White City 1915 Paddingtion

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An amusement park that only lasted a few years, from 1913 until it was wrecked in a storm in 1917. The owner didn't recover financially, so it was demolished.

The Japanese tea-house, staffed by Japanese people in a part of the park called the Japanese village. There was a small Japanese population in Sydney at this time, some of whom were married to Aussies. I think this picture looks great enlarged.

 

I've added some more pictures of the park after the jump...