Annandale 1870s and 80s

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These photos are some of the first restorations I did in colour, so they're a little artier rather than my usual archival, but I think they bring up well the kind of area it used to be. These are the 'witches houses' in Johnston Street.

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Looking toward Johnston Street from the north, with the 'witches houses' under construction.

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Johnston Street North near Piper Street, looking north.

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Johnston Street main intersection at Booth Street. The Presbyterian church is under construction.

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The original Annandale House, built about 1800, on a huge land grant that spread from today's Stanmore station to the foreshore at Rozelle Bay.

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It was demolished and sub-divided in 1900.

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Looking to Johnston Street from Jubilee Park. The Abbey is under construction, and the witches houses aren't yet started. This bay, like most tidal ones about Sydney Harbour that were mud-flats at low tide, was infilled and the reclaimed land made into parkland.