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Fig. 11. 



Part ' ' Sketch of a General Plan for the Re<f iilar Extension 

 of the Streets of Sydney, 7th June, 1831," by Sir T. L. 

 Mitchell, Surveyor-General, showing position of the " Old 

 Convict's Garden." 



and is dated 7tli June, 1831. With this plan (Fig. 11) is a letter from 

 the Surveyor-General to the Colonial Secretary [Honorable Alexander 

 Macleay], dated 21st November, 1831, as folio ws*^i : — 



' ' I have the honor to transmit a plan for the extension and 



improvement of that part of Sydney adjoining Hyde Park, and for laying 

 out the latter with more advantage as a place of public recreation. I 

 would, therefore, do myself the honor to suggest, for the approval of His 

 Excellency, the Acting Governor, that no buildings shouhl l)e erected, or 

 allotments granted, on the enclosure witliiii tlie lirick wall named the 

 " Convict Garden," luit that that wall be removed, ;ind the whole of the 

 ground within tliat, and also that betwetm the Catholic Cliapel and 

 Wooloomooloo boundary, lie added to, ami consiilered a part of, what is 

 called "Hyde Park." I have the honor to submit this suggestion, 

 because the i^rincipal charm of Hyde Park, or the Racecourse, is the view 

 seen from it of the waters of Port Jackson, the Heads, etc., and the sea 

 breeze which is freely admitted on that side from Wooloomooloo Bay, 

 but which would be entirely shut out had the space named the "Convict 

 Garden" lieen covered with Imildings." 



The plan, prepared by the Government Architect to the order of Sir 

 George Gipps, was submitted to the Museum Committee by Mr. Lewis, and 

 received the former's approval. It was accompanied by a letter fi'om His 



••J Report upon the Progress made in Roads, and in the Construction of Public 

 Works, in New South Wales from tlu; year 1827 to June, 1855, by Colonel Sir T. L. 

 Mitcliell, Surveyor-Gentn-al (Sydney — I'rinted )iy William Hanson, Government 

 Printer, Hyde Park, 185ii), p. 51. 



