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Brick corner cottage, Surry Hills — photograph, from Surry Hills, c. 1930s
photograph·1930·Surry Hills

Brick corner cottage, Surry Hills, c. 1930s

Slum houses of Surry Hills and RedfernTed Hood
Children on the rubble of a cleared terrace, Surry Hills — photograph, from Surry Hills, 1950
photograph·1950·Surry Hills

Children on the rubble of a cleared terrace, Surry Hills, 1950

Slum clearances Surry Hills, 7 April 1950 / photographed by Harry FreemanHarry Freeman
Cleared blocks and terrace rows, Surry Hills — photograph, from Surry Hills, 1950
photograph·1950·Surry Hills

Cleared blocks and terrace rows, Surry Hills, 1950

Slum clearance - Surry Hills, 30 March 1950 / photographs by L. BartholenL. Bartholen
Demolition of terrace houses, Surry Hills — photograph, from Surry Hills, 1950
photograph·1950·Surry Hills

Demolition of terrace houses, Surry Hills, 1950

Slum clearance - Surry Hills, 30 March 1950 / photographs by L. BartholenL. Bartholen
Demolition of terrace houses, Surry Hills — photograph, from Surry Hills, 1950
photograph·1950·Surry Hills

Demolition of terrace houses, Surry Hills, 1950

Slum clearance - Surry Hills, 30 March 1950 / photographs by L. BartholenL. Bartholen
Dental Hospital tower on Chalmers Street, trams passing below — photograph, from Sydney Dental Hospital, 1949
photograph·1949·Surry Hills

Dental Hospital tower on Chalmers Street, trams passing below, 1949

Sydney
Depression bread wars corner store, Riley and Fitzroy Streets, Surry Hills — photograph, from Fitzroy Street, 1934
photograph·1934·Surry Hills

Depression bread wars corner store, Riley and Fitzroy Streets, Surry Hills, 1934

Riley & Fitzroy Streets corner grocery store at the time of higher bread prices in the Depression and advertising The Labor Daily which covered the bread price warSam Hood
Houses at Frog Hollow, Albion and Riley Streets, Surry Hills — photograph, from Frog Hollow Reserve, c. 1930s
photograph·1930·Surry Hills

Houses at Frog Hollow, Albion and Riley Streets, Surry Hills, c. 1930s

Slum houses of Surry Hills and Redfern [Frog HollowTed Hood
Interior of the Intercolonial Exhibition Building, Prince Alfred Park — photograph, from Prince Alfred Park, 1870–75
photograph·1870·Surry Hills

Interior of the Intercolonial Exhibition Building, Prince Alfred Park, 1870–75

Panorama from tower of Holtermann house to the north, North SydneyAmerican & Australasian Photographic Company
Man at the fence of a cast-iron terrace house, Surry Hills — photograph, from Surry Hills, 1950
photograph·1950·Surry Hills

Man at the fence of a cast-iron terrace house, Surry Hills, 1950

Slum clearance - Surry Hills, 30 March 1950 / photographs by L. BartholenL. Bartholen
Man at work on a window frame, Surry Hills — photograph, from Surry Hills, 1950
photograph·1950·Surry Hills

Man at work on a window frame, Surry Hills, 1950

Slum clearance - Surry Hills, 30 March 1950 / photographs by L. BartholenL. Bartholen
Partly demolished terrace houses, Surry Hills — photograph, from Surry Hills, 1950
photograph·1950·Surry Hills

Partly demolished terrace houses, Surry Hills, 1950

Slum clearance - Surry Hills, 30 March 1950 / photographs by L. BartholenL. Bartholen
Partly demolished terraces and cleared ground, Surry Hills — photograph, from Surry Hills, 1950
photograph·1950·Surry Hills

Partly demolished terraces and cleared ground, Surry Hills, 1950

Slum clearance - Surry Hills, 30 March 1950 / photographs by L. BartholenL. Bartholen
Seated outside number 474, Surry Hills — photograph, from Surry Hills, 1950
photograph·1950·Surry Hills

Seated outside number 474, Surry Hills, 1950

Slum clearance - Surry Hills, 30 March 1950 / photographs by L. BartholenL. Bartholen
Surry Hills chest clinic, Albion Street — photograph, from Albion Street, 1941
photograph·1941·Surry Hills

Surry Hills chest clinic, Albion Street, 1941

T.B. clinic [Tuberculosis clinic] at Surry Hills, 18 February 1941 / photographed by GrimesF. S. Grimes
T&G Mutual Life building, Elizabeth Street, Sydney — photograph, from Elizabeth Street, c. 1911–29
photograph·1911·Surry Hills

T&G Mutual Life building, Elizabeth Street, Sydney, c. 1911–29

Sydney and environsRex Hazlewood
Terrace houses along a Surry Hills street — photograph, from Surry Hills, 1950
photograph·1950·Surry Hills

Terrace houses along a Surry Hills street, 1950

Slum clearance Redfern & Surry Hills, 25 April 1950 / photographs by L. BartholenL. Bartholen
Terrace houses on a Surry Hills street — photograph, from Surry Hills, 1950
photograph·1950·Surry Hills

Terrace houses on a Surry Hills street, 1950

Slum clearances Surry Hills, 7 April 1950 / photographed by Harry FreemanHarry Freeman
Three women outside a terrace house during demolitions, Surry Hills — photograph, from Surry Hills, 1950
photograph·1950·Surry Hills

Three women outside a terrace house during demolitions, Surry Hills, 1950

Slum clearances Surry Hills, 7 April 1950 / photographed by Harry FreemanHarry Freeman