b'AcknowledgementsThank you to those who gave permission for copyright materials to be included in this book. Every effort has beenmade to trace copyright owners and obtain their permission for the use of copyright material. Any errors or omissionsare unintentional. If you are the owner of copyright in any material in this book and we have not been able to trace or contact you, please contact Allens. Many of the images are from the Allens archives, with artefact photography by Taras Mohamed and illustrations by Simon OCarrigan. Artworks are from the Allens art collection, unless noted otherwise. Additional images were provided by:Preliminaries: pii Untitled 199293 by Emily Kame Kngwarreye, syntheticChapter 2: pp3839 looking north along Adelaide Street from the corner of polymer paint on canvas, 65x165cm, courtesy of Emily Kame Kngwarreye andGeorge Street, from 1893 flood photographs, John Oxley Library, State Library Utopia Art Sydney, photograph by Taras Mohamed; pvii George Allen papers,of Queensland; p41 Sir George Wigram Allen, City of Sydney Archives; p42 State Library of New South Wales. Pyrmont Bridge photo from Mort family album by W Blackwood; Pyrmont Bridge Company map from plans of bridges and roads to be constructed by Chapter 1: p3 portraits courtesy of Ruth Edenborough-Allen; p3 View ofthe Pyrmont Bridge Company, State Library of New South Wales; pp4445 part of Sydney by John Eyre, State Library of New South Wales; pp45 TheSydney Streets and Buildings 1861c.1900, chiefly by Kerry & Co., State entrance of Port Jackson, and part of the town of Sydney by Major JamesLibrary of New South Wales; p47 Gulgong gold minehead and miners by Taylor, State Library of New South Wales; p9 George Allens admission to theAmerican & Australasian Photographic Company, Mitchell Library, State Supreme Court of Civil Judicature of New South Wales, NSW State ArchivesLibrary of New South Wales; p48 Collins Street (from Queen Street) by and Records; George Allen portrait courtesy of Ruth Edenborough-Allen; p11Francois Cogne, State Library of Victoria; p51 Kenric Brodribb, Parliament Edward Charles CloseNew South Wales Sketchbook, Mitchell Library, Stateof Victoria; Charles Palmer by Johnstone, OShannessy & Co., State Library Library of New South Wales; p12 Mary Reibeys house, Westpac Historicalof Victoria; p53 testing the Moorabool Viaduct by Victorian Railways, State Collection; pp1415 Elizabeth Street from Sydney in 1848, City of SydneyLibrary of Victoria; p54 Burke Road Railway Station Reserve auction notice Archives; pp1617 City of Sydney survey plans from 1833, City of Sydneyby Troedel & Co., State Library of Victoria; p55 Collins Street Melbourne by Archives; p18 The Hon. George Allen, 18001877 (attributed to J Anderson),Melton Prior, State Library of Victoria.Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; p21 advertisement for Duckenfield Farms, University of Newcastle Special Collections; p23 photo ofChapter 3: p61 the partners of Allen Allen & Hemsley from The Cyclopedia Duckenfield machinery sale from album 30: photographs of the Allen family,of NSW 1907 by MacCarron, Stewart & Co, National Library of Australia; Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Duckenfield House fromp66 members of the original fingerprint bureau of the NSW Police Force, album 21: photographs of the Allen family, Mitchell Library, State LibraryJustice and Police Museum Collection, Sydney Living Museums; p67 Sunlight of New South Wales; p24 The Supreme Court and St James Church fromsoap box, gift of Betty Stones 1984, photographed by Frances Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth Street by John Rae, Dixson Galleries, State Library of New SouthMuseum of Applied Arts and Sciences; p70 Arthur Allens Detroit Electric Wales; p27 George Allens petition to be admitted to the Supreme CourtBrougham from album 66: photographs of the Allen family, Mitchell Library, of New South Wales, NSW State Archives and Records; p29 Sydney fromState Library of New South Wales; p72 Angus & Robertson bookstore, Woolloomooloo by GE Peacock, Mitchell Library, State Library of New SouthMitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; p73, portrait of A.B. Wales; p30 Subdivision plans for Toxteth Park Estate by William Brooks &Paterson, National Library of Australia, letter from volume 03 item 2: Co. Ltd, National Library of Australia; pp3233 one of the early gas lights inAngus & Robertson correspondence files, Mitchell Library, State Library Sydney, Australian Gas Light Company prospectus and Australian Gas Lightof New South Wales; p75 photographs of Dame Nellie Melba, album 66: Company showroom courtesy of AGL. photographs of the Allen family, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Choice and chance 1991by Angela Brennan.255'