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Australian Museum Sydney
c. 1895Overview
Large stone building. Central section has decorative gable and pilasters: wings on either side have stone parapets. Men and children on pavement in front of building, horse-drawn lorry and cart on road, and a woman and child in the foreground.
Historical information
The Australian Museum, originally known as the Colonial Museum or Sydney Museum, is a heritage-listed museum at 1 William Street, Sydney CBD, New South Wales. It is the oldest natural history museum in Australia and the fifth oldest natural history museum in the world, with an international reputation in the fields of natural history and anthropology.
The first location of the museum in 1827 was probably a room in the offices of the Colonial Secretary, although over the following thirty years it had several other locations in Sydney, until it moved into its current home in 1849. Its location is at the corner of William Street and College Street in the Sydney central business district.
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Details
Registration number
cwa-org-28--9-171-d
Item type
Themes
Inscriptions and markings
Museum N.S.W.
Contextual Information
Australian social history from the collection of photographs and albums donated to the museum by Raymond Sharkey's family.
Raymond John Sharkey an architect, surveyor and amateur photographer was born in 1868 in New South Wales. Raymond was a Claremont resident when he died at an early age.
Year
Geotag
-33.874206529855, 151.21318815767
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Nearest geotagged records:
- Sydney Town Hall (0.66km away)
- General Post Office Sydney (0.87km away)
- World War 1, Australia, Sydney, Memorial to Horses, 1950 (0.98km away)
- Lands Department Building Sydney (1.18km away)
- Lands Department Building (1.18km away)
- Chief Secretary's Office (1.19km away)
- World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, 429 KINGDON, 10 Light Horse (1.27km away)
- Inter War, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, Darwin Mobile Force, SMITH, 1939 (1.54km away)
- World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, 783 BLANCHARD, 10 Light Horse (1.61km away)
- Government House Sydney (1.63km away)
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Friday, 27 June, 2025
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Date of creation +70 years
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Acknowledgements to be made to 'Claremont Museum 09.171d'.
Copyright holder
Claremont Museum, Town of Claremont, Western Australia, 6010
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Source: Claremont Museum 09.171d
Source: Claremont Museum 09.171d
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