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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Circular Quay, Sydney

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  • covid convict said:
    Just going on the two garden plots seen here in the foreground, the date range has to be 1907-13...the City Council built the gardens in 1907...a tramway building (not seen here) was erected on the smaller triangular plot in ca. November 1913.

    trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/142945425 - the Australasian [Melbourne], 17th June, 1911...the pic of the garden plots that appears here looks to be somewhat later (see pic bottom rhs)...

    The two garden plots were built on the site of the Ship Inn and an adjacent yard...the adjacent yard occupied the smaller triangular allotment. The Ship Inn was demolished in ca. March/April 1904. I suspect the Change Alley building also occupied part of the plot closest to the camera. Change Alley was demolished in ca. August/September 1901 to make way for the Pitt St tramway extension...

    - this ca. 1891-93 SANSW pic shows Change Alley and the Ship Inn and also the adjoining yard as they then appeared...

    The two allotments on which the gardens were built were evidently leased to the City Council by the Railways Department in 1907...the City Council appear to have built the garden plots by the end of 1907. The Railways Department resumed ?both plots in 1913...and then erected a tramways building on the smaller triangular plot in ca. November 1913...the initial tramways building was a basic rectangular structure...in subsequent years it was added to and became more elaborate...

    trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/115231796 - Evening News, 30th April, 1907...re preliminary work being carried out prior to the construction of the garden on the site formerly occupied by the Ship Inn...

    trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/238058729 - Daily Telegraph, 30th April, 1907...slightly more info on the proposed garden...

    trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/229923580 - the Australian Star, 20th April, 1908...brief mention of the garden...which must have been planted some time previously...

    trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/229672730 - the Sun, 28th August, 1913...background on the City Council lease of the garden plots...

    trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/238900687 - the Daily Telegraph, 11th September, 1913...one of numerous objections to the erection of the tramway building on the Circular Quay reserve garden plots

    trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/15463958 - SMH, 8th November, 1913...brief item which indicates that the construction of the tramways building was then in progress...

    - this 1920s SANSW pic shows the tramways building as it then appeared...

    trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/71590526 - the Australian Town & Country Journal, 20th March, 1907...the stereoscope pic of Circular Quay that appears here shows the Paragon Hotel addition...this is the first pic I've found that shows the addition...there were a number of additions made to the Paragon Hotel over the years...substantial additions/renovations were also evidently made in 1910...

    - the Paragon Hotel addition doesn't appear in this other PHM pic taken in ca. September-October 1902...
  • covid convict said:
    Another date marker I've overlooked are the suspension wires for the tramway overhead electrical wires...the suspension wire system replaced the tramway 'T' poles in 1908...so that puts the date range at 1908-13...

By the Sad Sea Waves

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  • BobMeade said:
    I believe that this photograph was taken on what is today called Queenscliff beach. North Head reserve, Manly is the promontary at right background with a glimpse of the South Head of Sydney Harbour to the left of and behind North Head.
  • carlosbezz said:
    Congratulations!
    This is a wonderful shot!
    You are invited to post it to:


    artland
  • Cassiopée2010 said:
    excellent !
  • Rebeka R said:
    OoOh How SwEet thiS iS!
  • beachcomber australia said:
    BobMeade I reckon it is Coogee! Field trip and beachcomb to both locations required!

    I think the title is WRONG too. Using the excellent new Zoom at the Persistent URL, I get this:

    " 'BY THE SALT SEAWATER No.'2' . 3 [?] H.KING, PHOTr. SYDNEY. "

    Sea also PhM blog for reference to a popular song - www.powerhousemuseum.com/imageservices/index.php/2010/04/...

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