newtown scenes 2

Here's another post of Newtown images.

part of Newtown Square, the main intersection.

Egan St at King St

King St at Queen St

the Victorian-era courthouse, next to the Brutalist-style cop shop, next to the Federation Beaux-Artes fire station

the old seminary, now used for Anglican programmes

Camperdown Park, with the spire of St Stephen's, my local Anglican. The park used to be the church's cemetery, but most of it was resumed in the 1940's.

the spire

the vestry

its vicarage, with spire behind

part of what's left of the old cemetery. The public's welcome to explore and even picnic there.

the communal grave for the 121 victims of the Dunbar shipwreck in 1857.

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Welcome, this site is all about Sydney 'then and now'..

The pics: Do click to enlarge the old photos as I've restored most of them from their faded small originals, and the details you'll often see in them can give an awesome insight into how ordinary people, your and my ancestors, actually lived.

Then: Where nothing today remains of a 'Then' scene, the Google Street Views of the 'Now' location have been verified through old maps and the NSW government's SIXMaps.

Sources: Most of the old photos have been collected over many years through the now-defunct Picture Australia and the original sources lost, but almost all are now found through Trove; variously from the National Library, the State Libraries of NSW and Vic, and the National Archives. Some are also via Flickr, so if you know the source of any, do let me know and I will add the credit.

Me: I'm Ross, a major oldsydneyphile (that's a word, really - well, now it is anyway). I grew up here from the 60s. Originally, I made the site in 2006-2008, and restarted it in 2018 using the 'now' scenes supplied by Google Street View.

newtown scenes 2

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