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1-3 Bank Street

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1-3 Bank Street

View from Anzac Bridge

1-3 Bank Street

Courtyard

1-3 Bank Street

View from inside 1 to 3 Bank Street

Old kitchen, 1 to 3 Bank Street

1 to 3 Bank Street

View from Bank Street

Old wharf, demolished 2017

1 to 3 Bank Street

View from the bay

Anzac Bridge

Locations Gallery 1

Glebe Island and Anzac Bridge pylon 1992

Anzac Bridge pylon under construction 1992

Anzac Bridge pylon 1994

Anzac Bridge under construction 1994

Anzac Bridge under construction 1994

Anzac Bridge under construction 1994

Anzac Bridge and Glebe Island, from CSR Distillery, David Porter, 1994

Anzac Bridge

Anzac Bridge with traffic 1997

Jacksons Landing, Anzac Bridge, Johnstons Bay 2000

Pamela Wright

Jacksons Landing, Anzac Bridge and Blackwattle Bay

Alison Seccombe, 2016

Blackwattle Bay Foreshore

Locations Gallery 1

Blackwattle swamp 1854

Elyard, Blackwattle Bay with bridge 1868

Boat sheds Blackwattle Bay 1899

Blackwattle Bay Foreshore

Bank Street, 1917-1939

Timber yards

Purr Pull Oil storage depot

Blackwattle Bay 1930s

View across to Black Wattle Bay from top of Mount St steps. Half way hotel below in Miller St. 1980s

Jacksons Landing, Anzac Bridge and Blackwattle Bay

Old wharf, demolished 2017

1 to 3 Bank Street

Burley Griffin Incinerator

Industry Gallery 2

Walter Burley Griffin & Marion Mahoney Griffin

Construction of new incinerator 1934 Saunders St looking SW into Blackwattle Bay

City of Sydney Archives

Griffin Incinerator – sandstone wall on Bank Street (still remaining)

Griffin Incinerator – rear under construction – 1930s

Griffin Incinerator – gatehouse & weighbridge, trucks dumping garbage into pit

Griffin Incinerator

City of Sydney Archives

Delivering garbage, Incinerator, Saunders St, late 1930s

Griffin Incinerator – ash collection point

Griffin Incinerator

City of Sydney Archives

Griffin Incinerator – garbage pit, grab crane and furnace shutes

Griffin Incinerator – grabber

Griffin Incinerator – landscaped bank 1938

Griffin Incinerator – landscaped gardens 1938

Griffin Incinerator – stack detail

Griffin Incinerator – tile detail – 1

Griffin Incinerator – tile detail – 2

Griffin Incinerator – twin-flued stack

Griffin Incinerator – rear – 1976

Griffin Incinerator – NW facade – 1976

Griffin Incinerator from Bank Street 1976

Griffin Incinerator – furnace room – 1976

Griffin Incinerator with stack partly dismantled c1977

Darling Harbour

Darling Island

Glebe Island

Locations Gallery 1

Pyrmont from Sydney c. 1845

Glebe Island

W. Mason, 1857

Slaughter houses on Glebe Island 1863 (Lloyd)

Glebe Island with old bridge 1870

Glebe Island Abattoirs 1870s

Pickering, Glebe Island abattoirs 1870

Glebe Island and Glebe Island Bridge 1872

Site of Terminal Grain Elevator on Glebe Island

Collis Glebe Island and Bridge in the 1930s

Waterside Workers sit down to a hot meal at the first Government Canteen and Mess room at Glebe Island, 1940-45

Argus Newspaper Collection of Photographs, State Library of Victoria

Minister for Shipping and Supply, Mr. Beasley, smilingly pays [one shilling and three pence] for steak and kidney pudding and a cup of tea, Glebe Island 1940-1945

Argus Newspaper Collection of Photographs, State Library of Victoria

Troops welcomed home from Wewak 1946

Armoured car personnel waiting to board at Glebe Island 1946

HMAS Manoora about to leave Glebe Island for Japan 1946

Glebe Island with troops about to board SS Pauchang Victory for Japan 1946

Trucks on Glebe Island bound for Japan 1946

Bombs from Borneo to Brisbane via Glebe Island

Glebe Island wharves 1950

Glebe Island Terminal with rail lines and Anzac Bridge

Glebe Island container cranes 1976

Glebe Island container terminal 1976

Glebe Island Container Ship ACT 3-1990

Car imports at Glebe Island, 2007

Blue Hawk farewell – November 2008

Car ferry and tug

Pamela Wright, 2008

Party of residents farewelling the last car transporter 2008

Pamela Wright

Work and pleasure

John Curotta. 2013

Glebe Island Bridge

Locations Gallery 1

Building the old Glebe Island Bridge

City of Sydney Archives

Glebe Island Bridge 1871-71 (Pyrmont on the right)

Glebe Island and Glebe Island Bridge 1872

Glebe Island Bridge collapse – 3am Saturday 5 August 1899

City of Sydney Archives

Glebe Island Bridge open 1910

City of Sydney Archives

Steam vessel and German barque Gustav passing through Glebe Island Bridge, departing Blackwattle or Rozelle Bay, December 1926

Samuel J Hood Studio, Australian National Maritime Museum

Glebe Island Bridge

2001

Glebe Island Swing Bridge today

Glebe Island Swing Bridge today

The current neglected state of the bridge

Photographer: Martin Lawrence, April 2015

Locations Gallery 2

Darling Harbour from Harris Street, 1867, Samuel Elyard

State Library of New South Wales

Overlooking Harris Street, 1900

Harris St 1950

Harris St 1955

Corner of John and Harris Streets 2014

Old Bakery & Terminus Hotel, Harris and John Streets 2014

Old Bakery, Harris and John Streets 2014

Union Square 2015

Union Square 2015

Harris Street 2015

Making the crossing at John and Harris Streets

Harris Street cafe culture 2016

Bicycle repairs in Union Square 2016

Cafe culture, 2016

John Curotta

International Convention Centre Sydney

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Convention Centre demolished 2014

International Convention Centre Sydney

ICC Sydney Grand Ballroom

ICC Sydney

ICC Sydney Public Open Day

ICC Sydney northeast entrance

Jones Bay Wharf

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Birds eye view of wharves 1919

Excavating for Jones Bay Wharf 1911-1919

Building Jones Bay Wharf 1911-1919

Building the Upper Level of Jones Bay wharf 1911-1919

7th div. arriving Pyrmont wharves for departure to Middle East Dec.1940

2nd 7th Div Mechanised Cavalry regiment Pyrmont 1940 awaiting tranport to Queen Mary for embarkation prior to leaving for the Middle East

Australian War Memorial

Leaving Pyrmont Dec.1940 on Queen Mary, Major Logan 2nd 7th Div Cav. Killed first day of battle at Sanananda.November 1942

7th Div Pyrmont 1941

Group of Ex prisoners of war on Pyrmont wharf after disembarking from RN aircraft HMS striker. October 1945

Stretcher cases being carried off hospital ship Wanganella and onto a hospital train at Pyrmont. October 1945

Soldiers and Airmen from BCOF (British Occupation forces) aboard troopship Duntroon departing Pyrmont wharf for Kure Japan. March 1946

Jane Bennett, 1994 Painting REVY triptych at Pyrmont on the upper deck of Jones Bay Wharf

Vessel berthed at Jones Bay Wharf 1950s

SS Port Albany

Jones Bay Wharf

1960s

Mist City

Maria Afanaseva, 2013

Jones Bay Brilliance

Noel Lynam, 2013

Maybanke Community Centre

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Cake decorated for celebration 1930s

City of Sydney Archives, SRC10404

Children at swings and slide in playground with houses and a Council building along Mount St behind, 1930s

City of Sydney Archives, SRC10402

Climbing equipment, slide and shelter shed, 1930s

City of Sydney Archives, SRC10403

CSR sketch of Maybanke site, 1940s

Children playing under hose in Maybanke playground 1950s

City of Sydney Archives

Craft class at Maybanke Recreation Centre May 1990

City of Sydney Archives

Pottery class at Maybanke Recreation Centre, 1990

City of Sydney Archives

Gym at Maybanke Recreation Centre Dec 1992

City of Sydney Archives

Inside Maybanke Recreation Centre 1992

City of Sydney Archives

Outdoor court, Maybanke Recreation Centre 1992

City of Sydney Archives

Pirrama Park

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Pyrmont Point Park 2004

Barry Moscrop

Pyrmont Point Park 2004

Barry Moscrop

Pyrmont Point Park 2009

Dust storm

Neil Bird, 2009

Building Pirrama Park 2008

New Harbourside Park 2009

Building Pirrama Park on the old Water Police site, 2009

Building Pirrama Park on the old Water Police site, 2009

Pirrama Park, 2013

John Dudley

Dawn, Neil Bird, 2013

The pole garden, 2013

Alison Seccombe

Reflections

Pamela England, 2013

Pyrmont Sings! May 2013

John Curotta

Tied to Tide, 2013

Ross Hindmarsh

Sunset over Pirrama Park, 2014

John Curotta

Summer fun

Trevor Daley, 2015

Fishing

Janis Daley, 2016

Dawn

Janis Daley, 2016

Afternoon light on Pyrmont Point

Pyrmont Baths

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Pyrmont Bathers, c1900

Pyrmont baths 1906

John McNeill, MLA, Patron, Pyrmont Swimming Club

Pyrmont baths 1917

City of Sydney archives

Aerial view of Pyrmont Point with baths, 1920s

Water polo team, Premiers 1925-1931

Pymont baths 1929

Dressing rooms, Pyrmont Baths 1929

City of Sydney archives

Pyrmont Baths 1929

City of Sydney archives

Pyrmont Baths 1929

City of Sydney Archives

Stairs from Point Street

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First Pyrmont Bridge 1857-1900

Pyrmont Bridge 1874

Scene on Pyrmont Bridge with Pyrmont Brewery in the distance, pre 1885

Pyrmont Bridge, 1900, G.Coutts

State Library of New South Wales

Pyrmont Bridge Construction (beside the old, looking west) ca. 1900

State Library of New South Wales

Pyrmont Bridge 1898-1902

Pyrmont Bridge from Erskin St Wharf

Pyrmont Bridge 1902

Tarring wood blocks on Pyrmont Bridge 1902

State Archives of New South Wales

Pyrmont Bridge 1907

Pyrmont Bridge

Pyrmont Bridge 1920s, Collis

Trucks on Pyrmont Bridge, 1926. Sam Hood

State Library of New South Wales

Heavy load on Pyrmont Bridge 1927

State Library of New South Wales

Pyrmont Bridge 1934

State Library of New South Wales

Pyrmont Bridge, Fred Hardie

State Library of New South Wales

Pyrmont Bridge and city, 1947

David Moore

View towards Pyrmont with bridge open

State Archives of New South Wales

Pyrmont Bridge 1948

Frank McNamara

Traffic jam on Pyrmont Bridge 1961

State Library of New South Wales

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Monorail, 2009

Trish Curotta

Monorail, 2009

Trish Curotta

Monorail, 2009

Trish Curotta

Monorail, 2009

Trish Curotta

Pyrmont Bridge & monorail 2013

Josie Di Benedetto

Sydney monorail

Josie Di Benedetto

Sydney Monorail - last day

Josie Di Benedetto

Pyrmont Bridge opens for the boat show, 2013

Josie di Benedetto

Pyrmont Bridge, 2013

Len Giddings

Pyrmont Bridge, 2014

Trish Curotta

Cabin man on Pyrmont Bridge

Pyrmont Bridge, 2015

Trish Curotta

The Morning Walk to Work, 2015

Neil Bird

Pyrmont Bridge, Australia Day 2016

Photo Elizabeth Elenius

Cycling to work on a dull morning, 2016

Lola Martin

Walking to work over Pyrmont Bridge, 2016

Lola Martin

Pyrmont Community Centre

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Bricklayers upgrading Pyrmont Community Centre 1993

Pyrmont Community Centre 1994

Book exchange 2011

Pyrmont Community Centre 2012

Friends of Pyrmont Community Centre creating The LInk 2012

Friends of Pyrmont Community Centre decorating the walls of The Link, 2012

The finished Link, 2012

Community Dinner August 2016

Photo Paul Limmer

Pyrmont Community Centre community dinner 2017

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Book exchange 2011

Friends of Pyrmont Community Centre creating The Link 2012

Friends of Pyrmont Community Centre decorating the walls of The Link 2012

The finished Link 2012

John Street 1990

Community Dinner August 2016

Photo Paul Limmer

Pyrmont Community Centre community dinner 2017

Pyrmont Point

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Bad Pyrmont

Lycett, Sydney from Surry Hills 1819 (John Macarthur’s mill can be seen)

Convincing Hill

Haunted Mill 1832

1836 Harris Estate

State Library of New South Wales

View of Pyrmont and Balmain, James Martyr, after 1840

View of Pyrmont peninsula, Conrad Martens

Pyrmont Point

Topographic map 1843

Pyrmont from Sydney c.1845

Pyrmont Point 1870s

State Library of New South Wales

View of Darling Harbour and Pyrmont from Millers Point, 1880s

Map of Darling Harbour and Pyrmont 1888

Aerial view of Pyrmont from Sydney 1890

Pyrmont Point – Dr Morse’s Pills 1900

Aerial view of Pyrmont Point with baths, 1920s

Wharf 25, Elizabeth Macarthur Bay, 1929

Storing munitions 1940s

Water Police site 1991

Painted by Jane Bennett

Water Police moving out, 2003

Water police site, Paul Green, 2003

Pyrmont Point Park 2004

Barry Moscrop

Pyrmont Point Park 2004

Barry Moscrop

View of former Water Police site from Qantas cockpit

September 2008, John Hoff

Pyrmont Point Park 2009

Dust storm

Neil Bird, 2009

Afternoon light Pyrmont Point, 2010

Giba Park stormy morning

,John Curotta, 2013

Pirrama Park, 2013

John Dudley

Sydney Fish Market

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Moored fishing trawler 2004

Fishing trawler 2004

Pelican Sunset Bakeoff, Noel Lynam 2013

Fishing Fleet, Alison Seccombe 2013

Waiting for lunch, Ian Dardick 2016

Fish Market Cafe

Trish Curotta 2017

Sydney Fish Market

Alison Seccombe

Sydney Fish Market 2015

Alison Seccombe

The Fishing Fleet 2015

Alison Seccombe

The Retail Sector 2015

Alison Seccombe

Fish market 2016

Fish market from across Blackwattle Bay 2016

Fish Market 2017

Photo Trish Curotta

Fish Market 2017

Photo Trish Curotta

Fish Market

Fish Market 2017

Photo Trish Curotta

The retail sector 2017

Photo Trish Curotta

Retail sector 2017

Photo Trish Curotta

Fishing fleet 2017

Photo Trish Curotta

Fishing fleet 2017

Photo Trish Curotta

The Star

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Pyrmont Power House, Pyrmont Street, November 1920

Pyrmont Power station

Mark Ray c.1976-84

Star City 1997-2009

Star City Casino 2007

Saberwyn

The Star Casino front 2011

Saberwyn

The Star Casino, Vivid Sydney 2015

Maksym Kozlenko

The Darling entrance 2016

The Darling Hotel 2016

The Star, Pirrama Road entrance

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War memorial in Union Square

Pyrmont and Ultimo War Memorial

Angel on the War Memorial

War memorial

Inscription on war memorial

Anzac Day

Trevor Daley, 2015

Terraces in Union Square

Len Giddings, 2013

Clean Up Australia in the Rain

Ross Hindmarsh, 2013

Winter in Union Square

Francis Lee, 2014

Union Square

Sue Sinko, 2014

Pyrmont Sings! in Union Square

John Curotta, 2015

Bicycle repairs in Union Square 2016

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Cricket Ground, Wentworth Park, 1900

Wentworth Park speedway 1930s

Football match final - Ultimo v. Birchgrove Seniors. Won by Birchgrove, 1956

Aerial view of Wentworth Park, 1970

Wentworth Park greyhound racing track 1973

Locomotive 3801 on the Wentworth Park viaduct April 1991

Wentworth Park playground 2004

Wentworth Park, touch football 2004

Wentworth Park 2005, Maureen Sharpe