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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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Artesian Bore, East Moree uploaded June 2013
Farm Cove from Macquarie Street uploaded June 2013
The Domain uploaded June 2013
The Cliffs, Blue Lake, Kosciuszko uploaded June 2013
Stud Herefords uploaded June 2013
On Rams Head Range, Kosciuszko uploaded June 2013
A Stud Dairy Herd uploaded June 2013
Bloody Bridge, Norfolk Island uploaded June 2013
Kuse's Bore uploaded June 2013
Kuse's Bore uploaded June 2013
No. 1 Bore, Cooncoola uploaded June 2013
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Beels Bore uploaded June 2013
Beels Bore uploaded June 2013
Beels Bore uploaded June 2013

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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:
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Carting wool bales

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beachcomber australia said:
Anyone know exactly where in Sydney this was?
beachcomber australia said:
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/51979177@N02] Good work! I think you are right with the Goldsbrough Darling Harbour ID. See also this 1884 illustration - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/64035872 , which shows railway in front - a bit of a hint. The old warehouse was at the corner of Fig and Pyrmont Streets, Ultimo. I think it was rebuilt after a fire and extended to Allen Street, as it now is.

According to the 1895 interactive map, the building on the left is the Meat Market !. The photographer was at the junction of Allen and Pyrmont Streets, looking SE - www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview/?pi=nla.map-rm3443-sd&rgn=...

GoogleMapsStreetView - goo.gl/maps/Ic8i0

Phew! A relief after four years of sleepless nights!
beachcomber australia said:
" ... Sydney's first wool store was the Richard Goldsbrough warehouse built on the corner of Pyrmont and Fig streets in 1883. From World War II until the 1960s, wool stores on the peninsula employed thousands of men. With lanolin oil soaked into thousands of feet of wood, fires were a constant hazard. In 1935 the Goldsbrough and Mort store went up in a blaze lasting two weeks, filling the suburb with the smell of burning wool and grease. ..."
From PhM - www.powerhousemuseum.com/exhibitions/paradise_industrial_...
beachcomber australia said:
Article about the 1935 fire which destroyed the warehouse. A photo shows the warehouse as above with three extra floors built on top - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/83657628
beachcomber australia said:
The Central Meat Market at Ultimo - see how the refrigerated railway truck went under the canopy -
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Interior -
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Dignitaries viewing the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1930

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beachcomber australia said:
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/51979177@N02] pellethepoet There's another 'Tardis' on the south side at Dawes Point. I think they were there well before the bridge. GoogleMapsStreetView
beachcomber australia said:
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/51979177@N02] It seems there were two 'tardis'. See this c.1913 photo of Dawes Point -

I am thinking access chamber for bottom-of-the-harbour gas, electricity, or water pipes?
GrenadierGuardsDmr said:
This was a crossing point for the watermen (water taxis) before the Bridge. I recall reading somewhere that the circular stone structures were offices for the watermen.
covid convict said:
I suspect this pic of Bradfield, etc was taken on 24th September, 1930, when the first hanger ('Hanger 0') was to be lifted into position...however a wild weather event passed thru Sydney that day, so the operation was held over to the 25th...

Looks to be the same party...probably the same day