Sydney · 1830 — 1969

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Qantas Empire Airways flying boat base, Rose Bay — photograph, from Rose Bay flying boat base, Rose Bay, Sydney, circa 1950
photograph·1950·Sydney

Qantas Empire Airways flying boat base, Rose Bay

SydneyState Library NSW
Robinson's Map No. 4 of the City of Sydney, 1948 — map, from City of Sydney, New South Wales, circa 1948
map·1948·Sydney CBD

Robinson's Map No. 4 of the City of Sydney, 1948

Map of the city of Sydney : Map no. 4H.E.C. Robinson Pty Ltd.
Rooftop view across the Sydney city centre to the Harbour Bridge, 1951 — photograph, from Sydney central business district, looking towards Sydney Harbour Bridge, circa 1951
photograph·1951·Sydney

Rooftop view across the Sydney city centre to the Harbour Bridge, 1951

Sydney streets, August 1951State Library NSW
Royal Botanic Garden gates and equestrian statue, looking toward Macquarie Street — photograph, from Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney, circa 1949
photograph·1949·Sydney

Royal Botanic Garden gates and equestrian statue, looking toward Macquarie Street

SydneyState Library NSW
Royal Sydney Golf Club clubhouse during a golf championship, 1946 — photograph, from Royal Sydney Golf Club, Rose Bay, New South Wales, circa 1946
photograph·1946·Rose Bay

Royal Sydney Golf Club clubhouse during a golf championship, 1946

Golf championship, Royal SydneySam Hood
Royal Sydney Golf Club clubhouse during the 1946 championship — photograph, from Royal Sydney Golf Club, Rose Bay, NSW, circa 1946
photograph·1946·Rose Bay

Royal Sydney Golf Club clubhouse during the 1946 championship

Golf championship, Royal SydneySam Hood
Sarsaparilla seller at the City Markets, Haymarket — photograph, from City Markets, Hay Street, Haymarket, Sydney, circa 1913
photograph·1913·Sydney CBD

Sarsaparilla seller at the City Markets, Haymarket

Sydney marketsHazlewood, Rex, 1886-1968
Schoolboy rugby players passing the ball, Sydney Grammar, 1954 — photograph, from Sydney Grammar School, Sydney, circa 1954
photograph·1954·Sydney CBD

Schoolboy rugby players passing the ball, Sydney Grammar, 1954

Sydney Grammar, June 1954State Library NSW
Schoolchildren forming human flags at the Sydney Cricket Ground, 1908 — photograph, from Sydney Cricket Ground, Moore Park, Sydney, circa 1908
photograph·1908·Moore Park

Schoolchildren forming human flags at the Sydney Cricket Ground, 1908

Visit of American Fleet to Sydney. Public schools display. Sydney Cricket GroundHills, G. A.
Shoppers descending beneath the Joules Knitters sign, Sydney arcade, 1950 — photograph, from null, circa 1950
photograph·1950·Sydney

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

Sydney arcades, April 1950Pix magazine
Smith and Hinton's Map of Sydney and Suburbs, 1854 — map, from Sydney, New South Wales, circa 1854
map·1854·Sydney

Smith and Hinton's Map of Sydney and Suburbs, 1854

Map of Sydney and suburbs 1854Smith and Hinton
Spectators and timber grandstands, Sydney Cricket Ground — photograph, from Sydney Cricket Ground, Moore Park, Sydney, circa 1936
photograph·1936·Moore Park

Spectators and timber grandstands, Sydney Cricket Ground

Second Test, SydneySam Hood
St Philip's Church and Clarence Street, Sydney, from the Grosvenor Hotel — photograph, from St Philip's Anglican Church, York Street, Sydney, circa 1887
photograph·1887·Wynyard

St Philip's Church and Clarence Street, Sydney, from the Grosvenor Hotel

From Grosvener [i.e. Grosvenor] Hotel [Sydney] / C. Bayliss Photo., SydneyBayliss, Charles, 1850-1897
St Philip's Church, Church Hill, Sydney — photograph, from St Philip's Anglican Church, York Street, Sydney, circa 1875
photograph·1875·Wynyard

St Philip's Church, Church Hill, Sydney

St. Philip's Church, SydneyJ.R. Clarke
Stand 57 potted-plant display beside W. Crowe bird and animal dealer, Sydney markets — photograph, from Sydney markets, Sydney, circa 1911
photograph·1911·Sydney

Stand 57 potted-plant display beside W. Crowe bird and animal dealer, Sydney markets

Sydney marketsHazlewood, Rex, 1886-1968
Student at a belt-driven grinding machine, East Sydney Technical College — photograph, from East Sydney Technical College, Darlinghurst, circa 1949
photograph·1949·Darlinghurst

Student at a belt-driven grinding machine, East Sydney Technical College

Technical College, East SydneySam Hood
Summer crowds in the surf at Bondi Beach — photograph, from Bondi Beach, Sydney, circa 1950
photograph·1950·Six Ways

Summer crowds in the surf at Bondi Beach

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

Summer crowds on Bondi Beach

SydneyState Library NSW
Surrey Hotel and Rose Bay tram, King Street, Sydney — photograph, from King Street, Sydney, circa 1905
photograph·1905·Wynyard

Surrey Hotel and Rose Bay tram, King Street, Sydney

King Street, SydneyStar Photo Co.
Sydney Grammar School students in costume for a stage production, 1954 — photograph, from Sydney Grammar School, Darlinghurst, circa 1954
photograph·1954·Sydney CBD

Sydney Grammar School students in costume for a stage production, 1954

Sydney Grammar, June 1954State Library NSW
Sydney Harbour Bridge across the water from a foreshore park — photograph, from Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney, 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, Sydney, with the Sydney Harbour Bridge, circa 1950
photograph·1950·Lavender Bay

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

SydneyState Library NSW
Sydney in 1853: hand-coloured plan of the city and its wards — map, from Sydney, New South Wales, circa 1870
map·1870·Sydney

Sydney in 1853: hand-coloured plan of the city and its wards

Plan of the city of Sydney 1870State Library NSW
T&G Mutual Life building, Elizabeth Street, Sydney — photograph, from T&G Mutual Life building, Elizabeth Street, Sydney, circa 1911
photograph·1911·Surry Hills

T&G Mutual Life building, Elizabeth Street, Sydney

Sydney and environsHazlewood, Rex, 1886-1968