johndegotardi

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This photograph also appears in [New Zealand, Hobart, Melbourne and Sydney / from an album of photographs with the inscription] "Colonel Trevor, 14th Regiment, November 10th, 1869", and has been attributed to John Degotardi senior by the State Library of NSW - acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=421465 - "Nos. 76,79 & 94 attributed to John Degotardi, 287 George St., Sydney from: Photograph album : Sydney, Newcastle and Bathurst views (Mitchell Library PXB 258)" See page 9 in album view ... 76. Sydney Harbour [i.e Woolloomooloo Bay]

What a photo! Wish I could've seen it in its day!

Very likely by John Degotardi senior, dated 1866, and exhibited at the 1866 Intercolonial Exhibition in Melbourne. See: Machine shop - Government dry dock, Sydney, Australia search.slv.vic.gov.au/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDispl... "Interior of the Machine shop, with labourers working on machinery. "

Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection Are these the gasworks on the Barangaroo site?

John Cowper Yes, I think so - still causing pollution problems 140+ years later.

The six-house terrace called 'Harbour View Terrace' built 1870 is NOT here, implying the photo is before 1870.
(see comments - www.flickr.com/photos/state-records-nsw/8618539132/)

See the whole album titled "Photographs of Sydney taken between 1860 and 1880" on State Records Photo Investigator page here:
investigator.records.nsw.gov.au/asp/photosearch/search.as...

This is almost certainly the photograph by John Degotardi senior exhibited at the 1866 Intercolonial Exhibition in Melbourne, and described on the State Library of Victoria catalogue as follows - "Includes the Gasworks chimney bearing a plaque reading 'GASWORKS 1840' and a gasometer made of iron in the foreground. Balmain can be seen across the water."

Gas Light Company's Head Station on the Eastern Shore of Darling Harbour / the back ground shewing portions of the Town of Balmain. / Sydney. N.S.Wales. 1866.
search.slv.vic.gov.au/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDispl...

From Mrs Macquaries Road in the Domain. GoogleMapsStreetView

This photograph also appears in [New Zealand, Hobart, Melbourne and Sydney / from an album of photographs with the inscription] "Colonel Trevor, 14th Regiment, November 10th, 1869", and has been attributed to John Degotardi senior by the State Library of NSW - acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=421465 - "Nos. 76,79 & 94 attributed to John Degotardi, 287 George St., Sydney from: Photograph album : Sydney, Newcastle and Bathurst views (Mitchell Library PXB 258)" See page 9 in album view ... 79. Pitts [i.e. Potts] Point from Domain

hermoso recuerdo

The house at centre on Potts Point is 'Bomera' (1856), before the building of 'Tarana' (1889) next door. See history - www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_... 'Bomera' was taken over by the NSW State Government in 1890 to develop new wharves. See these photos - investigator.records.nsw.gov.au/asp/photosearch/photo.asp... investigator.records.nsw.gov.au/asp/photosearch/photo.asp... investigator.records.nsw.gov.au/asp/photosearch/photo.asp...

c. 1893 -