glebe

28 photos tagged glebe, from 6 members of Flickr Commons.

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1871

2012

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Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons 15 photos
State Library of New South Wales 5 photos
National Library of Ireland on The Commons 4 photos
Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection 2 photos
Port Morien Digital Archive 1 photo
Royal Australian Historical Society 1 photo

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The last upload was 12 May.

Wentworth Park Panorama c. 1920 from State Library of New South Wales uploaded 12 May
Hudson's Timber yard, Blackwattle Bay, Sydney, ca. 1920-1925 from State Library of New South Wales uploaded April 2026
View of the North Richmond River bridge undergoing repairs, Sydney, ca. 1871, American and Australasian Photographic Company from State Library of New South Wales uploaded September 2021
Wheat silos under construction, Glebe Island, Sydney, c. 1921, by Arthur Ernest Foster from State Library of New South Wales uploaded February 2021
The wheel on the mill goes round and round... from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded May 2019
University Hotel, Parramatta Road, Glebe, Proposed hotel perspective, Applicant/owner, Alfred Bennett Esquire, Architect N C Day, Approved 21 January 1890 from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection uploaded April 2018
Unidentified town on a tidal river but in Donegal from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded February 2018
The Waterfall, Poulaphouca, Co. Wicklow from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded December 2017
Edermine, Co. Wexford from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded December 2017
Views of Rotorua, New Zealand, and some of Sydney, ca. 1890-1910, by William Joseph Macpherson from State Library of New South Wales uploaded September 2017
Purr Pull Petrol Depot Glebe - 6 Jan 1937 from Royal Australian Historical Society uploaded October 2016
Cumberland Petersham - Camperdown Estate Shewing sub-division [Sketch book 6 folio 4] from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection uploaded March 2015
Original Glebe from Port Morien Digital Archive uploaded April 2014
TSS ORANJE II possibly in White Bay, Sydney from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded January 2014
RIO BLANCO at the wheat silos, Glebe Island, Sydney from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded November 2012

Conversations

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Wentworth Park Panorama c. 1920

from State Library of New South Wales

Stephen said:
Wow - what a fascinating panorama!! It looks west towards Glebe, with Wattle Street in the foreground. It is a shame that this precinct was spoilt by the construction of the huge greyhound racing facility in 1932. Thankfully it is now being demolished.
Freiburg DL said:
SL NSW, this appears to be much earlier than 1924.
Examining the individual photos (which are offline atm)
- Not a single car in any of the images.
- Gas lighting still on Wattle St.
- Still undeveloped areas of Glebe.
covid convict said:
Sydney Lead Works appears here on Wentworth Park Rd towards the Blackwattle Bay end...it evidently started operation in 1892...so that might be an earliest date...

trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/112599095 - the Evening News, 14th September, 1892...item re Sydney Lead Works

But there's no sign of the shot tower, which was evidently built in ?1902-03...

See comments re the shot tower here...it's a Beachcomber 're-discovery'...
www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryofnsw/55207168797/

trove.nla.gov.au/work/184714866 - jfi this ?1930s NLA Fairfax aerial pic shows something of Wentworth Park as it then was...
covid convict said:
Ha! here we go!

trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/71389732 - the Australian Town & Country Journal, 13th October, 1900...'Progress of Pyrmont'...pics evidently by G.A. Hills studio, King St...
State Library of New South Wales said:
This shot-tower was built in 1902, for the ‘Sydney Lead Works’ and designed by the architects Messrs. H. E. Ross and Slatyer and Cosh. The completed factory included a two-story brick building with the 46 metre tall tower next to it. After the ‘Sydney Lead Works’ moved to Waterloo in 1930 the site was taken over by Pabco Products Pty. Ltd. which manufactured roof and floor coverings. The new owners no longer used the tower to make shot and instead used it for storing chemicals. This would have fateful consequences as on 8 October 1937, disaster struck. Late that morning an explosion started a fire and within five minutes it had engulfed both floors of the 2,000 square metre factory. It then spread to the shot-tower

Glebe Island Bridge collapse, August 1899

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

beachcomber australia said:
Not the "Hawkesbury River", but the collapse of the old Glebe Island Bridge in August 1899. The new bridge was being built alongside; some of the new embankment slipped over and smashed the old wooden structure. Read All About It ! - SMH, 07/08/1899 p.7 - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/14253629 More illustrations - AT&CJ, 12/08/1899 p.23 - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/71332068 I think we are looking from Pyrmont towards Balmain. GoogleMapsSatellite - maps.google.com.au/maps?ll=-33.868015,151.18579&spn=0... That is something I never knew about!
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
beachcomber australia Wow, thanks once again beachcomber. It looks like you're right, especially because of that drawing in the article from the 12 August. We will update our records with this information.
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/hpeters] Thanks for the link, good to see that some great local histories continue to be published!
marhleet said:
If anyone, anywhere, can get details on when the raised section of the old bridge was inserted, that'd be just great! ;)

Interior view of warehouse showing workmen positioning newsprint rolls

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

beachcomber australia said:
Same warehouse (via NSW State Records) ? -
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
See