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Can you date this photograph? [Central Station]

Something a bit different for this round of Can you date this photograph?

This is the main concourse of Central Station. There are plenty of clues as to the time period this might have been taken, but can we find any evidence to narrow down the date?

Can you date this photograph?

Larger version on Flickr

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We have many other undated photographs in Photo Investigator and on our Flickr account. If you know the dates or any other interesting facts about these images please let us know.

Category: General

2 Responses

  • JD says:

    This part of Central Station was completed in 1906.

    September 3, 2014 at 10:20 am

  • Anna Gray says:

    Thanks JD – Central Station did indeed open in 1906.
    An advertisement by Hart’s Central Railway Café in the Sydney Morning Herald dated 25th September 1906 notes the new dining and refreshment rooms will be open to the public on 27th September 1906. It states “in the shop adjoining the Refreshment Room are sold pasty confectionary, cigars, tobaccos, wines, fruit, soft drinks etc.”
    http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14810927
    So could this photo capture opening day for the new Refreshment Room and shop?

    September 10, 2014 at 11:04 am

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