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"August 1871" according to the title. I wonder if it was one of that 'James Barnet directing Charles Pickering' series? Wasn't the Colonial Architect's office just off to the right?

Streetview (March 2021) - goo.gl/maps/MCGP61C3eankKgnz7 Were the window shutters original?

Via Trove, "Mr Punch" was banging on hilariously about this place in March 1970, the previous year - " ... ... What are the objects, Mr. P. would ask, of the two semi-circular mysteries recently erected by Government at the entrance of the Immigration Barracks ? Instead of wasting money on what is of no recognisable use, and, certainly, of no earthly ornament, why do not the Government or Municipality, to whichever the role belongs, set to work at once to remedy this crying evil? Well drained and thoroughly well lighted, instead of being in many ways a nuisance, this place would become useful to the city, and, with a military band to enliven the scene, would soon be adopted as a pleasant and amusing promenade. ..." See all Mr Punch's rant - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/253223965?searchTerm=%...

[Aside] Vivid description of the barracks / depot in 1877 when it was "The Hyde Park Asylum for Infirm and Destitute Women". - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/115374808

Unbelievably FULL details of VH-ANQ (1941 - 1969) -
Douglas C-49-DO. c/n 3271. -
www.aussieairliners.org/dc-3/vh-anq/vhanq.html

beachcomber australia What a great timeline!

"They had come from England ... " The biplane is a Vickers-Vimy.
Read All About It in the following Monday 16/02/1920 Sydney Morning Herald - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/15879828