Old Sydney
Sydney ferry KOOKOOBURRA under construction 1907Sydney ferry KOOKOOBURRA under construction 1907

642 historic photos for Work and industry, taken between 1802 and 1989, gathered from across the suburbs by what their catalogue titles say. They span 15 decades, with the most from the 1930s (240). They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.

1800s1 photo

Sydney Lesueur c. 1802 LSLNSW FL4432174c. 1802

1840s1 photo

Allotments for sale at Camperdown 18411841

1860s1 photo

Herald Office, Pitt Street, Sydney, 1860 - 1863, 1860–631860–63

1870s18 photos

Joseph Wearne's Flour Mills, Russell's Foundry, Phillips & Company Coal & Wood Merchants, 18701870141. Prince Alfred Park Exhibition, Bookstall and office of the B and F Bible Society (1870) John Sharkey1870138. Prince Alfred Park Exhibition, Farm Machinery and Livestock Pens. (1870) John Sharkey1870A089484r, 18701870The Industrial Progress of New South Wales (1871)1871Assembled workmen, P.N. Russell & Co Sydney c. 1872c. 187245 Empire Office SH 524, 1872187219 Survey Office SH 538, 1872187214 Post Office Taken from the Drawing, 1872187220 Colonial Architect s Office SH 215, 1872187210 Registrar Generals Office SH 562, 187218727 Colonial Secretarys Office SH 537, 1872187213 Post Office Taken from the Building SH 835, 1872187251 Herald Office, 1872187258 Council of Education Office SH 531, 1872187253 Pacific Insurance Companys Offices SH 206, 18721872158 Female School of Industry SH 577, 187218721527. "The Paper Mills in Liverpool" (Dated on the back to 1876) John Sharkey1876

1880s15 photos

Building works, The Garden Palace, 1879–821879–82Construction of the Garden Palace, 1879–821879–82Staff inside the Free Public Library (old State Library of New South Wales), c. 1885c. 1885Parramatta Court House - under construction, 18851885NSW Survey Office, Sydney, c. 1885c. 1885General Post Office, Sydney, c. 1887c. 1887Street scene from Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 - photographed by Arthur K. Syer, 1885–901885–90Farm scene from Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 - photographed by Arthur K. Syer, 1885–901885–90Office of Ryland & Morse for the Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge project, Bangar Island, New South Wales, Australia LCCN2016651640, 18871887E.K. Morse, S.V. Ryland, and others outside the office of Ryland & Morse for the Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge project, Bangar Island, New South Wales, Australia LCCN2016651643, 18871887Scaffolding for construction of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia, moves away from span atop timber framework on pontoon) - C. Bayliss photo, Sydney LCCN2016651662, 18881888CA Office c 1889 - CAFA 22 June 1936 p3, c. 1889c. 1889Rear view of Police Office Hotel, No.147 York Street (corner of Druitt Street), Sydney - showing condition of building, c. 1889c. 1889Police Office Hotel, 1889, c. 1889c. 1889North Sydney Post Office, c. 1889c. 1889

1890s8 photos

Sydney Cove wool stores, east side, 18901890Sydney University - construction of Medical School, c. 1890c. 1890General Post Office Sydney, 1880–19001880–1900Parramatta Court House - under construction, 18951895General Post Office, Sydney 18981898General Post Office, Sydney 1898, c. 1898c. 1898Single masted passenger vessel near shore, 18981898Herald Office, Sydney, c. 1899c. 1899

1900s16 photos

A farm homestead, 19001900Wool ships, Circular Quay, Sydney, 19001900General Post Office, Sydney, c 1900, c. 1900c. 1900Colonial Sugar Co offices from The Powerhouse Museum Collection, c. 1900c. 1900General Post Office, Sydney from The Powerhouse Museum Collection, c. 1900c. 1900Mutual Life Assurance Office from The Powerhouse Museum Collection, c. 1900c. 1900Shipping wool, Circular Quay, c. 1900c. 1900Lands Office, Sydney, c. 1900c. 1900General Post Office, Sydney, c. 1900c. 1900Parramatta River from Flagstaff Reserve, Sydney, c. 1900c. 1900Hall's farm, Sackville, c. 1900c. 1900Carrying wool, Sydney, c. 1900c. 1900Australian Mutual Provident Society's Offices, Pitt Street, Sydney, c. 1900c. 1900Colonial Sugar Co offices, c. 1900c. 1900Wool Stores, Circular Quay, c. 1900c. 1900Spring Street and Lands Office, Sydney, c. 1900c. 1900

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