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

Crowds at Bondi Beach below the Pavilion

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

Crowds at Bondi Beach below the Pavilion

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

Crowds on a Sydney ocean beach

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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

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Harbour view past a tennis court and brick house — photograph, circa 1950
photograph·1950

Harbour view past a tennis court and brick house

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

Summer crowds on Bondi Beach

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

Summer crowds packing a Sydney surf beach

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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