Sydney and the Lost Map of America

Amazing old photos. I was born in Sydney 75 years ago. One photo there of my grandparents house in Paddington and the shop across the street where we went regularly as children in the 50s. And the laneway to get there from the train station. Extraordinary to see again. My father and grandfather renovated some of those gov buildings in New South Wales. When living there for 22 years, I often wondered how those huge, beautiful buildings in Sydney city were built so soon after colonisation. It didn't seem possible. They even had old, very old lifts that had no sides, just a floor that went up and down, with a cage door on each floor. It was scary as a teenager to go into in those old buildings in the city.