King and Elizabeth Street corner from Sydney, 1890 - photographed by Arthur K. Syer

1890 Sydney, Australia

The corner of King and Elizabeth Streets in Sydney is shown in this 1890 photograph taken by Arthur K. Syer, documenting the city's commercial center in the years before Australian Federation.

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