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Documenting Australia's rich Aboriginal and European history.

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Former Tramsheds, Tracks, Rosettes and Turning Circles

Sydney had a vast tram network - one of the world's largest - from 1879 until 1961. The lines were ultimately closed due largely to their popularity amongst the general public; and their hatred by motorists (who blamed the trams for traffic congestion).

The images here are of some of the remaining elements of that wonderful system.
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Balmain, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Balmain, Sydney, NSW, Australia

London Hotel (known locally as 'The Don'), Darling Street. Established 1870 as the 'Golden Eagle Hotel'.

The adjacent road was realigned in 1903 for an extension to the tram line, hence the drop.

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