Old Sydney

1953 60 photos

Gas Co Board of Directors, 1953Gunfire at fort, 1953Holiday traffic on Pacific Highway near Swansea Bridge Swansea Beach sic title from Hood register, 1953Hunter Street buildings Harbour and Stockton in background, 1953Inspection of wharves Carrington by A Shore of Railway Dept in beret and RA Johnson of Maritime Services Board Wharf preservation series, 1953Ken Banks at Rugby League committee meeting, 1953Last day at work for Mr Schroder retiring president Hunter District Water Board, 1953Launching Cooks Hill surf boat Deputy State Superintendent of Surf Lifesaving Association Mr R Bryden President of branch Mr A Reynolds and President of Cooks Hill club examine new boat, 1953Loading sheep onto ship, 1953Madame Rachel Le Patourel music teacher, 1953Masonite Corporation Raymond Terrace, 1953Mayfield Library, 1953Merewether Heights, 1953Merewether surf carnival, 1953Messrs F Pearce and R Adams working on isolators at Nesca Substation Mayfield West, 1953Methodist Church, 1953Miners marching in Hunter Street Newcastle in protest against dismissals, 1953Motorship Wangara trials, 1953Motorship Wangara trials, 1953Mr and Mrs Armstrong, 1953Mr CG Schroder president Hunter District Water Board, 1953Mr Juchau farewelled, 1953New Baby Health Centre Merewether, 1953New Bogey Hole dressing shed during construction, 1953New Lambton Bowling Club, 1953New Wangi Power Station, 1953Newcastle from Stockton view across the Harbour, 1953NSW Surf Life Saving Association championships Caves Beach, 1953Opening of Church of England hall Carrington, 1953Opening of Merewether Golf Club, 1953Opening wool exchange King Street Newcastle, 1953Park with trees freelance photo, 1953Paul Beadle sculptor, 1953Playing area, 1953Playing area, 1953Playing area, 1953Radio station 2NX Bolwarra, 1953Remembrance Day parade, 1953Remembrance Sunday scenes at Civic Park City Hall steps Hunter Street, 1953Royal tour committee of management, 1953Rundles second series, 1953Sand at Ocean Baths, 1953Shoppers in Wolfe Scott and Hunter Streets Newcastle, 1953Shopping crowds Hunter Street, 1953Sidney Street now Tyrrell Street Power House, 1953State titles surf carnival, 1953The Bogey Hole, 1953Trials of ship Warringa, 1953United Protestant Association Home for the Aged Woodlands near Wallsend, 1953Waratah Railway Station during bus strike, 1953Waratah Saleyards, 1953Waratah Saleyards, 1953Water reservoir, 1953Wattle Day wreath laying Alderman Purdue laying wreath on War Memorial in front of Post Office Hunter Street Newcastle, 1953Wharf, 1953Wheat Storage Wharf, 1953Winns Department Store, 1953Coronation celebrations, Rockdale Town Hall, Sydney, 1953 - photographer Australian Photographic AgencyDavid Jones' Coronation Choir singing in the Elizabeth Street store, Sydney, June 1953 ? - photographer Australian Photographic AgencyMaree Austin washes up during the run of "White sheep of the family", 1953

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880 historic photos of Sydney from the 1950s, 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.