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120th Anniversary of the QVB
This weekend the QVB celebrates its 120th anniversary with an indelible place in the city’s history - a striking example of Romanesque revival architecture with a stately dome, vaulted glass roof and decorative stained-glassed windows.
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Scene of George Street looking north in 1842. On the left behind the wall is the old burial ground which is now Sydney Town Hall.Credit:Fairfax Archives
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Queen Victoria Building Plans 1892, drawing of exterior from Market St. Signed by George McRae City ArchitectCredit:City of Sydney Archives
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Queen Victoria Building Plans Print. New City Markets George St, Sydney Contract No. 5. 1/8in scale. Transverse section through centre of building. Signed George McRae City Architect 01 Jan 1892 ~ 31 Dec 1892Credit:City of Sydney Archives
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Construction workers sitting around dome of QVB, 1898.Credit:City of Sydney Archives
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The view of the QVB from Town Hall in 1898.Credit:City of Sydney Archives
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Ground Floor interior view of The QVB in 1898. Credit:City of Sydney Archives
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The Queen Victoria Building, corner of George and Market streets, c1910Credit:City of Sydney Archives
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View showing eastern and southern frontages of the QVB, c1917.Credit:City of Sydney Archives
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The QVB circa 1918. Credit:City of Sydney Archives
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The QVB circa 1918. Credit:City of Sydney Archives
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Queen Victoria Building in 1935.Credit:Fairfax Archives
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The QVB in 1937.Credit:Fairfax Archive
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Thousands of mourners line George Street, near the Queen Victoria Building during the procession of the funeral service for former Australian Prime Minister William Morris Hughes at St Andrews Cathedral on 31 October 1952. Credit:Frank Burke
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The Queen Victoria building in Sydney, 1966.Credit:Fairfax Media
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The Queen Victoria Building in George Street in 1966. Credit:Frank Albert Charles Burke
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Scene in the Public Library in Queen Victoria Building. July 17, 1970. Credit:Ronald Leslie Stewart/Fairfax Media
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This striking view of the Queen Victoria Building has resulted from the demolition of the old Adams Hotel. The photograph was taken looking across the hotel site from Pitt Street through to George Street in 1970.Credit:Fairfax Media
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The Queen Victoria Building. November 10, 1981. Credit:Gerrit Alan Fokkema
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Queen Victoria Building undergoing restoration. October 8, 1984.Credit:Paul Wright
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The Queen Victoria Building during major refurbishment on 2 May 1985.Credit:Peter Morris