Darling Harbour 1890c

That's the old Pyrmont Bridge crossing the bay, built around 1850s and demolished in 1900 when the new one was built right along its north side.

There's the 'new' Pyrmont Bridge straight ahead, which was decommissioned and pedestrianised as part of the Darling Harbour redevelopment in the 1980s. Before then it was fully functioning, and I remember it as the main western crossing point of the city until the Western Distributor took its place.

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PhilipCohenFeb 3, 2021, 11:06:00 AM
The early photo is more like circa 1895, not 1875 …
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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.