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

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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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Dept of Public Instruction, Sydney

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

• beachcomber australia said:

  Now the Department of Education Building in Bridge Street (built 1915). Google Street view - maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=-33.863462,151.210681&a...

• Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection said:

  beachcomber australia Such a grand entrance! AB

• beachcomber australia said:

  Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection Yes! But I always thought it a particularly ugly and forbidding building. It seems top-heavy and "frowning" with that overhanging top storey. Particularly when compared to the Department of Lands Building next door. g.co/maps/4k73g c.1915 seems late-ish for the Series 4481, but not impossible. There is an unusually interesting and detailed Wikipedia article, which talks about the style of architecture (like this entrance door) as being "Edwardian Baroque", inspired by classical and renaissance Italian buildings - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Education_Building

• GrenadierGuardsDmr said:

  This building received an internal renovation around 1994 which was.......ordinary. Strange spaces, economical materials and uncomfortable junctions with the original fabric.

NSW Survey Office, Sydney

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

• beachcomber australia said:

  The reference to "Castlereagh Street" (on the street sign on the corner) is confusing. It is obviously the back of the Lands Department Building at the corner of Bent St and what is now Loftus St. It turns out that Loftus St used to be called Castlereagh St (they are aligned); also Young St used to be called Elizabeth St. See this 1858 interactive map - www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview?pi=nla.map-rm1272-sd&rgn=0... Since only the northern section of the Lands Department Building is finished here, I would put the date at c.1885. See - www.flickr.com/photos/state-records-nsw/4057365692/

• Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection said:

  Thank you for the information about the changes in street names. We will amend the date to c.1885.

• beachcomber australia said:

  Other end of the block -

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