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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. PROPOSED NEW OFFICES. The Sydney Morning Herald, Tuesday 21 November 1911, p. 5.:

Further consideration was given yesterday by the Public Works Committee to the proposal to erect new offices on the present site in Bridge-street for the Department of Public Instruction.
Mr. G. Kilminster, chief clerk, Department of Public Instruction, said he had been 40 years in the service. The oldest part of the present building was erected nearly 100 years ago, about 1813, he thought. The present building had been occupied by the department since 1881, when a removal there was made by the old Council of Education from Macquarie-street. The whole of the 24 rooms in the building were overcrowded, and there was congestion everywhere ...

- trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/15290649

Department of School Education - Laying foundation of new Public Instruction Offices:
Digital ID: 15051_a047_003981 (01/01/1912)
Digital ID: 15051_a047_003987 (01/09/1912)
Digital ID: 15051_a047_003972 (07/09/1912)

Two of the dates must be wrong ...

Public Instruction Offices, showing progress of new building (August 1913) - Call no.: Government Printing Office 1 - 17004, State Library of NSW.

pellethepoet I found the foundation stone laying to be 7/9/1912 ...

GoogleMapsStreetView (almost) - goo.gl/maps/165fH

The correct date for the laying of the foundation stone was Saturday 7 September, 1912 - PEEPS INTO HISTORY. EDUCATION IN NEW SOUTH WALES. FOUNDATION STONE LAYING. The Sydney Morning Herald, Monday 9 September 1912, p. 8.:

"This is an historic spot."
Those words formed the keynote of more than one speech made at the laying of the foundation stone of the new building being erected for the State Education Department, at the corners of Bridge, Loftus, and Young streets on Saturday morning. The ceremony was performed by the Minister for Education, Mr. C. Carmichael, M.L.A. Among those present were Sir Normand MacLaurin, Professor David, Judge Backhouse, and many others. ...

- trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/15347525

One of my favourite images of Sydney. I discovered this image at PHM about a year ago when researching an exhibition I was working on. I still loving looking at all the details captured in it. Amazing to see these images of Sydney during that period and return to the spot they were taken to see how the city has changed.

It's probably worth mentioning that Peapes was a classy men's store which lingered on for many years, probably due to it's proximity to the later-to-be-constructed Wynyard railway station ramp. The actual direction of this photo is looking SSW, 'down' George Street towards Town Hall and away from Circular Quay.

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Sydney's older buildings and structures. , and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Between December 1899 (when the electric trams began in George St.) and 1904 (electric street lighting, not evident in this photo). Peapes (& Shaw) had an earlier store across George Street at No. 324 (that all rhymes!) -

wonderful and so orderly. :)

This is amazing!

Got to love this!

Absolutely beautiful!!

How beautiful. I wonder what the waiting staff wore