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Cooks River Road, St Peters - Finished work

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

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• Andy Brill said:

  This is now the Princes Highway, Tempe, adjacent to the former Sydney Bus and Truck Museum near Gannon Street. The tram tracks turn right to the Tempe Depot (later the museum). The three buildings, prominent in this late afternoon south-facing 1929 photo, are still standing : See Streetview: View Larger Map

• d-olwen-dee said:

  Cooks River Rd, St Peters, 1929 ... my guess is early morning because of the length of the shadows, and the general tidiness of the children, on their way to school, judging by the clothing, the escort, and the general lack of adults. If it is St Peters, could they be on their way to the public school at the back of St Peters Church? I posit the photo is facinf north. But, from a 1929 map I could not find any tram tracks turning right, not even down Canal Rd. There were trams up ooks River Rd, and a tram branched off to Sydenham Stn along Railway Parade, Thoughts, anyone pls?

• d-olwen-dee said:

  Andy, Are we pointing North or South? Are the tram tracks curving west into Gannon St, and therefore, we must be traveling south. Which school are the kids heading towards?

• Andy Brill said:

  d-olwen-dee Definitely facing south. The tram tracks do not enter Gannon St but turn west into what was the Tram Depot, between Stanley and Gannon Streets. See Streetview in my comment above - the view is relatively unchanged despite the intervening 85 years.

• d-olwen-dee said:

  Yep, can see that on my 1929 map. Tramway Street is here, too. So the kids are heading toward/away from Tempe Public School (cnr UB Rd and Union St). And the shadows coming across from the right ... afternoon fading light??