Another useful description is 'Picture of Sydney and a strangers Guide in NSW for 1839' James Maclehose complete with map of Sydney in 1837 and etchings of the main buildings and general views , first published in 1839, repubished in 1977 by John Ferguson P/L St Ives. ISBN 0 909134 08 1 >From a quick look at the pictures it does not appear the roads were paved some were certainly formed as it talks of them been levelled and the hill at Brickfieds hill and been cut down and built up, cut and filled. Some building have sandstone paving in front of them but most do not. If paved it would have been like the Great North Road and great western road, tightly packed stones with soil between. Regards Elizabeth _____