Historic Images of Sydney's Catholic Cathedrals : 27

 

Hyde Park and Saint Mary's Cathedral April 1922.
Image : The Powerhouse Museum Sydney.

We continue our series of historic photographs commemorating the bi-centenary of Saint Mary's Cathedral (1821-2021), with this image taken in April 1922.

This photograph, looking south-west, depicts Saint Mary's on the left, shews during the course of extensions to the nave.  At this point, there was very little visible of what would become the twin-towered southern facade.  

This interesting image shews Hyde Park in a right-old mess, just before the commencement of excavations for the Underground railway.  The  line from Central Station to Saint James and then Museum Station runs directly beneath the central avenue of the Park.

In our previous articles, we posted photographs illustrating the stages of the construction of the present Saint Mary's Cathedral, to be found at the following links :

1871              1882             1883             1886

1887              1890             1892             1895

1896               1901             1902            1905

1907               1910            1912             1914             

1915               1917            1921             1930

Click on the image for an enlarged view.

AMDG

NOTES

The photographs in this series are taken from a variety of sources, some in online Archival collections, some from books, some original images in the editor's collection.  They are presented here in a "modernised" digital form, and with as much detail of the structure of the Cathedrals enhanced in order to make them more accessible to a new generation of Australian Catholics.  The original image on which this digital rendering is based is held by the State Library of NSW.  Thanks are due to Special Collections of the State Library for undertaking a search to locate this and other rare images.  Please do not reproduce these unique images without permission.