About

Historic Assets Library
Comprising thousands of images taken across New South Wales showcasing initiatives, infrastructure and updates to many of Transport’s most iconic assets, including bridges, road networks, railways, wharves and the people at the forefront of these projects. These document the planning, construction and major upgrades to road systems; construction and completion of transport projects including the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Gladesville Bridge, Anzac Bridge, Harbour Tunnel, Cross City Tunnel and Norfolk Island Aerodrome built 1942-43.

Collections feature photographs of Department buildings and specialist teams in technology and science; developments in planning, maintenance and plant used by workers on the job; aerial photographs, roadsides, traffic, tolls, waterways, ferries, State Forests, life in the outback, official openings and campaigns. Spanning almost 100 years, the archive was created by photographers employed by the Department of Main Roads (1932-1989) and Roads and Traffic Authority (1989-2011) and Roads and Maritime Services (2011-2019).

These photographs encapsulate the history of the State, providing insight into the development of urban and regional landscapes, as well as how these are used by commuters.

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The Historic Assets Library comprises visual content created by Transport for NSW. We provide access to collection materials but recognise, despite our best endeavours, there may be occasions where content made available is unable to be attributed to its original creator, source, or owner, as that information is unknown at the time of publication. Descriptive information, credits and usage directions within records is not legal advice and presented to the best of our knowledge. Users are responsible for attributions, acknowledging creators and sources, determining and/or obtaining copyright permissions, in writing, for any publication of the content made available on the Historic Assets Library.

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