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Department of School Education - Bridge Street building under construction

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

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  • pellethepoet said:
    DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. PROPOSED NEW OFFICES. The Sydney Morning Herald, Tuesday 21 November 1911, p. 5.:

    Further consideration was given yesterday by the Public Works Committee to the proposal to erect new offices on the present site in Bridge-street for the Department of Public Instruction.
    Mr. G. Kilminster, chief clerk, Department of Public Instruction, said he had been 40 years in the service. The oldest part of the present building was erected nearly 100 years ago, about 1813, he thought. The present building had been occupied by the department since 1881, when a removal there was made by the old Council of Education from Macquarie-street. The whole of the 24 rooms in the building were overcrowded, and there was congestion everywhere ...


    - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/15290649
  • pellethepoet said:
    Department of School Education - Laying foundation of new Public Instruction Offices:
    Digital ID: 15051_a047_003981 (01/01/1912)
    Digital ID: 15051_a047_003987 (01/09/1912)
    Digital ID: 15051_a047_003972 (07/09/1912)

    Two of the dates must be wrong ...

    Public Instruction Offices, showing progress of new building (August 1913) - Call no.: Government Printing Office 1 - 17004, State Library of NSW.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    pellethepoet I found the foundation stone laying to be 7/9/1912 ...
  • beachcomber australia said:
    GoogleMapsStreetView (almost) - goo.gl/maps/165fH
  • pellethepoet said:
    The correct date for the laying of the foundation stone was Saturday 7 September, 1912 - PEEPS INTO HISTORY. EDUCATION IN NEW SOUTH WALES. FOUNDATION STONE LAYING. The Sydney Morning Herald, Monday 9 September 1912, p. 8.:

    "This is an historic spot."
    Those words formed the keynote of more than one speech made at the laying of the foundation stone of the new building being erected for the State Education Department, at the corners of Bridge, Loftus, and Young streets on Saturday morning. The ceremony was performed by the Minister for Education, Mr. C. Carmichael, M.L.A. Among those present were Sir Normand MacLaurin, Professor David, Judge Backhouse, and many others. ...


    - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/15347525

Macquarie Street Sydney, 1860 - 1863

from Powerhouse Museum

  • jamilesleman said:
    maria .ale
  • bella jones :) said:
    what does this pic show actualy?????
  • lindsaybridge said:
    This picture shows the then Subscription Library building corner of Bent and Macquarie Street. "Notes: In 1845 the Australian Subscription Library moved to the corner of Macquarie and Bent Streets. It was taken over by the Government in 1869 and renamed the Free Public Library of NSW. It was demolished for the Premier Wing of the State Office Block (1967). This in turn was demolished for the Aurora Place/Macquarie Apartments complex, which won both the Wilkinson and Sulman architecture awards in 2004."
  • Steve Pearson said:
    One really spooky thing about these old cityscapes, is the absence of people. You will find that there probably WERE people in the shots, but due to the long exposures and the people on the move they didn't register. Either way, great stereo images - very easily viewed using the cross-eyed technique. (Check my flickr page!)

Free Public Library, Sydney

from Powerhouse Museum