Powerhouse Museum

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Located in Sydney, Powerhouse Museum is the largest museum group in Australia. Powerhouse sits at the intersection of the arts, design, science and technology and plays a critical role in engaging communities with contemporary ideas and issues.

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General Post Office from Moore Street, Sydney

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    Photo c. 1914 ?
  • uminarampart said:
    CBA started construction in 1911.
  • Philip Cohen said:
    CBA started construction 1915; completed 1916; so, indeed, the vacant block is likely late 1914, early 1915 …
  • covid convict said:
    Building on SE cnr Pitt/Moore Sts demolished in ?April/May 1913... trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/15419883
  • covid convict said:
    I suspect the date is somewhere in the range late 1913-early 1914...the period when construction work on the new Commonwealth Bank building was in abeyance...

    Kensington Chambers, the building that occupied the SE cnr of Pitt/Moore Sts was demolished in ca. April-June 1913...it appears to have been mostly demolished at the time of the foundation stone laying ceremony for the new Commonwealth Bank building, which took place on 14th May, 1913. Some excavation work for the new Commonwealth Bank building was completed by October 1913...but due to delays in the tendering process, the building contract wasn't awarded until November 1913 (to Phippard Bros)...the building work proper began in ca. February 1914...the new Commonwealth Bank building was more or less complete by mid 1916...the official opening took place on 22nd August, 1916...

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Electric trams, George Street, David Jones corner

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  • mort subite said:
    ...and David Jone's original department store - survived till the early 80's i think.
  • Bankstown Babyboomer said:
    There's a mid-1950s photo on the State records collection's photo stream; see www.flickr.com/photos/state-records-nsw/2687730613/
  • productive side said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called a new world, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
  • productive side said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called soulful group, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
  • productive side said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Music,Quotes,Lyrics,etc of the World, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Sydney Harbour scene with housing development

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    From Neutral Bay (in the vicinity of Wycombe Road) looking south towards Kirribilli and the Botanic Gardens.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Another coincidence?

    Arthur Streeton "Sydney Harbour from Penshurst (Cremorne)" 1907
    [OA29.1962]
    ED - New link for AGNSW - www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/OA29.1962/
  • Philip Cohen said:
    To be more precise, it's Thrupp Street, Neutral Bay …
  • spelio said:
    beachcomber australia

    See Cody Tutt book “Caution! THIS BOOK CONTAINS DEADLY REPTILES” p.91 the Aboriginal and Traditional Owners of YUIN Country around Darling Harbour Foreshores, also named WARRANG, …

    Watch out for the Broad-headed snake or, YUGA-MAGA, P90 in “Deadly Reptiles” book.

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