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New South Head Road, the cable tram terminus through to King Street in the city.
Millers Point 1865 Cuthbert's Boatyard
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Cuthbert's Boatyard at what is now Barangaroo. The Observatory at top left, the National School at top centre (now the National Trust), and St Phillips at top right are all still there, but that very rocky cliff side was reformed around 1900, and the waterfront made into wharfage.
Wynyard 1905 George Street
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George Street looking south to Martin Place. (Google had no more current view than that, soz.)
Darlinghurst Road 1870 Hynde's windmill
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St John's church school, which was later demolished to make way for a service station. Hynde's windmill at rear, before Nimrod Street was put through, the mill demolished and its stone blocks reused to build Beare's Stairs in Caldwell Street behind it. And at the back of the mill is Craigend, the villa and huge garden of Thomas Mitchell, which are now blocks of flats from the 1920s.
Central 1884 Railway Square
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Charles Syer went around town in the early 1880s with a hidden camera, taking candid snapshots of daily life. His collection is quite fabulous. I had a lot of fun bringing to life this one of the steam tram stop by the railway. On consideration, I think the large lady may well be with child rather than just big, which may have spurred the subject.
Potts Point 1860s Clarens
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From the villa Clarens, the view east up Sydney Harbour to Rose Bay, the Heads, and the islands.
George Street 1871 Fear and Sullivan
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This would later be the site of the Regent Theatre, which itself was demolished in the 1980s and would sit vacant for years.
Macquarie Street 1865 the Iron Church
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For a time in the Domain in the 1860s, a crane structure was erected for the construction of the Governor Bourke statue, from where this photo appears to have been taken. Looking south west, some of the sights are; at bottom right, The Girls' School of Industry, built 1826, demolished in 1879 for the Garden Palace. At centre is the Iron Church, built 1856, later converted to the Public Library, then disassembled and rebuilt elsewhere in 1911. Directly behind it is the spire of St James Church, and in the distant centre is St Andrews Cathedral under construction.
Park Street 1858 Wiley's
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The first Wiley's furniture shop, on the southeast corner of Pitt. It was there for a few decades in various incarnations.
Central 1893 Hancock's Tower
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Hancock's Tower was a well-known landmark with a fable attached. Built in the 1840s, it came down in 1893. The reference above to Redfern Station is for the old Sydney terminus, before the current Central Station was built in 1905.
Bondi Junction 1931 Bondi Road
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Bondi Road, where it meets Old South Head Road and Oxford Street. Looking west. All of it was bulldozed when the bypass was built in the 1970s.
Pyrmont 1876 the Spread Eagle Hotel
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35 Bowman Street. Per Sands Directory, Reeve was licensee of the Spread Eagle Hotel in 1876.
St Andrew's 1867 Temporary Cathedral
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When the site of Town Hall was an old disused cemetery surrounded by a high stone wall, and St Andrew's Cathedral was under construction next door, this was the temporary St Andrew's. Made of weatherboard and corrugated iron, it jutted out into George St. I did this one at sunset to match the long shadows.
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Bondi 1896 O'Brien's mausoleum
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O'Brien's mausoleum, on the estate for the original family who owned Bondi. This was demolished in 1928, with reinterment at Waverley. In the background of the restored pic, the giant sand dune that covered most of the northern side of Bondi is visible. It took decades of sand mining to clear it for real estate.
York Street 1867 Queen Victoria Markets
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Before the QVB went up i the 1890s, the site was occupied by the Queen Victoria Markets on the north (left) side, and the Central Court on the south.
Pitt Street 1869 Circular Quay
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Near Bond Street, looking north to the Quay.
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