Original issue of The Graphic Australian, Sydney, dated 7 December 1889, Vol. I, No. 2.

A particularly attractive early Australian illustrated publication, with the front page featuring a large photographic view of Redfern Railway Station, Sydney, showing the station precinct, horse-drawn traffic and surrounding buildings.

Inside are numerous photographic and illustrated features, including Woolloomooloo Bay, Sydney, Government House, Sydney, St Philip’s Church, Dangar Island on the Hawkesbury River, the Laughing Jackass, and a series of views relating to Fiji and Samoa, including the Nauvu River near Suva, Samoan and Fijian portraits, and a traditional Fijian house.

A desirable late-19th-century Australian pictorial newspaper with strong appeal for collectors of Sydney railway history, Redfern Station, colonial photography, Fiji, Samoa, Australian architecture and early illustrated newspapers.