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Across the world, steam railways and electric tramways facilitated the expansion of the small cities of pre-industrial times into vast metropolises. This essay explores the role of railways in shaping the Sydney metropolis we know today.

Dr John Graeme on the history of Sydney Hospital

Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - North Botany 1888

Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Hunters Hill 1889-1894

Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Lane Cove 1895-1895

Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Prospect & Sherwood 1889-1894

Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Ryde & Marsfield 1894-1894

Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - St Leonards 1889-1890

Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - St Peters 1886-1888

Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Vaucluse & Woollahra 1895-1895

View of Sydney Cove from the North-West April 1793

John Biffin on harbour pilots on Sydney harbour 2009

Library in the Sydney School of Arts June 1879

The Sydney School of Arts Interior Arrangement June 1879

'The Hours of the Day in Sydney' September 1879

Imports Supplement to the Illustrated Sydney News July 1882

A few of the business buildings of Sydney March 1878

Bridge over the tank stream at Sydney Cove 1794-1796

Women medicine students at the University of Sydney 1897

Back row: second from left - Julia Carlile- Thomas; second from right - Harriet Eliza Biffin

Front: from left - Alice Sarah Newtown-Tabrett; Ada Affleck

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Birds eye view of the Port of Sydney 1913

The Railways of Sydney: Shaping the City and its Commerce