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Demise of the Bridge St fig trees, April 1912
This pic shows the stumps of the two fig trees in front of the former Colonial Secretary's Office in Bridge St, in Sydney...the trees were cut down in April 1912 to make way for the new Education Department Building (built 1912-15)...
The Colonial Secretary's Office fig trees were evidently planted in the 1830s...I gather their demise didn't go down well with tree lovers...
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/15349335 - SMH, 24th April, 1912...item on the cutting down of the fig trees...
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/228867713 - the Sun, 24th April, 1912...pictorial item re...
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This pic is from a fascinating series of photos of everyday Sydney taken by photographer A.G. Foster that are in the SLNSW's collection...
trove.nla.gov.au/work/236190437 - Trove link to the A.G. Foster pics at the SLNSW...see pic 94a titled 'Education Department building in Bridge Street, formerly residence of John Thomas Campbell'
* take care not to confuse A.G. Foster (Arthur George Foster), d. 1924 with A.E. Foster (Arthur Ernest Foster), d. 1958...both were earlier 20th century Sydney photographers and many of their photos are held in the various collections...where I suspect the two are sometimes mixed up...
A.G. Foster was a prominent member of the RAHS. He was an amateur photographer and took maybe hundreds of photos of historical interest showing old Sydney...many involving demolitions which recorded the passing of old Sydney, etc. He was also the author of Early Sydney, published 1920.
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16158034 - SMH 27th October, 1924...SMH's obit for A.G. Foster...
A.E. Foster was a professional photographer...he took maybe hundreds of photos of Sydney buildings in the process of construction etc in the 1920s and 1930s...
Demise of the Bridge St fig trees, April 1912
This pic shows the stumps of the two fig trees in front of the former Colonial Secretary's Office in Bridge St, in Sydney...the trees were cut down in April 1912 to make way for the new Education Department Building (built 1912-15)...
The Colonial Secretary's Office fig trees were evidently planted in the 1830s...I gather their demise didn't go down well with tree lovers...
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/15349335 - SMH, 24th April, 1912...item on the cutting down of the fig trees...
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/228867713 - the Sun, 24th April, 1912...pictorial item re...
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This pic is from a fascinating series of photos of everyday Sydney taken by photographer A.G. Foster that are in the SLNSW's collection...
trove.nla.gov.au/work/236190437 - Trove link to the A.G. Foster pics at the SLNSW...see pic 94a titled 'Education Department building in Bridge Street, formerly residence of John Thomas Campbell'
* take care not to confuse A.G. Foster (Arthur George Foster), d. 1924 with A.E. Foster (Arthur Ernest Foster), d. 1958...both were earlier 20th century Sydney photographers and many of their photos are held in the various collections...where I suspect the two are sometimes mixed up...
A.G. Foster was a prominent member of the RAHS. He was an amateur photographer and took maybe hundreds of photos of historical interest showing old Sydney...many involving demolitions which recorded the passing of old Sydney, etc. He was also the author of Early Sydney, published 1920.
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16158034 - SMH 27th October, 1924...SMH's obit for A.G. Foster...
A.E. Foster was a professional photographer...he took maybe hundreds of photos of Sydney buildings in the process of construction etc in the 1920s and 1930s...