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2 Responses to “Tram Tracks Unearthed”

1. Janette Smith Says:
   February 20th, 2009 at 10:13 am

   What an interesting photo… I remember the trams well,in the early 50s as my Grandfather, William Cotter, lived at “Monteith” (historic home) which was most conveniently built just where the tram came to its “end of line” before returning to the city. I used to go out there, in the school holidays and loved to sit on the balcony watching for the tram to take off, and after the last passenger had wandered aboard, the tram conductor would give a loud “ding” on the bell, we’d wave, and off to town it would go, again.!.
   “Monteith” happily, lives on, built on Glebe Point Road and Cotter Lane. My Grandfather’s brother, Albert “Tibby” Cotter, was an Australian cricketing hero, playing in England in the early 1900s. He was killed by a sniper, at Beersheba,in 1917, while he was a stretcher bearer with the Australian Light Horse. There is a nice tribute,to him, in the Hyde Park, War Memorial. His brother, John, was killed in the War, just weeks before “Tibby” …. Your photograph brought back happy memories.!
   Jan Smith

2. david Says:
   August 7th, 2009 at 9:06 pm

   Love this picture. Does anybody know how much of the Sydney tram network is still intact under bitumen? There was until recently a part of the tram track leading into the Dulwich hill loop exposed in New Canturbury Road. However, it has been covered over again.

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