On this day

[Mal Rowe]

Just 94 years ago a Fairfax photographer grabbed the attached photo from
an aeroplane.

The trams are mostly O class with only a few P class visible.

Can anyone explain the strange landform at bottom left?  I assume it was
something else before becoming viewing area for those without tickets.

Mal Rowe who reckons his 'northern neighbours' will enjoy the view.

[bblun...@yahoo.com]

From The Sydney Swans web site:

Mt Lang ("The Mountain"): Historically, this was a prominent sandy hill situated opposite the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). It was popularly known as "The Mound" or "Mt Lang" because it was built up using the spoil dumped there during the Circular Quay Railway tunnel construction. It famously served as a free, elevated vantage point for spectators to catch glimpses of cricket and footy matches inside the SCG before it was demolished in the early 1950s for parking.

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[billbolt...@gmail.com]

On July 19, 1932, the Sydney Cricket Ground hosted a major Rugby League Test match between Australia and the touring British Lions, drawing an impressive crowd of over 50,000 spectators. The British Lions won the game 18-13, securing the three-match Test series. 

[hun...@optusnet.com.au]

The greater majority of those spectators would have travelled (mostly from Eddy Avenue or Circular Quay) by coupled sets of trams.    The instructions for the day would be interesting to view!

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[David Critchley]

Hello Mal, 

In the nineteenth century, Moore Park had four large, named natural sandhills: Mount Steel, Mount Rennie, Mount Lang and Constitution Hill.  As the area was developed for urban parkland, they were either reshaped or levelled.  This is Mount Lang, which sat across from the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG).  It disappeared entirely after the 1940s.  There were three other 'Mounts' or Mounds;  Firstly, Mount Steel is located north of Cleveland Street parallel with South Dowling St and remains today as the least-altered of the former sandhills.  Mount Rennie was located on the western side of Anzac Ave at its intersection with Cleveland St.  It levelled in 1926 to build the foundation platform for the Moore Park Golf House.  Finally, the location of Constitution Hill is uncertain as few maps actually used that reference, however, some historical records suggest it was located near Alison Road and Anzac Parade (near where the Coogee line branched off the La Perouse line) and it is now incorporated into the Centennial Parklands area.

David Critchley

[TP]

The management of trams on event days is described here:

https://ecotransit.org.au/ets/files/keep/EcoTransitSydney_200104_LoT_Number_1.pdf

I have a similar photo taken from further south, together with a plan of the original Moore Park loop, in my Trolley Wire article of November 2019.

Tony P