milsons

I wonder if pellethepoet knows where this is?

Yes I wonder.....:)

Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection Thank you so much for going to the trouble of tracking down this image of Ferry Lane. beachcomber australia This is the photo I mentioned here that was incorrectly identified in Harvey Shore's book.

pellethepoet Another to add to the 'coincidences' gallery.



Lionel Lindsay - "Balcony, Ferry Lane, The Rocks" 1925 (NLA)

beachcomber australia Whoops, thanks - nearly forgot in all my excitement!

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

Looks like a tram line in the centre of the road but no sign of the cable trough, so this may be Darling St prior to the installation of the cable tram.

So a horse drawn tram?

My vote goes to this being Alfred Street, Milson's Point. Not Balmain as in the title. See Persistent URL. But I can't see the "GPO Tower visible across the harbour". I can see Government House, and (?) St Marks Darling Point steeple.

I agree - this probably isn't Balmain. The shop on the corner looks right, but if so there should probably be a street on the right corresponding with a street on the right. And most of the buildings down the street appear to be shops, whereas the surviving buildings down Darling Street near the wharf are mostly terraces and houses.

That must be at (the new) Milson's Point Station.

Well, the caption says it was the first train across the Bridge, but certainly there were test runs. The first passengers across the Bridge were actually the Rev G. McChesney Clark and the Rev. B. Bentley who had the lucky chance to board a train as the only passengers on Friday 18 March, 1932 and travel across the Bridge. They travelled the day before the first OFFICIAL trip was scheduled. Here is the story from Monday 21 March, 1932: nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16849340 Therefore, the date presently shown for this photograph of 19/01/1932 is incorrect, it would correctly be dated 19/03/1932 the date when the first official passenger train crossed the bridge. Here is an advertisement selling tickets for the train scheduled to depart Wynyard Station for North Sydney station at 12.30pm on Saturday March 19, 1932: nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16847415

beachcomber australia Given the train travelled from Wynyard to North Sydney, do you think this photo could have been taken at North Sydney station?

BobMeade There are several newspaper reports and photos of this "first train" on Tuesday 19 January 1932 - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/16834951 trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/32387789 trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/29940464 The second link mentions that the journey was from Kirribilli (ie Milsons Point). The third link mentions the trip was "from north to south, and back again" I think the Bridge pylons are too close in the above photo for it to have been North Sydney. I wonder if the water bubbler is still there on the platform?

Yes, I think you're right and it is Milson's Point. I just made some measurements on a map which also suggest you are correct.