 The Sydney Cove panorama on the Museum punchbowl is dated between 1812 and 1818 . The vantage point is from beneath Dawes Point , shown with its flagstaff and before the Dawes Point fortifications built 1818 – 1821 ⑦ . Looking directly into Campbell 's Cove , the immediate focal points are Robert Campbell 's warehouse and the " Wharf House " roof of his residence ⑥ . To the right of Campbell 's Wharf are extensive stone walls marking boundaries between properties in this part of the Rocks district ⑧ . First Government House can be seen at the head of Sydney Cove in the distance ② and around the eastern shore a small rendition of Billy Blue 's 1812 @-@ house ① . The Governor and civil personnel lived on the more orderly eastern slopes of the Tank Stream , compared to the disorderly western side where convicts lived . The Tank Stream was the fresh water course emptying into Sydney Cove and supplied the fledgling colony until 1826 . Further along is Bennelong Point – with no sign of Fort Macquarie built from December 1817 – and Garden Island – the colony 's first food source . The distant vista of the eastern side of the Harbour goes almost as far as the Macquarie Lighthouse – Australia 's first lighthouse – built between 1816 and 1818 on South Head . There are seven sailing ships flying the white ensign of the British Royal Navy in the Harbour , along with three sailboats and two canoes . 
