Identifying a Syer - The Fruit Seller 1883

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This is another candid shot by Charles Syer. While there's no information about it, we can deduce some precise points. There are stacks of woodblocks behind the seller, obviously prepared for street laying. There is something that looks like the top of a tower at left, and a warehouse-looking building at right. We know that Syer took a few pictures around Circular Quay in the early-mid 1880s, which is when a lot of its reconstruction took place. So taking that as a starting point we can triangulate the scene, like this...

This photo is from around 1889 after the reconstruction is mostly completed, showing the warehouse and office. This means our seller is standing in front of the North Shore Ferry wharf at Circular Quay, waiting for passengers going to and fro. The sun is overhead, so it's about noon. Syer is just to the east of the wharf, looking south-west when he took the photo of her.