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• State Library of New South Wales 1 photo
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Lane off George Street North, Sydney, c. 1906,

from State Library of New South Wales

• covid convict said:

  I'm not sure when this pic was taken...possibly during the demolitions that took place in ca. 1908 for the widening of George St North...if you zoom in on the original, at the top of the stairs you can see the 'Sailors Welcome' signage painted on the wall of the Ocean Wave Hotel...this doesn't appear in the pics taken in [1901], so it's later than then...the Ocean Wave Hotel was evidently demolished in 1908, so that's a latest date...
  
  Also see the comments and links at these pics
  

• geoff.barker285 said:

  i checked the poster re subdivision sale in Manly which was in 1906 so am presuming around that date.

• covid convict said:

  geoff.barker285 Good! I didn't see it!

• Philip Cohen said:

  As SLNSW noted, circa 1906, demolition at very start of road widening; here's another view …
  collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n7oXqadn/repg6rwwJGX64

'Wooloomooloo' RAHS/Osborne Collection

from Royal Australian Historical Society

• beachcomber australia said:

  'Toulouse' (see note) - "Toulouse (1)1934 ... 1959 sold to Greece renamed Michalakis." From www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/wilhelmsen.shtml

• beachcomber australia said:

  So earliest date for the photo is 1934.

'Tall City Buildings' RAHS/Osborne Collection

from Royal Australian Historical Society

• Philip Cohen said:

  Martin Place at the intersection with Castlereagh Street …