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C4042 Bricks (2), [sandstocks], clay, Sydney, Australia, c 1805

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Object statement
Bricks (2), [sandstocks], clay, Sydney, Australia, c 1805
Production Notes include information about the design, manufacture and marketing of an object. Production notes
According to original Stock Book records the bricks were removed from the Department of Education Building in Sydney, suggesting the bricks were approximately 100 years old. An early Museum label further elaborates by indicating the bricks were removed during renovations of the building in 1905. The current Education Department Building was constructed in 1912-1914. The bricks may therefore have come from an earlier building.

Original Stock Book record suggests the bricks were 100 years old when removed in 1905 from the Department of Education building in Sydney.
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According to original Stock Book records the bricks were removed from the Department of Education Building in Sydney, suggesting the bricks were approximately 100 years old. An early Museum label further elaborates by indicating the bricks were removed during renovations of the building in 1905. The current Education Department Building was constructed in 1912-1914. The bricks may therefore have come from an earlier building.

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Description
Bricks (2), [sandstocks], clay, Sydney, Australia, c 1805.
Complete [sandstock] bricks made of coarse clay, hand moulded, coarse in texture with many inclusions. Both bricks are slightly uneven in shape, with rounded arris (edges).

Made: Sydney; 1780 - 1830

Made: Department of Education Building, Sydney; 1780 - 1830


Used: Department of Education Building, Sydney
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The Registration Number of an object is a unique identifying number applied by the museum at the point of acquisition. Current numbering format comprises the year of acquisition, followed by a sequential number. For example, '2007/45' is the Registration Number that represents the 45th acquisition in the year 2007. Registration number
C4042
Production date
1780 - 1830

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Acquisition credit line
Presented by Wigram, Col J S, 1906
Subjects
+ Building technology
+ Industrial research and development
+ Department of Education Building, Sydney
+ Colonial government
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