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The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Transport hubs

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Central Railway Station

Milsons Point Ferry Arcade

Bondi Junction

Circular Quay

Enfield Marshalling Yards

Maroubra Junction

Neutral Bay Junction

Railway Square

Circular Quay

Bus stop on Carrington Street, Wynyard 1930s

Carl Ellefson on Central Railway Station 2009

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Transport hubs

Central Railway Station

Central Railway Station was Sydney's third terminus, replacing the original 1855 station further south in Redfern and a later upgraded station built in the 1870s.

Central Railway Station

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Central Railway Station, opened in 1906, is Sydney's main rail terminus. Built on the site of the Devonshire Street Cemetery, it replaced a nearby terminus on Devonshire Street.

Milsons Point Ferry Arcade

Covered concourse constructed as an amenity for tram, train and ferry passengers. Demolished for the construction for the Sydney Harbour Bridge

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Bondi Junction

Busy eastern suburbs commercial centre, with a rail and bus interchange and high rise development. Known as 'Tea Gardens' until the construction of the tram line from Darlinghurst in the 1880s.

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Circular Quay

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Area of Sydney's central business district that surrounds the quays built on reclaimed land from the 1830s.

Enfield Marshalling Yards

Marshalling yards for Sydney's rail freight network constructed on the site of a former brickworks.

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Maroubra Junction

Intersection of Maroubra Road and Anzac Parade, Maroubra.

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Neutral Bay Junction

The commercial area of Neutral Bay along Military Road

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Railway Square

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Intersection of Broadway, George Street and Pitt Streets on the western side of Central Railway Station that marks the edge of the city centre.

Circular Quay

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Quay built between 1837 and 1855 and originally known as Semi-circular Quay, because of the shape of the stoneworks built with convict labour to stabilise the new shoreline reclaimed from mudflats.

Bus stop on Carrington Street, Wynyard 1930s

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City of Sydney Archives

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Carl Ellefson on Central Railway Station 2009

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Poppy Stockell

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City of Sydney Council