By the 1860s, Pyrmont would become the main source of sandstone for Sydney and whilst its quarries left deep scars on the area's landscape, its stone was used to create some of Sydney's finest 19th Century buildings.

The rate of local intermarriage seems to have been high, and most Rocks people recall that everyone really did know everyone. [13] The Rocks was a hardy perennial in the newspapers over the twentieth century, appearing in a succession of grand schemes dreamed up by planners and government departments, all of which involved complete demolition

2021. 1. 25. · Sands' Sydney and NSW Directory, 1932–33. Additional quarries are the Whitehaven quarries in Moxham Reserve and one near Hood St, Northmead (possibly the one run by RH Moxham) Pam Trimmer, What became of Parramatta Domain?, the author, Baulkham Hills, NSW, 2005, pp 103–4

Jul 29, · news; NSW; Sydney’s convict landmarks: The surviving relics of a city built by men transported to a new land. ALTHOUGH most of the Old Sydney Town that was built from 1788 until the 1840s - when

Sydney sandstone is the common name for Sydney Basin Hawkesbury Sandstone, one variety of which is historically known as Yellowblock, and also as "yellow gold" a sedimentary rock named after the Hawkesbury River north of Sydney, where this sandstone is particularly common.. It forms the bedrock for much of the region of Sydney, Australia.Well known for its durable quality, it is the reason

2021. 1. 27. · Even if you haven’t been, chances are you’ve heard of it and, once you see it, you’ll realise why it deserves its reputation. The curved expanse of soft, white sand, the crashing waves and sandstone cliffs all combine to create a spectacular seaside suburb. Bondi epitomises Sydney’s beach lifestyle and has something for everyone.

Portland is known as “the town that built Sydney” – for almost 90 years, industry there focused around the cement works (which closed in 1991). Its quarries and factories supplied the cement used in the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge; St James and Museum stations; and the city’s grand old department stores.

2021. 1. 26. · By 1910, Norman Pope, the managing director of Farmer's Department Store, one of the largest in Sydney, and a pioneer of Sydney radio, had built a new house in Margaret Street. This street, one of Fairlight's 'dress-circle' streets, was named after

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The Express Railway Electrification Souvenir of 1960 lists Gosford Quarries' sites as Gosford, Wondabyne, Piles Creek (Somersby) plus one in Maroubra (in Sydney). In 1960 there was also a sale yard in Annandale, a 19th century suburb of Sydney.

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Map of Sydney's tram network in the 1950s.(Supplied: Sydney Tram Museum)From the late 1800s up until the 1960s, the streets of Sydney were filled with the sounds of trams rattling through the city

2019. 6. 19. · Customs House, Alfred Street, Sydney (1887; 1897; 1900): Located on land reclaimed from the harbour in the 1850s near where Tank Stream entered Sydney Cove, Customs House in Alfred Street is of Classical Revival design. It stands on the site of the first jetty built by the pioneer colonists in 1788.

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Wharves were built on the southern shore. Reflecting Circular Quay's status as the central harbour for Sydney, the Customs House was built on the southern shore in 1844-5. During the construction of Circular Quay, the eastern side of the cove was used as a quarry and housed construction works.

2021. 1. 23. · The beauty of the stone used for the gallery shines in the Sydney sun, and is one of the most recognisable buildings to be constructed using the Sydney sandstone. St Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne No one who spends time in the City of Melbourne will walk past this magnificent structure without gazing upon its towering spiral for at least the time it takes to cross the Flinders Street

2021. 1. 1. · Days out from its opening Sydney Festival has been forced to cancel three acts due to hard border closures enforced in reaction to the city's COVID-19 clusters. The withdrawals come as the Sydney

Argyle Cut is a hand cut accessway through the peak of the ridge to the west of Sydney Cove, and was considered the major engineering feat of its day. Up until the time the cut was completed, The Rocks was a divided community, separated by a rugged and steep rocky outcrop which forms the ridge of the peninsular to the west of Sydney Cove.

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In 1924, John Gilmore and his young family came to Australia from Scotland to partake in the flurry of industry surrounding the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. He became quarry manager in the small south coast town of Moruya, from whose quarries came the granite that built the famous bridge. Gilmore’s great grand-daughter, Christine Adams tells the story of how the Harbour Bridge

Lands Department Building, Bridge Street, Sydney (1877-90) (1894): Though most of the sandstone for this building came from other Pyrmont quarries operated by Robert Sanders, the CSR site provided much of the stone for the foundations, as it was a very hard stone.

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Gosford Quarries The Sandstone People Since 1922, Terrey Hills, New South Wales, Australia. 820 likes · 7 talking about this · 38 were here. Gosford Quarries is one of Australia's largest and oldest

2019. 6. 19. · The Wentworth Park light rail stop is within the Half Way quarry site Half Way Quarry Half Way - between Miller Street and Pyrmont Bridge Road, Pyrmont Quarrying of what later became known as the "Half Way" quarry began in the 1850s. At this time, stone from the higher levels of the hillside was extracted. 20 years later, Robert Saunders began introducing new technologies which led to the re

The Sydney Basin is one of the richest provinces in Australia in terms of Aboriginal archaeological sites. There are thousands of Aboriginal sites, of which many contain rock art, and in Sydney’s sandstone belt at least 1500 rock shelters have been discovered to contain cultural deposit.

2021. 1. 18. · Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore has been accused of crafting a “make-work scheme” for architects with a raft of costly new conditions set to be forced onto developers –

2019. 6. 19. · The site of one of Sydney's oldest sandstone quarries, it provided the building materials for some of Sydney's early stone buildings, particuly those built by the Government for its own use, that were constructed around the turn of the 19th century. Unfortunately, of these, only the

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