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This photograph appears on page 81 of the following book: Karskens, Grace 1999, Inside The Rocks : the archaeology of a neighbourhood Hale & Iremonger, Sydney Bearing this caption: "Caraher's Lane from the corner of Cribb's Lane, showing the stables of the Whaler's Arms hotel. Archaeological evidence suggested that one end of this structure was occupied as a dwelling for some time. Further along to the right are nos 2 and 4 Cribb's Lane, converted from the stables of the Bird-in-Hand (AONSW McCredie Collection COD 123)" Trove identifier for the book: trove.nla.gov.au/work/28817147

Today, 2008, 30 Oxford Street Paddington is occupied by retailer Gorman. 32 Oxford Street Paddington is occupied by retailer Scooter. See 'em here on google street view: maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=...

If you squint, you can see the difference... So many changes for this area in such a sort time. Can't wait to see some images of the 20s & 30s in Easy Sydney - thems were the days...

As far as I can tell, "Smith's Wharf" was on the western edge of Millers Point - we are looking south up Darling Harbour. The wharf was redeveloped shortly after, as in this 1903 photo of the reverse view, then known as Dalgety's Wharf - The amazing thing is that John Degotardi Jnr the photographer managed to make a routine photo of a barge clearing rubbish from a wharf into an interesting study in composition, perspectives, light and shapes. I bet he was also responsible for the photo above and these -

beachcomber australia Yep, spot on. This map shows the location of Smith's Wharf, the same location as the "new" Dalgety's Wharf opened in 1903 after the Darling Harbour Resumptions - Plan E, Map of Resumption Area bounded by Darling Harbour, Port Jackson, Kent Street North, Windmill Street, and Bettington Street (Within section 92), 03 May 1900.

pellethepoet Eeek! Your link says "Invalid entity path", whatever that means. Try this for Plan E - gallery.records.nsw.gov.au/wp-content/gallery/darling-har... And for all the Resumption Maps - gallery.records.nsw.gov.au/index.php/galleries/maps-and-p...

beachcomber australia Thanks, the image page must be displayed on a temporary page. I've changed the link to the permanent item record. Scrub that, it appears you can't link to the record page either. (I was trying to link to Archives Investigator map which is higher resolution than the gallery version.)

beachcomber australia Nice work, from Smith's Wharf to Dalgety's Wharf! pellethepoet Yes, for some reason we can't link to items in Archives Investigator from Flickr. A very roundabout way is to go to: Archives Investigator --> Advanced Search --> 19348 (in Series Number) then you will see Plan E in the list of Items. AB