Old Sydney

1860 11 photos

Alderman George Thornton, c. 1860The Hermitage Ryde, c. 1860Miss Margaret Miller, 1860George Walker, ex-Mayor of Paddington, 1860The Dry Dock Balmain (Looking west across Mort’s Dock at Waterview Bay, Balmain. The building on right was severely damaged by a boiler explosion in 1865), 1860Government House, Sydney, 1860 - 1863Stereoview of Governor Bourke's Statue Sydney, 1858 - 1860St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, 1860 - 1863Sydney Ferry EMU (I), c. 1860James White circa 1860Greycliffe circa 1860, c. 1860

1861 3 photos

William Speer, 1861Government House, Hobart, 1861Rest at Bondi 16 mile route march South Head, c. 1861

1862 2 photos

At the ‘Dry Docks’, the Bombay alongside (1862) (Close-up of P&O Bombay at Mort’s Dock, Balmain)At the ‘Dry Docks’, the Bombay alongside (1862) (Close-up of P&O Bombay at Mort’s Dock, Balmain) (cropped)

1863 6 photos

St Annes Church Ryde 1863Portrait of Mary Denning, Parramatta, Australia, 1863St Matthews Manly 1863Ben Hall, 1863 - (carte de visite copy photograph) Freeman Brothers, SydneyRandwick Racecourse, Sydney, (1863) - by unknown photographerRandwick Racecourse, Sydney , 1863 by unknown photographer from The State Library of New South Wales

1864 1 photo

Darling Harbour, 1864

1865 5 photos

Mortuary Railway Station c.1865, c. 1865St Matthews Manly 1865William Sharp Macleay portrait, c. 1865Fashionable lady, ca. 1865 - photographer Henry William Burgin II, c. 1865Fashionable lady, ca. 1865 - photographer Henry William Burgin II, c. 1865

1866 1 photo

Woolloomooloo 1866

1868 5 photos

Lieutenant Adolphus August Frederick FitzGeorge, of H.M.S. Galatea, 1868 - photographer Montagu Scott of Sydney (cropped)Pavilion in Hyde Park 1867-68, c. 1868Triumphal arch, Prince's Stairs, Circular Quay, Sydney. Landing of Duke of Edinburgh, 1868, January - photographer unknownLieutenant Adolphus August Frederick FitzGeorge, of H.M.S. Galatea, 1868 - photographer Montagu Scott of SydneyDuke of Edinburgh, Alfred Ernest Albert, ca. 1868, Montagu Scott, c. 1868

1869 2 photos

School of Arts, Sydney 1869N35 w1150, 1869

Sometime around the 1860s 17 photos

The library dates these to a span of years that takes in this decade. Each shows its span.

Exchange Building, Bridge Street, Sydney, 1858 - 1860, 1858–601858–60Macquarie Place Sydney, 1858 - 1860, 1858–601858–60George Street Sydney, 1858 - 1860, 1858–601858–60Locomotive No. 1, Sydney, 1858 - 1860, 1858–601858–60Garden Island from the Domain (Looking east across Woolloomooloo Bay to Garden Island), 1850–701850–70Military Barracks Paddington (Looking south east from the Greens Road wall past the Garrison Hospital to the main Barrack Block), 1850–701850–70Commercial Bank, George Street, Sydney, 1860 - 1863, 1860–631860–63St Andrews Cathedral, George Street, Sydney, 1860 - 1863, 1860–631860–63Australian Museum, College Street, Sydney, 1860 - 1863, 1860–631860–63Herald Office, Pitt Street, Sydney, 1860 - 1863, 1860–631860–63Macquarie Street Sydney, 1860 - 1863, 1860–631860–63Rouse family and others, Rouse Hill House, 1859 - photographer Major Thomas Wingate, 1859–651859–65Arthur Holroyd FL16028334 cropped, 1860s1860sIn the Botanic Gardens, 1864-1866, by J.R. Clarke, 1864–661864–66Croquet and archery, `Enmore House' grounds, Newtown, between 1865-1870 - photographer unknown, 1865–701865–70Farmer and Company, interior view of `Victoria House' department store, Pitt Street, Sydney, c. 1865 (1870?), 1865–701865–70John Whitton State Library NSW CDV, 1867–701867–70

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53 historic photos of Sydney from the 1860s, by year, then those the library dates to a span of years. They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.