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Aerial view over industrial Camperdown with the Bonds building — photograph, from Camperdown, circa 1950
photograph·1950·Camperdown

Aerial view over industrial Camperdown with the Bonds building

Item 14: Milton Kent aerial views of Camperdown, Goulburn, Leura, Lewisham, Marrickville, Punchbowl, 195-Milton Kent
Aerial view over Lewisham, hospital complex and railway line — photograph, from Lewisham, circa 1950
photograph·1950·Lewisham

Aerial view over Lewisham, hospital complex and railway line

Item 14: Milton Kent aerial views of Camperdown, Goulburn, Leura, Lewisham, Marrickville, Punchbowl, 195-Milton Kent
Aerial view over Punchbowl, showing scattered housing and a tidal river beyond — photograph, from Punchbowl, circa 1950
photograph·1950·Punchbowl

Aerial view over Punchbowl, showing scattered housing and a tidal river beyond

Item 14: Milton Kent aerial views of Camperdown, Goulburn, Leura, Lewisham, Marrickville, Punchbowl, 195-Milton Kent
Baxter Shoes factory and tannery beside the railway, Goulburn — photograph, from Goulburn, circa 1950
photograph·1950

Baxter Shoes factory and tannery beside the railway, Goulburn

Item 14: Milton Kent aerial views of Camperdown, Goulburn, Leura, Lewisham, Marrickville, Punchbowl, 195-Milton Kent
Book sorting inside the library at Parramatta Gaol, 1950 — photograph, from Parramatta Gaol, circa 1950
photograph·1950·North Parramatta

Book sorting inside the library at Parramatta Gaol, 1950

Parramatta GaolState Library NSW
Chapel and garden, Parramatta Gaol — photograph, from Parramatta Gaol, circa 1950
photograph·1950·North Parramatta

Chapel and garden, Parramatta Gaol

Parramatta GaolState Library NSW
Cookhouse doorway, Parramatta Gaol — photograph, from Parramatta Gaol, circa 1950
photograph·1950·North Parramatta

Cookhouse doorway, Parramatta Gaol

Parramatta GaolState Library NSW
Crowds at Bondi Beach below the Pavilion — photograph, from Bondi Beach, circa 1950
photograph·1950·Bondi Beach

Crowds at Bondi Beach below the Pavilion

SydneyState Library NSW
Crowds at Bondi Beach below the Pavilion — photograph, from Bondi Pavilion, circa 1950
photograph·1950·Bondi Beach

Crowds at Bondi Beach below the Pavilion

SydneyState Library NSW
Crowds on a Sydney ocean beach — photograph, from Sydney CBD, circa 1950
photograph·1950·Sydney CBD

Crowds on a Sydney ocean beach

SydneyState Library NSW
Crowds on Bondi Beach below the promenade, c.1950 — photograph, from Sydney CBD, circa 1950
photograph·1950·Sydney CBD

Crowds on Bondi Beach below the promenade, c.1950

SydneyState Library NSW
Gregory's Map of Sydney & Suburbs — Mona Vale to Cronulla — map, circa 1950
map·1950

Gregory's Map of Sydney & Suburbs — Mona Vale to Cronulla

Road map of Sydney and suburbs / produced and published in Australia by Gregory's Publishing CompanyGregory's Guides and Maps, Pty. Ltd.
Harbour view past a tennis court and brick house — photograph, circa 1950
photograph·1950

Harbour view past a tennis court and brick house

SydneyState Library NSW
Lewisham Hospital and surrounding streets from the air — photograph, from Thomas Street, circa 1950
photograph·1950·Lewisham

Lewisham Hospital and surrounding streets from the air

Item 14: Milton Kent aerial views of Camperdown, Goulburn, Leura, Lewisham, Marrickville, Punchbowl, 195-Milton Kent
Lunchtime on a Sydney park lawn, about 1950 — photograph, from Sydney CBD, circa 1950
photograph·1950·Sydney CBD

Lunchtime on a Sydney park lawn, about 1950

SydneyState Library NSW
No. 1 Kiosk photo service, Royal Arcade, Sydney — photograph, from Sydney CBD, circa 1950
photograph·1950·Sydney CBD

No. 1 Kiosk photo service, Royal Arcade, Sydney

Sydney arcades, April 1950Pix magazine
People relaxing on a Sydney park lawn beside a bronze statue, c.1950 — photograph, from Sydney CBD, circa 1950
photograph·1950·Sydney CBD

People relaxing on a Sydney park lawn beside a bronze statue, c.1950

SydneyState Library NSW
Photographic supplies kiosk, Royal Arcade, Sydney, 1950 — photograph, from George Street, circa 1950
photograph·1950·Sydney CBD

Photographic supplies kiosk, Royal Arcade, Sydney, 1950

Sydney arcades, April 1950Pix magazine
Pottery works and surrounding industrial district, aerial view — photograph, circa 1950
photograph·1950

Pottery works and surrounding industrial district, aerial view

Item 02: Milton Kent aerial views of Botany, Enfield, Marrickville, Turrella, ca. 1950Milton Kent
Qantas Empire Airways flying boat base, Rose Bay — photograph, from Rose Bay, circa 1950
photograph·1950·Rose Bay

Qantas Empire Airways flying boat base, Rose Bay

SydneyState Library NSW
Shoppers descending beneath the Joules Knitters sign, Sydney arcade, 1950 — photograph, from Sydney CBD, circa 1950
photograph·1950·Sydney CBD

Shoppers descending beneath the Joules Knitters sign, Sydney arcade, 1950

Sydney arcades, April 1950Pix magazine
Shoppers in a Sydney arcade, April 1950 — photograph, from Sydney CBD, circa 1950
photograph·1950·Sydney CBD

Shoppers in a Sydney arcade, April 1950

Sydney arcades, April 1950Pix magazine
Strand Arcade galleries from an upper level, Sydney, 1950 — photograph, from Strand Arcade, circa 1950
photograph·1950·Sydney CBD

Strand Arcade galleries from an upper level, Sydney, 1950

Sydney arcades, April 1950Pix magazine
Summer crowds in the surf at Bondi Beach — photograph, from Bondi Pavilion, circa 1950
photograph·1950·Bondi Beach

Summer crowds in the surf at Bondi Beach

SydneyState Library NSW
Summer crowds on Bondi Beach — photograph, from Bondi Beach, circa 1950
photograph·1950·Bondi Beach

Summer crowds on Bondi Beach

SydneyState Library NSW
Summer crowds packing a Sydney surf beach — photograph, from Sydney CBD, circa 1950
photograph·1950·Sydney CBD

Summer crowds packing a Sydney surf beach

SydneyState Library NSW
Sunbathers and picnickers on a Sydney park lawn, c. 1950 — photograph, from Sydney CBD, circa 1950
photograph·1950·Sydney CBD

Sunbathers and picnickers on a Sydney park lawn, c. 1950

SydneyState Library NSW
Sydney harbour bay with moored boats, seen past Norfolk Island pines — photograph, from Sydney CBD, circa 1950
photograph·1950·Sydney CBD

Sydney harbour bay with moored boats, seen past Norfolk Island pines

SydneyState Library NSW
Sydney Harbour Bridge across the water from a foreshore park — photograph, from Sydney Harbour Bridge, circa 1950
photograph·1950·Dawes Point

Sydney Harbour Bridge across the water from a foreshore park

SydneyState Library NSW
Sydney Harbour Bridge from Lavender Bay, with electric trains in the railway yards — photograph, from Lavender Bay, circa 1950
photograph·1950·Lavender Bay

Sydney Harbour Bridge from Lavender Bay, with electric trains in the railway yards

SydneyState Library NSW
Watch house on Pyrmont Bridge, with the city skyline beyond — photograph, from Pyrmont Bridge, circa 1950
photograph·1950·Pyrmont Bridge

Watch house on Pyrmont Bridge, with the city skyline beyond

SydneyState Library NSW
Wharf 28, Darling Harbour, with the Melbourne Steamship Co. shed and a Port Adelaide cargo ship — photograph, from Darling Harbour, circa 1950
photograph·1950·Darling Harbour

Wharf 28, Darling Harbour, with the Melbourne Steamship Co. shed and a Port Adelaide cargo ship

SydneyState Library NSW