View of houses, corner of Ferry Lane and Pottinger Street, The Rocks [Rocks Resumption photographic survey] Dated: Year only 01/01/1901 Digital ID: 4481_a026_000085 Rights: www.records.nsw.gov.au/about-us/rights-and-permissions We'd love to hear from you if you use our photos. Many other photos in our collection are available to view and browse on our website using Photo Investigator.

Number 19 Gloucester Street, Sydney (NSW) [Rocks Resumption photographic survey]. Image originally Cleansing Operations Quarantine Area Image 316, re-captioned for Rocks Resumption photographic survey. Dated: Year only 1900 Digital ID: 4481_a026_000069 Rights: www.records.nsw.gov.au/about-us/rights-and-permissions We'd love to hear from you if you use our photos. This series of photographs was taken by officers of the Government Printing Office during the years 1860s-c.1920. The photographs cover a wide variety of subjects, for example, public buildings, railways, tramways, street scenes, harbour views, Sydney University, groups of people, ships, public occasions, the Botanic Gardens, military camps, wharves, dams and waterways, statues and slums. Many other photos in our collection are available to view and browse on our website using Photo Investigator.

Format: Glass plate negative. Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. Repository: Thomas Lennon Photographic Collection, Powerhouse Museum www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/collection=Thomas_Lennon_Photographic Part Of: Powerhouse Museum Collection General information about the Powerhouse Museum Collection is available at www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database Persistent URL: www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=388381

The year 1840 was the final year of convict transportation to Sydney, which by this time had a population of 35,000. The municipal council of Sydney was incorporated in 1842 and became Australia's first city.Gold was discovered in the colony in 1851 and with it came thousands of people seeking to make money. Sydney's population

In 1902 an exhibition of pictures of Old Sydney featured scenes of The Rocks and Millers Point painted before parts of them were demolished in the name of public health and morality, and changed forever.

Format: Glass plate negative. Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. Repository: Tyrrell Photographic Collection, Powerhouse Museum www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/collection=The_Tyrrell_Photographic Part Of: Powerhouse Museum Collection General information about the Powerhouse Museum Collection is available at www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database Persistent URL: www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=28177 Acquisition credit line: Gift of Australian Consolidated Press under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme, 1985

Incredible historic images taken in Sydney in the 19th and early 20th century show what everyday life was like for people living in the New South Wales capital city.

Format: Glass plate negative. Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. Repository: Tyrrell Photographic Collection, Powerhouse Museum www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/collection=The_Tyrrell_Photographic Part Of: Powerhouse Museum Collection General information about the Powerhouse Museum Collection is available at www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database Persistent URL: www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=28122 Acquisition credit line: Gift of Australian Consolidated Press under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme, 1985

Harold Cazneaux, Pergola Pattern, Cazneauxs daughter, 1931 Harold Cazneaux, Portrait in sunshine (Patricia Minchin), 1931 Harold Cazneaux, A By-way to Lower George Street, Sydney, c. 1906 Harold Cazneaux, A Sydney Waterfront aka Faithful Submission, Sydney, 1918…

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1918, will rank as one of the most notable days in the world's history, for at 11 o'clock on that morning the dreadful fighting which had lasted for over four years and three months came to an end. The actual close of the war was delayed many months, but the conditions of the armistice made it impossible for Germany to resume hostilities. Australia played an honourable part in WWI. Their gallant deeds made the name of Australia famed throughout the world. From the Commonwealth 326,00 men went to war, and of that number 61,720 made the supreme sacrifice, with another 137,013 wounded. Tuesday, 12th November, was a Federal holiday and Wednesday, 13th November, was a State Holiday. Nobody worked and Sydney celebrated.

Format: Silver gelatin photoprint Notes: On the first day of the twentieth century, the six Australian states federated to form one nation, the first country of the century; and celebrations were universal From the collections of the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales www.sl.nsw.gov.au Information about photographic collections of the State Library of New South Wales acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/search/SimpleSearch.aspx Persistent url: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=153248

The vacant corner lot on the right would soon become a fairly grand building for an insurance company. That building, as well as the one...

In the early times the native-born colonists were known by the title of “Currency”; and it was common enough to hear a person spoken of as a “currency lad” or a “curre…

Photo collection of early XX century old historic images of streets and city life in Sydney, Australia (1900s).

Incredible footage filmed from the top of a tram travelling down bustling George Street in 1906 has emerged - proving why the tram network was once one of the largest in the world.

Photo collection of early XX century old historic images of streets and city life in Sydney, Australia (1900s).

Incredible historic images taken in Sydney in the 19th and early 20th century show what everyday life was like for people living in the New South Wales capital city.

Format: Albumen photoprint Notes: This photograph accompanied a scathing Government report into the city’s sewerage system. Of these dwellings, it said, ‘Any one who may be curious to know how long Colonial timber will last, until, by the combined action of the elements, white ants, and other sources of destruction, it becomes triturated into powder, can satisfy their curiosity by ascertaining the date on which these houses were constructed. The corner house is occupied and used as a butcher's shop; it is a filthy stinking place...’ Find more photographs of early Sydney on Discover Collections - Sydney Exposed: www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/society_art/photog... From the collections of the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales www.sl.nsw.gov.au Information about photographic collections of the State Library of New South Wales: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/search/SimpleSearch.aspx Persistent url: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=413409