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Unidentified Post Office, (possibly William St, Sydney), New South Wales

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  • 3 older comments, and then…
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Thanks State Records NSW for posting this so quickly - I wish Australia Post was as fast!

    It is DEFINITELY (not "possibly") the old Post Office on William Street, at the SW corner with Rosebank Street, rebuilt in 1926 for road widening, and disappeared completely in the 1970s (?) for more road widening. I think it was about where the green median strip is here - GoogleMapsStreetView - goo.gl/maps/M5d1v

    See interesting comments here -
  • beachcomber australia said:
    There is a version at the NAA (link times out so via Trove) - trove.nla.gov.au/version/175913461 dated 1885, when the PO was opened. As seen here the building is incomplete. Full description at the opening (13/5/1885) including all about the residence upstairs for Mr Charles John Booty, the postmaster - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/13588603
  • pellethepoet said:
    Sydney & Suburban Map Publishing Co. 1888. MAP RaA 31. Part 13. - www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview/?pi=nla.map-raa31-s13-sd&r...
  • beachcomber australia said:
    pellethepoet Oooo - that's a good map ... but the index ( nla.gov.au/nla.map-raa31 ) is impossible!
  • beachcomber australia said:
    I wonder ... possibly ... maybe ... if the photographer had his back to William St ...

    Side door in Rosebank St leading to the stairs to Mr Booty's apartment. See description - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/13588603 (as above)

Sydney Station balloon loop

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  • Highranger said:
    Where is the station clock tower?
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Highranger It's running late ...
  • Highranger said:
    Haha!
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Highranger Here's a challenge for you (or anyone else) - what was the photographer standing on in 1908?
  • Highranger said:
    beachcomber australia Trams and traffic at Railway Square
    The building with the Reschs sign?

Unidentified Street at The Rocks (NSW)

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    I always think of this photo as the Playschool House ! Did we try to find it before? Possibly Redfern?

    No. 433 (see note) - it's a long street.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    GOT IT! (I think) ... ...

    Tentatively, it is 433 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills, near the Devonshire Street corner.
    Found by the small dome and pinnacle on top of the Railway Workers Institute (or whatever it is called) cnr Devonshire and Chalmers Sts. (see note).

    There is an odd little house at 433 Elizabeth Street still, see GoogleMapsStreetView - www.google.com.au/maps/@-33.8859619,151.2082351,3a,60y,27...

    That's the 'where' - 'why' and 'when' still to find ...
  • mezza52 said:
    There is a school of some type made from weatherboards next door and closer analysis of the clothing will help you identify date..... possibly 1880s
  • Ross Mac said:
    433 KENT ST. There was a Ragged School at 435 in the 1880s. Arthur's Place is on the right between 431.

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