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Transport of yesterday. Rowboat ferry … horse-drawn tram … this was the way early Sydney travelled.

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Unique IDA-00272466SeriesNewsclippings BooksDate24th July 1963FormatNewscuttingDescriptionTransport of yesterday. Rowboat ferry … horse-drawn tram … this was the way early Sydney travelled. Boatman Billy Blue is reputed to have started the first regular public Harbor ferry in 1830 - between Dawes Point and Blues Point. (Eight photos of early Sydney transport. Central Station shortly after its completion in 1906. A "jumbo" double-decker tram in George Street in the 1880s. The Spit Punt which crossed Middle Harbor for 35 years until the first bridge was built in 1924. A view along Pitt Street in the 1880s. The first hackney coach, landed in 1830, had its stand at Circular Quay. One of Sydney harbor's early paddle-wheel ferries berthed at Manly Wharf about 1908. Traffic jams at Circular Quay in 1890. Circular Quay in 1898.) (D T) LanguageEnglish (eng)

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Transport of yesterday. Rowboat ferry … horse-drawn tram … this was the way early Sydney travelled.