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1892, according to this book, 'A Pictorial History of Balmain to Glebe' by Joan Lawrence & Catherine Warne (Kingsclear Books 1995) which includes the photograph - books.google.com.au/books?id=lExV-ASBAtkC&pg=PA50&...

The Havelock Tobacco Company (see note) sponsored the 1901 competition to find a new Federal flag - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Australia#1901_Federal_Flag... Also the subject of a 1897 Norman Lindsay artwork - nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an20616469

Hmmm - the good book is 11 years wrong.! It was 1903 (about June) according to Sydney Morning Herald reports. Building progress description (5/6/1903) - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/14525460 Successful trials (10/9/1903) - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/14531767 Open for traffic (14/9/1903) - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/14549616

Good work beachcomberaustralia.

B r i l l i a n t !

This photograph is part of the Indicommons.org "across the Commons" feature Music across the Commons. And thank you for having the other link!

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Historical Gardens, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Great momento! -- Nice revisiting of Hyde Park, in Sydney ... but when? ~ 1890s? Later?
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Australian Museum at left, chimneys of Sydney Grammar School left or band stand, and statue of Captain Cook right of band stand. This band stand must have been on the north west corner of William and College Streets, photo looking south.

Same occasion www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/2758595439/ trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/165231712 - Sydney Mail, 31st August, 1901...similar pic here...looks to have been taken at an earlier date maybe...

see also - www.powerhousemuseum.com/imageservices/index.php/2010/03/... Hotel opened on 14 January 1890. This photo must be about that time because the southern half of the Lands Department Building (completed 1891) is under construction. Strange that there are not more people around - apart from the person on the balcony, the hotel looks shut. I would imagine that there would be staff / porters standing outside to welcome guests and carriages. Maybe the photo is full of ghosts!

Interesting to compare with Henry King's photo (of the Library next door) at about the same time - the scaffolding of the Lands Department Building is apparent - www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/2362660609/

Fred Hardie in 1892/3 (see completed Lands department building) ...

trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/163786550/16795591 - this pic appeared in the Sydney Mail on 24th October, 1896...in an adverticle on the Hotel Metropole...this is the earliest publication that I've managed to find...

love the tram in this shot. bring back trams to sydney!

50 years since the original trams ceased on 25 Feb 1961. Wonderful celebrations were held at the Sydney Tramway Museum over the weekend of 26/7 Feb 2011.

Tram shed on right still exists as the bus shelter on Elizabeth Street, corner Park Street.

Just going on the theatre advert over on the left, the year has to be 1905...maybe December...when the Royal Comic Opera Company presented 'A Girl from Kays' at Her Majesty's Theatre...it was the holiday attraction...the first performance was on 26th December. One slight problem is that the advertising hoarding has the date 'Sat December 23'...per the various newspaper adverts, the first performance was on 26th December...but maybe the discrepancy was due to rescheduling.