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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

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  • Caner Cangül said:
    Valide Bendi.