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Pyrmont quarries c1900

Pyrmont quarries c1900

By

John Henry Harvey

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State Library of Victoria

[Image H2009.100/301]

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Harvey, John Henry

State Library of Victoria

The State Library of Victoria is contributing items from its multimedia collection

Quarrying

Pyrmont

Peninsular inner-west suburb between Darling Harbour and Johnston's Bay. Quarried for its sandstone, it later became a heavily industrialised working-class enclave, then gentrified as industry declined.

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