Yagan Square from the Horseshoe Bridge through time

Perth 1892–2021 6 photos of this spot

6 photographs taken at the same spot in Perth, spanning 1892–2021 — 4 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

Government House in Perth, Western Australia, the residence of the colony's governor overlooking the Swan River, is pictured in this 1892 photograph reproduced from a period volume documenting the colony.

EU: Government House, Perth from "Western Australia in By Francis Hart. [With maps and plates.]". (1892) 1892 Government House in Perth, Western Australia, the residence of the colony's governor overlooking the Swan River, is pictured in this 1892 photograph reproduced from a period volume documenting the colony.

EU: post office from "Western Australia in By Francis Hart. [With maps and plates.]". (1892) 1892 The post office in Perth, Western Australia, appears in this 1892 photograph, reproduced from a contemporary account of the colony on the eve of the gold rushes that would soon swell its population.

EU: St Georges Terrace from "Western Australia in By Francis Hart. [With maps and plates.]". (1892) 1892 St Georges Terrace, one of Perth's principal thoroughfares, pictured in 1892 in an image drawn from Francis Hart's book Western Australia in 1891.

EU: Wereldreis 1960 van Smaldeel 5. The University of Western Australia. (1960) 1960 The University of Western Australia in Perth, photographed in 1960 during the world voyage of the Dutch naval squadron Smaldeel 5. The university's Crawley campus, opened in 1932, sits along the Swan River.

Perth WA 6000, Australia 2016 This 2016 photograph shows central Perth, Western Australia's capital city, situated along the banks of the Swan River.

Yagan Square from the Horseshoe Bridge 2021 Yagan Square, a public plaza in central Perth named after the Noongar leader Yagan, is seen from the Horseshoe Bridge in this 2021 photograph. The square opened in 2018 as part of a redevelopment linking the CBD to Northbridge.