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New South Wales. View of Sydney, from the East Side of the Cove. No.2, 1810
John Eyre
Hand-coloured aquatint
XV1 / 1808 / 9 (DON: a1528168)
Merchants and traders
By 1810 Sydney was a bustling port whose commercial activities were rapidly accelerating. Governor Macquarie realised that private enterprise could provide the commercial activity required to transform the penal colony into a thriving and prosperous colonial society.