Sydneytecture

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Welcome, this site is all about Sydney 'then and now'..

The pics: Do click to enlarge the old photos as I've restored most of them from their faded small originals, and the details you'll often see in them can give an awesome insight into how ordinary people, your and my ancestors, actually lived.

Then: Where nothing today remains of a 'Then' scene, the Google Street Views of the 'Now' location have been verified through old maps and the NSW government's SIXMaps.

Sources: Most of the old photos have been collected over many years through the now-defunct Picture Australia and the original sources lost, but almost all are now found through Trove; variously from the National Library, the State Libraries of NSW and Vic, and the National Archives. Some are also via Flickr, so if you know the source of any, do let me know and I will add the credit.

Me: I'm Ross, a major oldsydneyphile (that's a word, really - well, now it is anyway). I grew up here from the 60s. Originally, I made the site in 2006-2008, and restarted it in 2018 using the 'now' scenes supplied by Google Street View.

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Castlereagh Street at Hunter, 1900 to 1928

Darling Harbour 1885

Castlereagh Street circa 1860

Rushcutters Bay 1961

Unidentified 1935 - now identified!

Kent Street 1868

Rushcutters Bay 1870

Pitt Street at Haymarket 1893

Darlo Rd 1961

Ultimo 1959

George Street 1885

Hornsby 1971

One more unidentified pic identified

Another unidentified street identified

Pitt St 1932

Pitt St Mall 1871

Unidentified photo identified

Queens Court 1920 (first home of Henry Parkes)

A potted history of a cinema of no particular note

Harbour Bridge 1927

Pitt Street at Market 1875

York Street by Market 1870

George Street by Market, 1870

Fort Macquarie 1860

St Andrews Cathedral 1867