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24 photos and 4 illustrations tagged governmentbuildings, from 8 members of Flickr Commons.

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Related tags

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• sydney
• blackandwhite
• archives
• newsouthwales
• staterecordsnsw
• people
• construction
• bldigital
• publicdomain
• clocktower
• gpo
• generalpostoffice
• vol0
• mechanicalcurator
• sherlocknet:tag=build
• sherlocknet:tag=church
• sherlocknet:category=architecture
• medium
• architecture
• street
• department
• date1893
• sherlocknet:tag=stone
• sherlocknet:tag=house

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• Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection 15 photos & illustrations
• British Library 4 photos & illustrations
• SMU Libraries Digital Collections 2 photos & illustrations
• State Library of Queensland 2 photos & illustrations
• Powerhouse Museum 2 photos & illustrations
• National Library of Ireland on The Commons 1 photo / illustration
• Cornell University Library 1 photo / illustration
• Community Archives of Belleville & Hastings County 1 photo / illustration

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General Post Office, Sydney

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

• Aussie Big Bob said:

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

• uminarampart said:

  love this pic. Sydneys tallest buildign far left being Australia Hotel.

• spelio said:

  see also

Exhibition Building, Sydney

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

• beachcomber australia said:

  Looking north from Cleveland Street across Prince Alfred Park. The old Sydney Railway Terminus is on the left, later expanded across Devonshire Street and the cemetery. "The Exhibition Building in Prince Alfred Park, built in 1870, was once the pride and joy of the City Council. It was used for the annual Agricultural Show and for various exhibitions and public gatherings. By the 1940s there were suggestions that it be used as an indoor swimming pool, but when this option proved too difficult it was demolished in 1954 to make way for an Olympic pool." www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/waterexhibition/images/zoom/a... The "Castlereagh Street" is confusing. At the time what we now call Chalmers Street was called Castlereagh even though there was a gap at Belmore Park. See 1895 street map (interactive) - www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview?pi=nla.map-rm3443-sd&rgn=0... I would say 1880 - 1890 (from the telegraph pole).

• Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection said:

  Thanks for adding this extra detail, beachcomberaustralia. I didn't know that about Chalmers Street. All we usually have to go on is the caption attached to the image.

• beachcomber australia said:

  There is an earlier 1870 John Degotardi (Snr) photo of the Exhibition Building from this same angle -
  
  

NSW Lands Department, Sydney

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

• beachcomber australia said:

  See - www.flickr.com/photos/state-records-nsw/4057365692/