Old Sydney

1875 3 photos

Panorama of Sydney from Lavender Bay (1875)Syd-Hosp-original-building-cropped-final-1400w, c. 1875Greycliffe circa 1875, c. 1875

1876 3 photos

Locomotive arriving by ship, 1876, c. 18761527. "The Paper Mills in Liverpool" (Dated on the back to 1876) John Sharkey(Panorama of Sydney Harbour from North Sydney, showing Lavender Bay, 1876 - photographed by Francis W. Robinson)

1877 11 photos

Alderman John Davies, C.M.G., M.L.A., J.P. (1874-82), 1877John MacIntosh, 1877DarlingHarbour1877 NJCaireL'Estrange, the Australian Blondin, crossing Middle Harbour, 1877Alfred E. Shittles, 1877?Botanical Gardens, Sydney, 1877Harris family, Sydney, ca. 1877 - photographer Freeman &Co, c. 1877Free Public Library, corner of Bent and Macquarie Sts, Sydney, 1877 - New South Wales Government Printing OfficeA089193r, 1877Misses Alice (The White Rose of Sydney) & Margaret Halloran of Burwood, NSW, ca. 1877 - ¼ plate glass negative by Freeman & Co, c. 1877George Rignold Henry 5 1877

1878 10 photos

Robert Fowler, 1878Darling Harbour 1878Gatehouse - Valley Heights Railway Station, 1878, c. 1878Pitt Street, Sydney 1878Mr & Mrs Finlay (1878)Finlay wedding bridal party (7 August 1878)Vice-regal nuptials 7 August 1878Watson's bay 1878A. Hordern and Sons, Palace Show Rooms, George St, Haymarket, c. 1878Nla.pic-vn3916401-s11-v, 1878

1879 20 photos

Alderman Charles James Roberts (1877-80) Mayor of Sydney 1879Hornby 1895 BW gb 1, 1879Bismarck in Dry Dock, c. 1879Asylum, Callan Park, Sydney, 1879Outdoor darkroom, Sydney slnsw, c. 1879Captain Moonlight, 1879Inside view of the Garden Palace, 1879Inside the Garden palace, 1879Captain Cook statue, Hyde Park, c. 1879Woolloomooloo - from the "Hilton" residence in Darlinghurst, 1879Chief Secretarys Building, Sydney, c. 1879Steam Tram, c. 1879Botanic Gardens (Sydney - attributed to the New South Wales. Government Printing Office), 1879Motor and double-deck cars, Market Street, 1879View from Mrs Macquarie's Point looking at Garden Palace c 1879, by Tronier Artist Photographer, c. 1879International Exhibition Building, 1879 by Tronier Artist PhotographerGarden Palace, 1879, by Tronier Artist PhotographerQueens Statue, Garden Palace Building, Sydney, between 1879-1882 - (NSW Government Printer ?), c. 1879Sydney Botanic Garden Panorama - 1879Sydney Ferry WALLABY leaving Neutral Bay Wharf 1879 to 1900

Sometime around the 1870s 13 photos

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

Garden 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), 1850–701850–70Croquet 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, 1867–701867–70Portrait of Thomas Henry Iceton, cricketer, New South Wales c. 1871, 1870–711870–71Alderman Michael Chapman (1860-62, 1866-1900) Mayor 1871-72, Unique ID A-00041474, 1871–721871–72A.M.P. Society Building, 98 Pitt Street, Sydney (circa 1871-1873), 1871–731871–73A2825010h, 1870–751870–75Promotion for the Ziegfeld Girl taken for MGM, 1870–751870–75Mrs Macquarie's Chair, Sydney, ca. 1870-1875 - photographer American and Australasian Photographic Company, 1870–751870–75Governor Bourke's Statue at the entrance to the Botanical Gardens, Sydney, 1870-1875, The American & Australasian Photographic Company, 1870–751870–75Governor Bourke's Statue at the entrance to the Botanical Gardens, Sydney, 1870-1875, The American & Australasian Photographic Company, 1870–751870–75

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320 historic photos of Sydney from the 1870s, 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.