1888 - "Holt-Sutherland Estate Como Land Sale Advertisement", Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (restored version)

IMAGE INFO

- This land sale map/advertisement poster is the pre-cursor to the later sale held in 1889 & shows that most of the allotments closest to the Georges River had already been sold.

- Note that no mention or mark is made on the map to indicate the presence of the later Victorian-styled version of the Como Hotel (construction/official opening of that version not completed until late 1890). It was to be constructed on Lot 3 along Cremona Rd.

- The earlier version of the "Como Hotel" [aka "Woronora Hotel" in early newspaper clippings] (seen at Lot 91 in Novara Crescent) was a single storey, wooden structure mainly purposed for accomodation.

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SOURCE INFO

- Original digital image held in the New South Wales State Library online image collection. This copy was downloaded & restored by myself using Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite 8.0 (with duo-tone enhancement) for public share via Flickr.

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CREDITS

- Credits go to The Mitchell & State Libraries of New South Wales, for their valuable historic document & photograph digitization & archiving program(s).

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COPYRIGHT

- The original image is not restricted by any form of Copyright, per State Library of New South Wales copyright advice -

"Out of Copyright

Reason for copyright status: Created/Published Date is Before 1955

Material type: Document

Copyright and Permissions:

This image may be used freely for research and study purposes. Further use may require permission. Please acknowledge that the image is from the collections of the State Library of New South Wales".

 

- As for my own work in enhancing, enlarging & substantially restoring this unique version of the original image, the only Copyright form I have applied is "Attribution-Non Commercial Use-Share Alike".

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FURTHER HISTORICAL INFO

- The renaming of MIMOSA BAY to SCYLLA BAY (circa 1911-1922)

"Sutherland Council's Works Committee have recommended the erection of a wharf and baths near Mimosa Bay. The Committee were also of opinion that if the road from Como to Sutherland could be constructed for £150 it should be considered" - The St George Call, Sat 26 Aug 1911.

- However, by Jul 1922 residential land at the newly created "Scylla Bay Heights" estate in Como was being advertised as far away as Wyalong, New South Wales - in The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette, Friday 28 July 1922.

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