Government Savings Bank of New South Wales (later the Commonwealth Bank), Martin Place, Sydney, 1926 - 1927 Arthur Ernest Foster, State Library of New South Wales, ON 30/Box 34-41 , collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/npAdLk41/GDPEdQZ6yd27b
Looks terribly hot. Is it true that the temperature in Australia gets up to 20 C? Must be like living in the desert.
covid convict
11/Feb/2022 02:59:59
What a great pic! Here we're looking South down Castlereagh St...towards Martin Place and then King St, etc...
trove.nla.gov.au/work/190055317 - interesting to compare with this ca. 1913 NLA Fairfax pic, which shows the Australia Hotel pre additions with its original mansard roof...
trove.nla.gov.au/work/189952885 - this late 1925 NLA Fairfax pic shows the GSB at a vaguely similar stage of construction...it's on the right of frame...
The construction of the new Government Savings Bank Building in Martin Place was was one of Sydney's largest building projects of the interwar years...just going on the various digitised newspaper items, the demolition of the previous building and the excavation for the foundations took place in 1923-24...the external construction work appears to have taken most of 1925-27...the interior was completed by late 1928...the building was officially opened on 13th December, 1928...
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/223390419 - the Sun, 12th June, 1924...the GSB as a hole in the ground...
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/160083481 - the Sydney Mail, 21st October, 1925...the external work well in progress...
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16343549 - SMH, 29th December, 1926...
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16386069 - SMH, 19th July, 1927...
The new GSB building was acquired by the Commonwealth Bank at the time of the takeover/merger in late 1931...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/flickr4jazz Parts of Australia are desert, so living there must seem like living in .... a desert. This building is in Sydney (not a desert), where the temperature can get up to 40C on a rare summer's day. I used to work in this building in the 1980s. It remains a Sydney landmark.
concho cowboy
12/Feb/2022 05:10:37
excellent photo!
shanahands
12/Feb/2022 05:12:39
Pre health and safety era, always a refreshing sight !
s0340248
12/Feb/2022 05:19:50
Glückwunsch zu Explore !
dale 1
12/Feb/2022 07:08:45
Amazing image congratulations on explore
oafish yak
12/Feb/2022 07:47:50
Impressed image !!!
JulesAntonio-On/off (Clearing house for move)
12/Feb/2022 08:04:10
Beautiful capture, my friend, congratulations on explore, well deserved 😍🎊
Amazing photo with superb quality. Thank you for sharing.
gato-gato-gato
12/Feb/2022 09:46:58
Really great capture.
Gian Luigi Fadda
12/Feb/2022 10:51:35
Great, congratulation
alexinspire2
12/Feb/2022 11:44:37
👍
Plaisir de la photo
12/Feb/2022 13:19:46
Jolie photo
waewduan4
12/Feb/2022 13:22:56
Congrats........
Vab2009
12/Feb/2022 14:06:57
A fascinating historical image. I follow the National Library of Ireland’s steam of historical images - really fascinating to see the same idea from another library.
Juanrra23
12/Feb/2022 15:47:29
Magnifica imagen
ctofcsco
12/Feb/2022 17:26:03
SEEN ON WORLD PHOTOGRAPHERS DAY FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. VISTO EN DIA MUNDIAL DE FOTOFRAFOS DE TODO EL MUNDO.
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Bravo State Library of New South Wales! SPECTACULAR. As a Civil Engineer, this image has great appeal to me. Keep posting and inspiring. best regards, steven
ctofcsco
13/Feb/2022 00:26:33
THE IBERIAN PENINSULA CRADLE OF THE ATLANTIS AND OF THE PROGRESS OF HUMANITY 15,000 YEARS AGO. LA PENINSULA IBERICA CUNA DE LA ATLANTIDA Y DEL PROGRESO DE LA HUMANIDAD HACE 15.000 AÑOS.
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mikeb2007
23/Feb/2022 05:43:01
if that is the Govt. Savings Bank of NSW then it is in Barrack St, not Martin Place. Cheers.
flickr4jazz
The worker in front has no hat. He's a rebel!
flickr4jazz
Looks terribly hot. Is it true that the temperature in Australia gets up to 20 C? Must be like living in the desert.
covid convict
What a great pic! Here we're looking South down Castlereagh St...towards Martin Place and then King St, etc... trove.nla.gov.au/work/190055317 - interesting to compare with this ca. 1913 NLA Fairfax pic, which shows the Australia Hotel pre additions with its original mansard roof... trove.nla.gov.au/work/189952885 - this late 1925 NLA Fairfax pic shows the GSB at a vaguely similar stage of construction...it's on the right of frame... The construction of the new Government Savings Bank Building in Martin Place was was one of Sydney's largest building projects of the interwar years...just going on the various digitised newspaper items, the demolition of the previous building and the excavation for the foundations took place in 1923-24...the external construction work appears to have taken most of 1925-27...the interior was completed by late 1928...the building was officially opened on 13th December, 1928... trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/223390419 - the Sun, 12th June, 1924...the GSB as a hole in the ground... trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/160083481 - the Sydney Mail, 21st October, 1925...the external work well in progress... trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16343549 - SMH, 29th December, 1926... trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16386069 - SMH, 19th July, 1927... The new GSB building was acquired by the Commonwealth Bank at the time of the takeover/merger in late 1931...
xseo
Beatifull picture
State Library of NSW
https://www.flickr.com/photos/193158484@N02 Thanks for the links.
Flickr
Congrats on Explore! ⭐ February 11, 2022
Peter Hill1
https://www.flickr.com/photos/flickr4jazz Parts of Australia are desert, so living there must seem like living in .... a desert. This building is in Sydney (not a desert), where the temperature can get up to 40C on a rare summer's day. I used to work in this building in the 1980s. It remains a Sydney landmark.
concho cowboy
excellent photo!
shanahands
Pre health and safety era, always a refreshing sight !
s0340248
Glückwunsch zu Explore !
dale 1
Amazing image congratulations on explore
oafish yak
Impressed image !!!
JulesAntonio-On/off (Clearing house for move)
Beautiful capture, my friend, congratulations on explore, well deserved 😍🎊
ingrid eulenfan
Beautiful shot! Congratulations on Explore! Via Today's Explore at #33 on Fluidr
lada/photo
Amazing photo with superb quality. Thank you for sharing.
gato-gato-gato
Really great capture.
Gian Luigi Fadda
Great, congratulation
alexinspire2
👍
Plaisir de la photo
Jolie photo
waewduan4
Congrats........
Vab2009
A fascinating historical image. I follow the National Library of Ireland’s steam of historical images - really fascinating to see the same idea from another library.
Juanrra23
Magnifica imagen
ctofcsco
SEEN ON WORLD PHOTOGRAPHERS DAY FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. VISTO EN DIA MUNDIAL DE FOTOFRAFOS DE TODO EL MUNDO. www.flickr.com/groups/14747589@N24/
ctofcsco
PHOTO VIEW AT OR THE CREATION OF BEAUTY AROUND THE WORLD LEVEL 2 www.flickr.com/groups/14774199@N20/pool/
s.w.Lepak
Bravo State Library of New South Wales! SPECTACULAR. As a Civil Engineer, this image has great appeal to me. Keep posting and inspiring. best regards, steven
ctofcsco
THE IBERIAN PENINSULA CRADLE OF THE ATLANTIS AND OF THE PROGRESS OF HUMANITY 15,000 YEARS AGO. LA PENINSULA IBERICA CUNA DE LA ATLANTIDA Y DEL PROGRESO DE LA HUMANIDAD HACE 15.000 AÑOS. www.flickr.com/groups/14760197@N20/
mikeb2007
if that is the Govt. Savings Bank of NSW then it is in Barrack St, not Martin Place. Cheers.
spelio
https://www.flickr.com/photos/maczeug3 no helmets or safety gear… https://www.flickr.com/photos/158685238@N03
spelio
What a very strange collection of Groups this has been plonked in…..! www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryofnsw/
Morbit Photography 2021
lovely
State Library of NSW
https://www.flickr.com/photos/spelio it may seem odd but almost all of these are requests from the groups to add the image to their collections..