Looking Back: Some More Images of Past Sydney

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The Australian Museum, College Street, Sydney, 1855

Australian Museum, c 1900

Today

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King Street, Newtown, 1910, looking towards Missenden Road.

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Women in George Street, Sydney, 1890. GPO behind them.

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Archibald Fountain, Hyde Park, Sydney, 1930’s

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King Street, Sydney, 1899

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Parramatta Road, 1920

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Dismantling the GPO clock tower during World War 11 to prevent it being used as a ranging marker for enemy aircraft or warships. It was restored in the 1960s.

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Hansom cabs, Pitt Street, Sydney, 1892

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Horse-drawn fire appliances outside the city fire station in Castlereagh Street, c 1897

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Shoeshine men, Park Street, Sydney c 1900

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The Esplanade, Coogee, 1904

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Children of The Rocks, 1912

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Bus, Sydney, 1898

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Nurse in horse drawn ambulance, date unknown.

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Parramatta Road, Lidcombe, looking west.

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Creating the Sydney University Gargoyles and Grotesques, 1857 and as they appear now (2016), main quadrangle.

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Victoria Park looking towards Sydney University 1930's and 2015.