Old Sydney

1940 36 photos

Troopships depart Sydney, 9-10 January 1940, by Sam HoodTroopships depart Sydney, c. 1940Troopships depart Sydney, 9-10 January 1940, by Sam Hood6th Division boards the troopships, 9-10 January 1940, by Sam HoodPatriotic collection, July 1940 - Sam HoodUnidentified dancer (Yura Lazovsky ?) as Petrouchka, Sydney, March 1940 - Sam Hood, 1940?Playing school, 1940 - Harold ReedMills wedding, Scots' Church, Sydney, 1940 - Sam HoodMozart opera, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, ca. 1940 - Sam Hood, c. 1940Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Christmas tree and party, Matron Dunn, 25-12-1940 - by Sam HoodSalvation Army Old Men's Home, Christmas party, 25-12-1940 - by Sam HoodMother (i.e. Margaret Trimnell-Ritchard) 1940 SydneyAustralian 2-15th Battalion signallers at Sydney December 1940 (AWM photo 005560)Members of the 2-19 Battalion marching down Castlereagh Street near the corner of Hunter Street in Sydney CBD during September 1940Mascot Aerodrome 1940–45Bcp 01192r, 1940K. Davis - Tramwoman at work (and other tram photographs), 1933-1942, 1940K. Davis - Tramwoman at work (and other tram photographs), 1933-1942, 1940K. Davis - Tramwoman at work (and other tram photographs), 1933-1942, 1940K. Davis - Tramwoman at work (and other tram photographs), 1933-1942, 1940K. Davis - Tramwoman at work (and other tram photographs), 1933-1942, 1940K. Davis - Tramwoman at work (and other tram photographs), 1933-1942, 1940K. Davis - Tramwoman at work (and other tram photographs), 1933-1942, 1940Sydney Botanic Garden - 1940Soldier's goodbye and Bobbie the cat, Sydney, ca. 1939-ca. 1945 - by Sam Hood, c. 19406th Division boards the troopships, Pyrmont, Sydney, 9-10 January 1940 - by Sam HoodEleanor Dark, c. 1940Sydney Ferry BALGOWLAH, c. 19406th Division arrives at the wharves, 9-10 January 1940, by Sam HoodSydney Ferry KIRRULE with troops aboard in Darling Harbour 1940Sydney Ferry LADY SCOTT and QUEEN MARY Sydney Harbour 1940Sydney ferry KALANG as show boat circa 1940, c. 1940Sydney ferry KUBU after collision 30 January 1940Fort Macquarie depot 1940'sJoeysChapel, 1940AWM 004333 Maori Battalion refs 1940

1941 24 photos

Ferry WATTLE formerly SHAMROCK being broken up, 1941Fire truck and firemen, NSW Brigade headquarters 1941Billy Hughes, Sydney, 1941Billy Hughes, Sydney, 1941 (cropped)Breathing apparatus, by Robert Donaldson, 1941Chenille factory 1941JC Williamson props 1941Steinback 1941King George VI statue, JC Williamson's prop store, 1941Muriel Steinbeck, Sydney, Australia, 2 April 1941Bungaree AWM 4120423, 1941Bill Onus, boomerang, 1941SLNSW FL16030018Five members of the Women's Cavalry Corps sitting astride their horses in June 1941Control tower taken for Building Publishing Co colour, 1941Redfern post office 1941. Australia colourEmbassy Theatre Ushers 1941 V1-FL9598662Arthur Varley, 1941Garie Beach, 1941Boating on Hacking River, 1941Manly Ferry Wharf c.1941, c. 1941Morts Dock 1941Bus depot Pittwater Road 1941Maxwell, Derhan, Broadbent, Moyes Sydney Feb 1941 AWM005517USS Chicago (CA-29) enters Sydney habour in 1941

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1,802 historic photos of Sydney from the 1940s, by year, then those the library dates to a span of years. They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.