HISTORICAL: Mt Wellington
RARE pictures of colonial Tasmania are among thousands of images of Australia cataloguing the growth of the colony, found after more than 150 years locked away in archives in London.
From a Hobart of horse-drawn carts and industrial wharves to tall ships entering Sydney Harbour and men in top hats in Melbourne, the images capture the capital cities' landmark buildings and everyday life.
The collection was gathered by the then British Colonial Office on the orders of the second Earl of Granville, to report back to London on the progress of Australia's colonies.
Archives show many of them were displayed at an international exposition in London in 1873 causing something of a sensation, with little understanding of life on the other side of the world.
But then they were stored away in volumes before staff at the United Kingdom National Archives received the books and spent the past 18 months digitising and cataloguing them to "show Australians their past".
Many of the images date back as far as the early 1860s and the first outdoor uses of the camera.
The "Australia collection" was contained in 45 albums of 2500 images, photographs and drawings.
All the images will be released now online on photo-sharing site Flickr and on the Archives website in time for Australia Day.
Many have no captions and the UK National Archives has invited feedback from Aussies to boost their understanding of the collection.
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