James Milson was an early settler on the North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Milson (1785–1872)
Postcard of Milsons Point. The caption reads: "Milson’s Point – Probably in the early Seventies [1870s]. Kirribilli on the farther shore. Eastern Road Wharf is front. Alfred St to the right, the Arcade and clock are within speaking [?] distance of the spreading tree."
Afternoon tea on the upper lawns of Carabella in the 1890s (Mitchell Library SLNSW)
Lavender Bay in the 1880s as photographed by Bernard Otto Hotermann from the western side of the bay towards Milsons Point. (Mitchell Library SLNSW)
Jeffrey Street is a street located in Kirribilli, famous for being one of the most popular vantage points for views of the city skyline of Sydney, the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House.
James Milson
…in the District of Parramatta then called the "Field of Mars"). In the early 1820s Milson settled in the District of Sydney in the vicinity of today's Jeffrey Street, Kirribilli, a Sydney suburb on the North Shore of Sydney Harbour. He was a prominent resident of the area for more than 50 years until his death in…
Panorama from Kirribilli with the Jeffrey Street wharf visible at right
View of Sydney from Jeffrey Street at dusk
View from Jeffrey(s) Street of Sydney Harbour, the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House