Nock & Kirby store at Circular Quay in Sydney in 1909.
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Sydney Town Hall in 1900
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Captain Cook's statue, Hyde Park, Sydney, 1880, and as it looks today:
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Sydney Stock Exchange Corner, 1892
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Pitt St, Sydney in 1897.
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Tomb of Queen Gooseberry of the Sydney Tribe of Aborigines showing the old Sydney Railway Station in the background c1900
Cora Gooseberry (also known as Queen Gooseberry and Lady Bongary; c.1777 – 30 July 1852) was an Aboriginal Australian culture informant from the Murro-ore-dial people. In popular culture, she is often depicted smoking a pipe and wearing a scarf on her head. She received two breastplates, one of which was inscribed "Cora Gooseberry/ Freeman/ Bungaree / Queen of Sydney and Botany". It is held by the Mitchell Library.
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Children in Sydney street, c 1885-1890
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Sydney street scene, c 1885-1890
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Martin Place outside of the General Post Office, Sydney, 1911
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Extending Martin Place, Sydney in the 1930s.
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Bridge Street, Sydney, date unknown.
One of Sydney's earliest streets, it began as a path from the Governor's house to the Military Barracks. So called because of the first bridge built over the Tank Stream, constructed in February 1788 at the spot where the path crossed the stream.
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Macquarie Place in Sydney, c1869-74
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Foreshore of the Botanical Gardens, Sydney, 1887
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Construction work for the building of Central Railway Station, Devonshire Street end, Sydney, 1902
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The widening of Elizabeth Street, Sydney, 1909 - near Park St with the spire of St James Church in the distance at right.
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Smith Street, Surry Hills, 1900
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Positioning main bearing for Sydney Harbour Bridge, late 1931
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Construction of one of the pylons on the Sydney Harbour Bridge 1931
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Early stages of the construction of the span of the Sydney Harbour Bridge
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Archibald Fountain, Hyde Park, Sydney, 1930s
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King St, Sydney, looking west from Kent St in 1870.
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