Otto Borchert: Ferry Wharf, Sydney's Circular Quay

Artist: Otto Borchert

Nationality: Australian
Artwork Year: 1978
Image Size: 14 by 12.25 inches
Overall Size: 21 by 21.5 inches
Medium: Water Color on Water Color Board

The first Governor of New South Wales, Phillip, was looking for a place to live, in 1788, when he came across a cove with sandstone bluffs on either side and a fresh water stream. He turned left into what is today Sydney Cove, after Lord Sydney then the Home Secretary of England. He landed around where the ferry wharf's are these days and jumped off his boat. He decided he would put the convicts on the western side of the cove (Harbour Bridge side) the hospital on the eastern side (Opera House side) and situate himself in the middle. As the western side was a small peninsular the convicts could be easily contained by putting the military barracks across the base of the peninsular.

In the nineteenth century, when markets formed an important part of the trading experience, and the taxes from running the wholesale and retail markets was a large part of Sydney's revenue, the people were trading produce, livestock and fish. The markets were unhygienic and unruly places, and unscrupulous trading practices were common. Initially the markets were located in the center of the town, but rising land prices and changing transport methods eventually forced them further out toward the wharfs (were they began in the early years).

This painting was originally published on the Fleetwood® First Day Cover of Australia. Transportation; Sydney's Circular Quay, 1978.

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