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Bags of wheat fall off truck Pyrmont Bridge, c. 1935Bags of wheat fall off truck Pyrmont Bridgec. 1935

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Pyrmont is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 2 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Sydney. It is also part of the Darling Harbour region.

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1830s1 photo

Sydney St Andrew - Plan of Pyrmont New South Wales the property of Edwd (Edward) Macarthur Esqre (Esquire) divided into allotments for building 1836 (Sketch book 5 folio 21)1836

1880s2 photos

Locomotive being delivered at Pyrmont, 18801880A chimney sweep (?) walking across Pyrmont Bridge Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 - photographed by Arthur K. Syer, 1885–901885–90

1890s3 photos

Pyrmont Public School, c 1900, 1880–19001880–1900StateLibQld 1 134038 Altcar (ship), 18911891Market Street showing site of Pyrmont Bridge before work started, 18991899

1900s12 photos

View towards Pyrmont from the north, 19001900Sydney from Pyrmont, c. 1900c. 1900Sydney from Pyrmont, c. 1900c. 1900Samuel Smith A-00041305, 19011901Pyrmont Bridge under construction, c. 1901c. 1901Pyrmont Bridge under construction, 1901, c. 1901c. 1901Pyrmont Bridge, Sydney 19011901Approach to Pyrmont Bridge from Sydney - as originally built, 19011901Construction work for Pyrmont Bridge, 19021902Darling Island and Harbour, looking towards the city, December 1903 - Melvin Vaniman1903Sydney Ferry LADY RAWSON 19031903Looking south across Pyrmont Bay, c. 1904c. 1904

1920s2 photos

William Holdsworth, 19221922Hood 06330r, 19281928

1930s7 photos

Demolishing old buildings at Pyrmont or Wall crash Chisholm Street Paddington, 19341934Bags of wheat fall off truck Pyrmont Bridge, c. 1935c. 1935Street scene Pyrmont, 19351935Street scene Pyrmont, 19351935Wool clips Pyrmont, 19371937Arrival of the New Zealand contingent for Anzac Day aboard TSS Maunganui, 23 April 19381938Unloading McWilliams wines at Pyrmont, 19381938

1940s10 photos

Ledgworth clip at Pyrmont Taken for Country Life Newspaper Ltd, 19401940Australian 2-15th Battalion signallers at Sydney December 1940 (AWM photo 005560)19406th Division boards the troopships, Pyrmont, Sydney, 9-10 January 1940 - by Sam Hood1940"Driver" of Pyrmont Opening Bridge, n.d., by Ted Hood, 19431943Extensions being carried out Waterside Cold Stores taken for Mr Driscoll, 19441944HMS Pioneer in Sydney in January 19461946Wharves under construction, Pyrmont, c. 1946c. 1946Police station, Pyrmont, 1949 slnsw1949Sydney skyline from Pyrmont Bridge, evening sunlight in Margaret Hall, from Series 02- Sydney people and streets, 1948-1950, photographed by Brian Bird, 19491949Sydney skyline from Pyrmont Bridge, evening sunlight in Margaret Hall, from Series 02- Sydney people & streets, 1948-1950, photographed by Brian Bird, 19491949

1950s1 photo

Margaret Hughes 19501950

1960s3 photos

66-328 Sydney Australia 19661966P & O liner Orsova & tug Himma at wharf 13 Pyrmont Sydney, 1968196868-10 SS Malaysia 1a, Sydney 19681968

1980s7 photos

Sydney ferry BELLUBERA hulked at Pyrmont, 19801980Darling-harbour-as-working-port-early80s adjusted, 1980s1980sDarling-harbour-construction-early-eighties, 1980s1980sSydney Ferries KAMERUKA and KARRABEE laid up in Pyrmont 19841984Sydney ferry KAMERUKA sunk alongside KARRABEE at Pyrmont circa 1985, c. 1985c. 1985The remains of Sydney ferry KAMERUKA after she sunk and was broken up by grab dredge April 19861986Sydney Ferries KAMERUKA and KARRABEE laid up in Pyrmont circa 1986, c. 1986c. 1986

More of Pyrmont

48 historic photos of Pyrmont, Sydney, taken between 1836 and 1989. They span 10 decades, with the most from the 1900s (12). They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.