blockboy
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- sydney
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Pitt Street in Sydney from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded April 2013
George Street near Hunter Street, Sydney from Powerhouse Museum uploaded May 2008
George Street, Sydney from Powerhouse Museum uploaded April 2008
Pyrmont Bridge from Powerhouse Museum uploaded April 2008
George St, by Town Hall from Powerhouse Museum uploaded March 2008
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Pitt Street in Sydney
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beachcomber australia said:
Open to correction by tramway experts - I think this is definitely Pitt Street looking south from about the Spring St corner. According to wikipedia, "Trams operated from Central station down Castlereagh Street to Circular Quay and back up Pitt Street in a large anti-clockwise loop.". Hence the single tramway line towards the left of the street. Not so sure about the "1900-1912" date. The City of Sydney website says that style of street light happened after 1912 - history.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/sydneystreets/Minding_the... Also the car ...
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beachcomber australia said:
Aha! A similar photo from Charles Kerry (PhM) - slightly further south -

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beachcomber australia said:
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pellethepoet said:
Melbourne Steamship Co. Ltd, opened their Sydney office in 1905 - gallery.its.unimelb.edu.au/imu/imu.php?request=display&am...
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martindemo said:
Nice John. interesting to see that the car, probably a post WW1 unit by the look of it, is outnumbered by horse+cart. I'm leaning towards George Street but unsure.
George Street, Sydney
from Powerhouse Museum
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Jason Painter said:
It looks like it would have been an exciting place to live back then, as it is now. Everything is big.
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beachcomber australia said:
In colour, and for some reason wider: cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/history/SydneyStreets/Minding_the...
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beachcomber australia said:
And 9 minutes later - www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/2363507194/