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Obelisk at Watsons Bay — The stone obelisk at Watsons Bay

Obelisk inscription — Inscription on the stone obelisk marking the completion of the road to South Head

Old South Head Road 1920s — Old South Head Road from recreation land near the Macquarie Lighthouse, 1920s

Oxford Mall, Bondi Junction — A section of Oxford Street was closed to create the Oxford Mall at Bondi Junction in 1979

Oxford St, Paddington 1910 — Oxford Street looking east from William Street, Paddington, 1910

South Head c1894 — Old South Head Road approaching Watsons Bay, passing the Signal Station (right) and the Congregational Church and South Head Family Hotel (left), c1894

Tram at Lighthouse — Tram on the Old South Head Road approaching the Macquarie Lighthouse, early 20th century

Watsons Bay c1905 — View of Watsons Bay, the stone obelisk sited at the fence line in front of Dunbar House, c1905

Watsons Bay map 1860 — Map of Vaucluse and Watsons Bay showing the route of the South Head Road from the flagstaff down to Watsons Bay and the stone obelisk, c1860

Watsons Bay postcard — Postcard of Watsons Bay, the Old South Head Road reaching its end at the Bay, early 20th century

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