darlinghurst courthouse

This then and now turned out a bit of fun as Google Earth ended up being deployed to locate the artist's vantage point. It's 1845, not long after 'transportation' had ended, the Gold rush is still years away, and we're on a dirt track that leads past the new gaol to the recently built army barracks at Paddington.

One day it will be called Oxford St.

The courthouse was expanded in time for the 1888 centenary, but the original building is still in there.

This is the full painting, and its accuracy is proven by modern technology. As the view is now built out, Google Earth in 3D showed the alignment matches.

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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.

darlinghurst courthouse

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