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Sandstone in Pirrama Road, Pyrmont 2006

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(Photographed for the 2006 Powerhouse Museum exhibition, Paradise, Purgatory and Hellhole: a history of Pyrmont and Ultimo)

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Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences

Established in 1879, the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences' venues include the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney Observatory and Museums Discovery Centre at Castle Hill.

Geology

Hawkesbury sandstone

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Quartz rich sedimentary rock formed in the Triassic age that is found throught out the Sydney basin. Named after the region around the Hawkesbury River in Sydney's north where it's very common, it is often called Sydney sandstone. The golden yellow stone has been used as building material across the city, given Sydney's historical buildings their distinctive glow.

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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