c1965 ~ 2019
Heading down the Gladesville Bridge before heading up to Drummoyne. The peaks of the Oxford Hotel can be seen at the top of the hill.
[c1965-NSW Roads & Maritime Services>2019>K.Sundgren/by @KSundgren]
44 Station Street, Penrith. From John Price and Sons Penrith Funeral Home in 1957 to Supremacy Funerals in 2019. Built in 1952.
[1957-Donna Hildon collection>2019-Phil Harvey/by Phil Harvey]
"There be three gentle and goodlie things,
To be here,
To be together,
And to think well of one another."
in MISTRESS PAT
by L.M. Montgomery
(origin of quote unknown)
At 9:30pm there were 163 bush and grass fires across NSW 75 not contained. Crews will work over coming days to control this large number of fires ahead of forecast elevated fire danger on Saturday. Now is the time for you to prepare your family for increased risk of fire. #NSWRFS
#OTD in 1889 Sydney Town Hall was officially opened. The Town Hall was built throughout the 1880s using local Sydney sandstone. Thousands of Sydneysiders flocked to the opening as the day had been declared a public holiday > https://t.co/HFISIXRLu3
Today marks the 50th anniversary of May Gibbs' death. A fiercely determined woman, she was Australia's first full-time, professionally trained children's book author and illustrator, and her iconic works are still popular to this day! #OTD
https://t.co/dI9tdN4oPq
1895 ~ 2019
Horse buses at the corner of Devonshire & George Sts Chippendale, outside the former Sydney Railway Station. Today this area is covered for passengers of different buses.
[1895-@nswarchives>2019-K.Sundgren/by @KSundgren]
717-723 George St Haymarket, Great Southern Hotel (1940) est. 1903 from earlier hotel called The Farmer's Home est. 1858. Current building from 1938-1939 designed by Virgil Dante Cizzio (later Renshaw). Bottom: 2019, heritage listed.
[1940-@statelibrarynsw>2019-Stephen Kwok]
Garden Court Restaurant at the Wentworth Hotel Elizabeth St Sydney 1966 and 2019 at the Sofitel Wentworth.
[1966-John Tanner/@statelibrarynsw>2019-Chris Ho/by @homeister]
c1910 ~ 2019
Lower Fort Street, Millers Point. Today the Harbour View Hotel is seen jutting out above the balconies on the junction with Cumberland Street.
[c1910-H.Cazneaux>2019-K.Sundgren/by @KSundgren]
The saying 'curiosity killed the cat' is often invoked to stop people being inquisitive; what is less well known is that the whole phrase is: 'curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back.'