Old Sydney

1900s15 photos

Wool Stores, Circular Quay, 19001900General Post Office from Moore Street, Sydney, c. 1900c. 1900Pyrmont Bridge under construction, c. 1901c. 1901Pyrmont Bridge under construction, 1901, c. 1901c. 1901General Post Office at Martin Place, c. 1901c. 1901A9574002h, 19011901Sydney ferry KOREE under construction at David Drake yard in Balmain, 19011901Sydney ferry KOREE under construction at David Drake yard Balmain, 19011901Central Railway Station - construction, c.1902, c. 1902c. 1902Construction work for Pyrmont Bridge, 19021902Construction work, Balmain, c. 1903c. 1903Sydney from a balloon, 27 March 19041904Sydney ferry BINNGARRA under construction at Clarkes Point Woolwich circa 1905, c. 1905c. 1905Sydney ferry KOOKOOBURRA under construction 19071907Property of G.W. Horsler, Baptist Street, Redfern, c. 1908c. 1908

1910s33 photos

Sydney ferry BELLUBERA under construction, 19101910Horsedrawn carts at construction site at Darling Harbour, Sydney, c. 1910c. 1910View of construction near No.2 wharf at Darling Harbour (NSW), c. 1910c. 1910Sydney K-class ferry construction under construction Morrison and Sinclair, 19101910State Brickworks, Homebush A2020004h, 19111911State Brickworks Homebush A2020003h, 19111911State Brickworks, Homebush A2020002h, 19111911State Brickworks, Homebush A2020006h, 19111911State Brickworks Homebush A2020003h (cropped), 19111911State Brickworks, Homebush A2020002h (cropped), 19111911State Brickworks, Homebush A2020006h (cropped), 19111911Sydney ferries KIRAWA KANANGRA BALGOWLAH under construction, c. 1912c. 1912Sydney Ferries KIRAWA KANANGRA BALGOWLAH under construction Morts Dock May 19121912Sydney Ferry BALGOWLAH under construction at Morts Dock May 19121912Daceyville - suburb under construction, 19131913Auburn Rd and Post Office, 1900–271900–27Post Office Chatswood, 1900–271900–27Post Office Drummoyne, 1900–271900–27Post Office, 1900–271900–27New Office Coast Hospital, 1900–271900–27Post Office Hornsby, 1900–271900–27Post Office Mosman, 1900–271900–27Ostrich Farm South Head NSW, 1900–271900–27Ostrich Farm Watsons Bay NSW, 1900–271900–27Elizabeth Farm Parramatta NSW, 1900–271900–27Post Office Bondi, 1900–271900–27EY Mills caricature on a menu card for the complimentary dinner for Dr WG Armstrong test cricketer, 19131913EY Mills caricature on menu card of the complimentary dinner for test cricketer Dr WG Armstrong, 19131913Meadowbank Works, Meadowbank around 19151915City of sydney - Circular Quay, Colonial Secretary's Office, Custom's House, Lands Office, Hotel Australia, 19151915Members of Clyde works rifle club, 19151915Post Office Tower from Wynyard Street, 1916 - by Sydney Ure Smith1916Arthur Brierley, 19181918

1920s12 photos

The 100,000th Willys-Overland exported car, outside Overland Sydney Ltd office, 1920 - 19291920Group of workmen at Glebe Island silo construction site, New South Wales A.G. Foster, 19201920Grantham Soldiers Settlement Estate - Grantham Stud Poultry Farm, incubator house, 19211921Grantham Soldiers' Settlement Estate - Grantham Stud Poultry Farm, settler's cottage, c. 1921c. 1921Construction of underground railway at Hyde Park, 19221922Greystaynes on Prospect Hill, New South Wales, 19231923Construction of train tunnel for underground railway, 19231923Construction of train tunnel Hyde Park, 19231923Construction of approach to Central Station, 19231923Construction of train tunnel Hyde Park, 19231923Looking up Blue Street from Walker Street. Field Office on left hand corner, 1923?1923?Sydney Harbour Bridge under construction North Shore aerial, 1920s1920s

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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.