Sydney then and now: Bennelong Point from near Queen Elizabeth II gate

Bennelong Point from near Queen Elizebeth II gate, originally uploaded by lifeasdaddy.

I took this photograph yesterday nearby the Sydney Opera House.

Let's compare it with this photograph from State Records NSW "Building the wharf at Bennelong Point" credited as being taking circa 1950. (ref. State Records NSW Digital ID: 9856 a017 A017000055 )

The wharf doesn't appear to be there anymore, having been overbuilt by the north eastern side of the Sydney Opera House.

( My thanks to State Records NSW for permission to use their image on this blog.)

ADDED:

More historic images of Bennelong Point from a simliar perspective can be found here, here, here, here, and interestingly this image also at State Records NSW which is taken around the same time as that shown above, but is credited as being taken circa 1944.  We can see the same pyramidal gantry rig in both photographs.