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Rear of Alderson Street, Sydney (NSW)

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

  • 2 older comments, and then…
  • Bankstown Babyboomer said:
    Tagging is a fun job :)!
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Anyone know exactly where Alderson Street was? Possibly Surry Hills?
  • dunedoo said:
    One can see the night soil lane, and how it would have been operated. Also there doesn't appear to be any greenery, except for that half dead tree in the middle of the pix.
  • dunedoo said:
    beachcomber australia Found it, about 1/2 hour of searching. It was located at Redfern, on the eastern side of Redfern Park. It was located within the block surrounded by Elizabeth St, Kettle St, Walker St and Phillip St. Alderson Street ran north south, parallel to Elizabeth St. In that block was also Bilston St, which ran parallel and to the east of Alderson. The lane could very well be Bilston Street. Housing Commission flats occupy the site. It can be found in Gregorys reprint of their 1st edition Sydney Street Directory of 1934, which was reprinted in 2006, to celebrate their 70th edition.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    dunedoo Thanks! I wonder if the image had something to do with the earlier ones of that block? See -

Sydney Railway Station, 1871

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    This is a rare (?) view of the First Sydney Station Terminus (1855) as described here - www.cityrail.info/about/history/central_station_in-depth .

    And a glimpse of Sydney's first horse-drawn tramway, from the station along Pitt Street to Circular Quay, see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams_in_Sydney#Early_tramways ..
  • Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection said:
    beachcomber australia Thanks for adding these background info links.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Also shows the early telegraph wires and a pole on the backbone route from the GPO to Parramatta.

    " The backbone of the public telegraph network was a route in George Street from the telegraph office to Redfern Station and a shared route along the railway line to Parramatta. By 1880 there were about 10 wires along George Street. This pole route appears from the General Post Office c.1890 on Arthur Streeton's 1893 painting of Redfern Station. From Redfern to Parramatta there were about 20 wires, and crossarms were used. "
    - from www.telephonecollecting.org/lightpoles.htm
  • Waterlooian said:
    Thank you beachcomberaustralia for adding the city rail, link. Marvellous photos of which I'd never seen previous to this! Good of you to do that!
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Recently came across another photo of this first Sydney Station. Titled "The Great Southern Railway Station, Sydney" from an album by William Blackwood dated 1858 -
    acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/album/ItemViewer.aspx?itemid=824169&am...
    Album - acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemdetailpaged.aspx?itemid=404877#

Postal Telegraph

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  • angloburmeselibrary said:
    Rangoon Telegraph Office