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City of Sydney Archives
Collection
The City of Sydney Archives holds items from as early as 1842 when the Municipal Council of Sydney was established, and manage, preserve and provide access to more than 1 million items, including documents, photographs, maps, plans and data. The collection consists of City of Sydney corporate archives, items collected from the community relating to the City of Sydney local area and published reference material. Use the links to go directly to the City of Sydney's website.
Whisky a Go Go nightclub, Kings Cross 11 August 1969
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'Lesbian Brides' marching group, Mardi Gras 1994
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195-197 George Street West, 15 November 1918
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32 Harrington Street, the Rocks c1989
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87-95 Market Street 1923
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AMP Building c1962
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Advertisements in Railway Square 1960s
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Aerial view of Queens Square c1930
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Aerial view of Redfern Park and Redfern Oval 1949
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Aerial view of southern Hyde Park 1950s
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Alderman Charles Edward Jeanneret, c1888-89
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Alderman Daniel Patrick Minogue 1942
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Alderman Ernest Samuel Marks, Lord Mayor 1930
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Alderman George Hill c1870
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Alderman James Green 1881-82
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Alderman John Hosking
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Alderman Lawrence Emmet McDermott 1960s
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Alfred Street, Circular Quay 1962
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Archibald Fountain and surrounds 1930s
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Architect's drawing of the Bunnerong Power Station 1926
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Architectural transformation in Surry Hills 1991
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Alexandria 1886-1888
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Annandale 1894
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Ashfield 1886-1888
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Auburn 1892-1894
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Balmain 1886-1888
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Botany 1888-1888
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Burwood 1886-1888
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Camperdown 1886-1888
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Canterbury 1888-1894
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Canterbury A 1886-1888
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Concord 1889-1894
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Darlington 1886-1888
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Drummoyne 1889-1894
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Dundas 1891-1894
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Enfield 1889-1894
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Fivedock 1889-1894
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Glebe 1886-1888
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Granville 1889-1894
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Hunters Hill 1889-1894
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Hurstville 1887-1888
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Kogarah 1886-1888
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Lane Cove 1895-1895
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Leichhardt 1894-1894
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Leichhardt A 1886-1888
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Macdonaldtown 1886-1888
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Manly 1890-1894
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Marrickville 1894-1895
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Mosman 1893-1894
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Newtown 1886-1888
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - North Botany 1888
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - North Sydney 1893-1894
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Paddington 1886-1888
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Parramatta 1889-1894
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Petersham 1886-1888
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Randwick 1886-1888
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Redfern 1886-1888
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Rockdale 1888
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Rookwood 1891-1894
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - St Leonards 1889-1890
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - St Peters 1886-1888
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Strathfield 1889-1894
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Victoria 1889-1890
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Waterloo 1886-1888
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Waverley 1886-1888
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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Willoughby 1889-1890
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Botany Pumping Station - interior showing ground floor
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Botany Pumping Station - interior showing top floor
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Botany Sewerage Farm c1900
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Boys skipping rope in Kepos Street, Redfern 1952
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Bridge across canal with factories in background during construction of stormwater canal in Alexandria, 3 July 1929
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Brisbane Street resumption area, Surry Hills 1929
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Broadway widening - looking east along George St West (Broadway) towards Shepherd Street early 1930s
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Bunnerong Power Station, Botany
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Bus stop on Carrington Street, Wynyard 1930s
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Busby's Bore
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Capitol Theatre before restoration, Haymarket 1992
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Capstan Cigarette top hamper advertising sign 1959
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Captain Cook Dry Dock 1951
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Carmen photographed for Drag Queen & Transgender Artists 'Safe Drinking' campaign poster 1998
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Charles H Bertie, City Librarian, 1925-1927
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Children at Camperdown Park Children's Playground 1938
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Children with their toys in Kepos Street, Redfern 1950
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Christmas tree in Hyde Park 7 December 1962
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Christmas tree in Martin Place 4 January 1971
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Christmas tree in Martin Place December 2005
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Circular Quay 1965
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City of Sydney 1888 (a birdseye view)
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City of Sydney – Survey Plans, 1833: Section 47
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Cleveland House, Surry Hills 1990
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Cleveland Street, Surry Hills 1991
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County of Cumberland Planning Scheme map 1948
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Covering the expressway cutting, 17 March 1961
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Criterion Theatre c1900
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Cross City Tunnel construction project May 2005
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Cumberland Place, The Rocks 1912
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Cumberland Place, The Rocks, circa 1912
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Darling Harbour redevelopment October 1985
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Darlinghurst Road at night 1990
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Dawn O'Donnell, her partner Aniek Baten and French fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier judge the Mardi Gras Parade, 2000
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Demolition of men's underground public toilet at Druitt Street in front of the Queen Victoria Building, 1933
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Detail from 'Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Canterbury 1886-1888' showing location of the Punch Bowl
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Detail of Doves Plan of Sydney showing Market Row 1880
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Detail of map of Sydney showing buildings running between George and Pitt Streets, between King and Market Streets 1880
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Detail of map showing Pfahlerts Hotel at Wynyard 1880
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Detail of map showing different denominational burial grounds in the Devonshire Street Cemetery 1845
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Detail of plan of Riley Estate 1844
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Detail of plan of the City of Sydney showing the wooden bridge over the Tank Stream 1855
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Detail of plan of the Rocks showing the morgue, the Sailors Home and the Mariner's Church on north George Street 1880
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Detail showing corner of Macquarie and King Streets from City of Sydney Survey Plans, 1833
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Domain Baths 1955
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Double decker and single decker buses on layover at Circular Quay East 14 December 1968
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Eastern Suburbs Railway line viaduct construction
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Edmund Thomas Blacket c1880s
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Entrance to Tooth & Co. Kent Brewery, Broadway 1930s
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Ferguson's Observer Hotel, George St North c1907
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First Government House site c1989
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Flyer for Bray's Museum of Island Curios c1891
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Flyer for Bray's Museum, inverse c1891
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Forbes Street stairs, Darlinghurst 1930s
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Fort Macquarie tram depot 1953
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Fruit stall in Springfield Avenue 26 May 1933
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General Post Office building 2001
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Glebe Court House c1970
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Glebe Island Bridge postcard 1915
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Goldsbrough, Mort & Co Ltd Wool Store 1936
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Green Park, Darlinghurst, early 1930s
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Henry MacDermott c1840s
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History House, 133 Macquarie Street c1989
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Hoadley's Coffee Palace, King Street c1910
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Horbury Terrace, Macquarie Street 1938
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Hyde Park Family Centre 1991
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James Robert Wilshire 1856
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John Sutton, Mayor of Sydney, 1866
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Kerryn Phelps and Jackie Stricker at Mardi Gras 2002
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Kings Cross 1940s
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Korean Martial Arts, The Rocks, 2000
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Little Bridge house, Ultimo 1954
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Looking down the McElhone Stairs from Victoria Street towards Cowper Wharf Roadway, Woolloomooloo 1960
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Lord Mayor Frank Sartor 1998
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Lord Mayor Leo Port welcoming Queen Elizabeth II 1977
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Macquarie Hotel on corner of Bourke Street and Cowper Wharf Road, Ward boundary marker in front, 10 March 1920
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Macquarie Street 1845
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Map of St Peters brickpits and surrounds 1880s
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Map of existing land use in County of Cumberland 1945
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Map of the City of Sydney, New South Wales 1845
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Memo from City Health Officer GF Dansey about condition of the Dead House, Circular Quay, 1879
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Men's convenience, Taylor Square c1934
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Men's public toilet, Green Park, Darlinghurst c1934
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Monorail station, Citibank project and School of Arts building: 275-293 Pitt Street January 2000
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Newtown Synagogue 1982
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Nos 3, 5 and 7 Gas Lane, Millers Point c1909-13
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O'Connor Street verandah living, Chippendale 1934
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Observatory Park, South African War Monument 30 May 1986
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Oddfellows Memorial Hyde Park c1934
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Old Domain Baths (Municipal Baths) c1950
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Opening of Enmore Theatre 1911
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Paris Theatre 1965
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Pedestrians in Pitt Street, Sydney 1930s
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Pfahlerts Hotel, 50 Margaret Street 10 September 1956
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Pyramid glasshouse in the Royal Botanic Gardens 1986
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Queen Victoria Building (QVB) early 1900s
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Ragged School Harrington Street c1911
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Railway Square c1906
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Removal of tram tracks George Street 1960
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Restored Capitol Theatre 1995
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Reynolds' Cottages at the Rocks c1989
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Roadworks in Park Street 1920s
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Rowe Street 1929
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Royal Randwick Racecourse 1948
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Rushcutters Bay Park 2003
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Sacred Heart School, Darlinghurst 1976
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Sailing boats in Kippax Lake, Moore Park c1977
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Sailing on Sydney Harbour 1970
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Salvation Army Temple, Goulburn Street c1909-13
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Sandstone statues of John McDouall Stuart and Thomas Livingstone Mitchell on Lands Department Building c2001
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Shea's Creek 1888
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Signwriting firm, Elizabeth Street 1917
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Sketch map of the waterpipes laid in Sydney at June 1844
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Sketch map of the waterpipes laid in Sydney at June 1844
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Snapper Island training base 1960s
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Soren's Wine Bar, Cathedral Street, Woolloomooloo 1970s
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South western outfall siphon and Mascot Pumping Station at the mouth of Cooks River, Botany Bay 1916
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St Canice's church on Roslyn Street, Potts Point c1940
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Statue of Queen Victoria at Queens Square c1975
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Stormwater channel, Sheas Creek, Alexandria 3 July 1929
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Strawberry Hills Estate c1830s
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Strickland Buildings in Balfour Street, Chippendale 2000
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Sutton Stairs, Millers Point December 1961
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Sydney School of Arts, 275-277 Pitt St 1970s
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Terraces in Waine Street, Surry Hills c1910
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Terraces on Irving Street, Chippendale 1908
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The Argyle Cut and Playfair Stairs c1900
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The Glebe District Silver Band 1936-1937
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The Judge's House, 531 Kent Street 1983
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The Malaya Restaurant in the Sutton Forest Meat Company building, Haymarket, December 2000
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The Regent Hotel (formerly the Empress Hotel) 83-87 Regent Street, Redfern 3 November 1989
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The Spectre 1930
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The village of Booralee 1888
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Thornton's obelisk, Hyde Park 1960s
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Timber at the end of the railway line used to carry soil away during construction stormwater channel in Alexandria 3 July 1929
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Tivoli Theatre and Hotel Sydney 12 August 1963
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Town planning model of Circular Quay 1963
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Traffic in Taylor Square 1959
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Traffic in Taylor Square 1959
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Tram at Museum station 1957
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Urinal Observatory Hill 1968
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View across Mill Pond to the Botany Water Works 1890
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View of the crowd at the opening ceremony at the Queen Victoria Building 18 November 1986
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View over Blues Point and McMahon's Point c1900
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Waratah Spring Festival parade, College Street 1960s
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White Bay power station c1930
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Wine saloon, George Street 1916
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Wing Sang & Co Haymarket c1909
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Wirth's Hippodrome Construction 1915
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Wirth's Hippodrome Construction 1915
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Working on the footpath upgrade, Pitt Street, July 1999
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Wuganmagulya (Farm Cove) by Brenda Croft 2000
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You... and the County Plan 1945
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