nsw/3793505443/ and www.flickr.com/photos/state-records-nsw/3793505537/ More - www.lighthouse.net.au/lights/nsw/Macquarie/Macquarie.htm#...

All those knobs in top hats - I wonder if one of them is the architect James Barnet - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Barnet . Perhaps the fellow with the pale topper and big nose?

Isn't it a great photo! I think you're right about it being taken from the old lighthouse. I've replaced this with a larger version to see if we can see a bit more of that face you have pointed out...the shadows on the cheekbones look similar don't they?

Thanks, State Records NSW, the large version shows astonishing detail, but I can't make a match yet.

Second thoughts - I would say that is a definite match. Here is another portrait of him - www.sydneyarchitecture.com/ARCH/ARCH-Barnet.htm. I wonder who the others are? A Premier, various Ministers, hangers-on, and children. The photo-op for NSW pollies is nothing new!

Callan Park. Slightly earlier (verandah being built) than -

Built 1889, according to trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/115382171 (27/4/1889) " ... A few yards away in a direct line are the barracks, which, when completed, will cost nearly £20,000. It is a three-story building, measuring 100ft. by 92ft., with a semi-detached kitchen at the rear. The first and second floors are to be used by the sailors, while a room on the first floor has been set apart for a hospital. The officers' apartments are to be on the second floor, and will consist of a number of small rooms partially partitioned off. ... "

According to wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_Island,_New_South_Wales - "Northern & southern balconies added in 1892"

This should be accurate - from the Australian heritage Database - www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_... " BUILDING HISTORY Buildings 31 and 32 were constructed during the major phase of development in the late nineteenth century, being built 1887-89. One building was a barracks and the smaller building behind was the kitchen. The architect was NSW Colonial Architect James Barnet, using Admiralty plans as a basis; Barnet played a major role in NSW architecture over a lengthy period. The building contractor was G.Langley and the buildings, with fittings, cost over 9000 pounds. The barracks was designed to accommodate 239 officers and men. In 1912 a hospital was established on the second floor. The buildings were converted to offices and in 1980 they were known as the Registry, Offices and Signwriters Shop. By 1994 they were being used as a museum, with the larger building also housing offices and the Fleet Supply Team as well. DESCRIPTION The buildings are designed in Victorian Georgian style. Building 32 (the former barracks), is three storeys and is constructed of stuccoed brick ruled to imitate ashlar stone. The roof is hipped and clad with slate. Ceilings are ripple iron and boarded, and there are Queen post roof trusses. As originally built, there was a three storey verandah to the western elevation only, with a corrugated iron roof, Tuscan cast iron columns and cast iron and pipe balustrades; in 1892, this verandah was extended around the northern and southern elevations. Windows are double-hung sashes, with six panes per sash, and fanlights over. Building 31 (the former kitchen) is similar in style. It is single storey, of stuccoed brick with a hipped slate roof. The buildings are important examples of barracks and kitchen blocks of their period, built for naval personnel and using Admiralty designs as applied by the Colonial Architect. Building 32 is a particularly prominent structure, and the two contribute to the late nineteenth century character of this part of Garden Island. The two buildings are part of the Garden Island Precinct (RNE 2171). "

GoogleMapsSatellieView - goo.gl/maps/m47tY

So photo is 1892+ due to the added verandahs north and south as seen here.