EDDY AVENUE Historic Tram Bridge. 1953 - 2023

George St, looking S c1900s - 2024 A snapshot of city life, with glimpses of the GPO and Queen Victoria Building in the distance. (John Henry Harvey c/- State Library Victoria/A.Pages)

Blast from the STAN past - The Red Cow Hotel, corner of Station and Jane Streets, Penrith in the early 1970’s and in 2018. [early 1970’s-Australian National University>2018-Phil Harvey]

THEN: 1965 - Heading left up to Macquarie Street and the State Library. Heading right towards the Domain Tunnel. The skyline is just starting to grow (photo is a "snip" from NFSA film) NOW: 2022 - Not only are the trees growing, so is the skyline (GSV edited by Les de Belin)

Queen St, Campbelltown c1900 - 2024 Proud locals pose with impressive machinery outside the Railway Hotel. Both the pub and residence next door built 1840s. Today housing an education & training facility & a dental practice. (Campbelltown and Airds Historical Society/A.Pages)

Blast from the STAN past - A woman looking over Bondi Beach in 1910 and in 2017. [both photos City of Sydney]

1957 ~ 2024 A slice of life in York Street with a view to the Town Hall flanked by the QVB on the left hand side. Today less lead fume deposits on the buildings and a driveway up from the QVB carpark. Images National Archives of Australia / K.Sundgren.

c1920s ~ 2024 Haymarket. Horse & cart passing by the market warehouses with vintage cars behind them. Now more pedestrian with the occasional light rail. Images Henri Mallard c/- Art Gallery NSW / K.Sundgren.

Spirits of Central. Devonshire St Cemetery c1900, State Library of NSW VS Rog Samsy 16/8/24. Railway Institute bldg can still be seen in the distance to the left, Sydney Intercolonial Exhibition bldg (centre) demolished 1954. Devonshire St behind fence along centre of image.

1954 ~ 2024 Lower fort Street, Millers Point

c1950s ~ 2024 Mosman. A day like any other. A tram turns into Avenue Rd headed for the ferry wharf from Military Rd. Today buses carry on this task in front of an almost identical street scene. Images City of Sydney / K.Sundgren.

GLEBE Glebe Point Road 1910 - 2024 (National Library of Australia / Stephen Thomas)

Sydney Harbour Bridge 1930 - 2024 Viewed from the west while ferrying past the wharves of Walsh Bay. (City of Sydney>A.Pages)

1909 ~ 2024 Gun from German sea raider Emden now points up Oxford Street past the junction with Liverpool Street from inside Hyde Park. Some serious street widening during the time span. Images National Archives of Australia / K.Sundgren.

1929 ~ 2024 Bondi. Streetscape of a section of Campbell Parade opposite the beach. Featuring some dandy vintage cars. Images E.B. Studios c/- State Library of NSW / K.Sundgren.

Blast from the STAN past commemorating the final game being played tonight before its complete rebuild - Penrith Stadium from Ransley Street in circa 1980 and in 2019. [circa 1980-Penrith City Council>2019-Phil Harvey]

7 Arcadia Road, Glebe in 1970 and in 2023. [1970-Sydney City Council>2023-Belle Property Glebe]

1939 ~ 2024 Bondi, The Balconies. On the corner of Campbell Parade & Notts Ave stood this weather beaten general store with attached accommodation now more modern units stretch down Notts Ave. Images Sam Hood c/- State Library of NSW / K.Sundgren.

c1865 ~ 2024 Millers Point. Cuthbert's Ship Building Yard under the watchful gaze of the Observatory. Today this area is part of the Barangaroo foreshore development. Images Freeman Brothers c/- Australian Nat. Maritime Museum / K.Sundgren.

Opera House 1965 - 2024 Off the port bow. (Max Dupain c/- State Library of NSW /A.Pages)