George Street 1871

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This would later be the site of the Regent Theatre, which itself was demolished in the 1980s and would sit vacant for years.

Macquarie Street 1860

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Looking south west from Government House. Some of the sights are; at bottom right, The Girls' School of Industry, built 1826, demolished in 1879 for the Garden Palace. At centre, is the Iron Church, built 1856, later converted to the Public Library, disassembled and rebuilt elsewhere in 1911. Directly behind is the spire of St James Church, and in the distant right is St Andrews Cathedral under construction.

Pitt Street 1869

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Near Bond Street, looking north to the Quay. Dated by Sands Directory listings.

Paddington 1922

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Juniper Hall, later Ormond House, in Oxford Street. Converted to a boarding house, the front garden is being carved out to construct a row of shops. They in turn were demolished when the National Trust restored the estate in 1988.

Bondi Junction 1931

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Bondi Road, where it meets Old South Head Road and Oxford Street. Looking west. All of it was bulldozed when the bypass was built in the 1970s.

Pyrmont 1876

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35 Bowman Street. Per Sands Directory, Reeve was licensee of the Spread Eagle Hotel in 1876.

Lang Street 1875c

When Sydney was still pretty much a quiet outpost, its later Victorian expansion and wealth soon to develop.