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Row of Sydney Buildings - Australia Square in BG

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G. Blaxland, W.C. Wentworth and W. Lawson

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  • Bill Strain said:
    Lawson's portrait looks like an actual photograph, which would be amazing. Is this correct, and if so, do you know it's origin?

1. Sydney Street Scene

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  • 2 older comments, and then…
  • beachcomber australia said:
    [watching with interest]
  • Andy Brill said:
    I think this looks like Druitt St, Sydney from Day St. (not Harrington St) - The imposing edifice at far right (with the massive Bushells advert) is like the 1920s Bushells Building in Harrington St.
    Comparison: See Street View below and Bushells building (121 Harrington St) in c1970. _
    www.shfa.nsw.gov.au/heritage_image_popup.cfm?objectid=133...
    The coupe is Vauxhall from about 1946-1949:
  • RAHS said:
    hmm It does make sense that the photo was taken near the wharves. But, this road looks wider than Harrington Street, and I spent ages with google maps and the Bushells Building and couldn't match up the older buildings still standing with the photo. Maybe that just says something about my skills. Another thought is whether it was taken somewhere up near Central Station - Harris Street maybe?
  • Andy Brill said:
    RAHS
    As you said, Harrington St is a narrow street and the image couldn't match up the older adjacent buildings.
    The far right building does bear some resemblance to the Bushells Building (and the the massive Bushells advert on the wall!) - and also some other buildings in Sydney.
    I’ve searched some historical photos of Sydney and aerial photos of 1951 (below) and came up with nothing so far. The church steeple in the background, and the cupola in the near building and the shadows would be clues.
  • Andy Brill said:
    Stop Press: (Second Try!): I think the location is Druitt St from Day St former wharves area (see Sussex St intersection in foreground) .
    The only remaining building is the cream colour 'look alike Bushells' Building (right centre). All other buildings are gone, and even the road leads to a curve into the Western Dist.. Also the afternoon shadows make sense.
    (also see the 1951 aerial photos above).
    Street View: www.google.com.au/maps/place/Druitt+St,+Sydney+NSW+2000/@...

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