Sydneytecture: Dawes Point Battery 1924

Dawes Point Battery 1924

old Sydney fortification prior to demolition showing parkland and harbour foreshore

colonial fortification, demolition, Sydney Harbour

Original

Today (Google)

Before the Harbour Bridge was put through, the fort had been converted to a repat training centre, but its original structure was still intact...

Some more photos of the fort taken by an amateur in 1924.

The Endeavour model was made as a Jacks Day exhibit.

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Sydneytecture is about photographs of old, forgotten places in Sydney, and my restorations of those pictures into modern realism.

I wanted to see how real life would look to the people in these faded, black & white photos. So beyond just colourising, I try to make each photo's details realistic, like it was taken by a modern camera, while keeping it accurate to the original.

And now I share them here with you.

Most of these restored pics are really best viewed enlarged to see their detail, as this main page previews them in low resolution.

I've also included the link to the Google Street View, so you can check out how the scenes look today.

All photos are from Trove, and all dates are confirmed via Sand's Directory and Dove's Maps. Once or twice a week, I upload new ones.