Historic images of Saint Mary's Cathedral : 3

Saint Mary's Cathedral 1914 - 1917.
Image : State Library of NSW

We continue our series of historic photographs of Saint Mary's Cathedral with this street photograph taken between 1914 and 1917. 

This photograph, taken in Hyde Park and looking south-east, shews the Cathedral as it appeared in its completed state of 1900.  On the right in the middle-ground is the statue of William Bede Dalley, which still stands on this spot in the Park.  On the sunny afternoon in the park, some people are taking their ease, sitting on benches.

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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.