Old Sydney
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Sydney/

Decades

Pick a decade to see Sydney as it was then. Most photos are from the 1930s, when Sam Hood's studio was busiest.

  • 2 photos1780s
  • 4 photos1790s
  • 10 photos1800s
  • 3 photos1810s
  • 7 photos1820s
  • 9 photos1830s
  • 13 photos1840s
  • 57 photos1850s
  • 53 photos1860s
  • 320 photos1870s
  • 244 photos1880s
  • 214 photos1890s
  • 973 photos1900s
  • 534 photos1910s
  • 858 photos1920s
  • 4,869 photos1930s
  • 1,802 photos1940s
  • 880 photos1950s
  • 362 photos1960s
  • 409 photos1970s
  • 190 photos1980s
  • 165 photos1990s

Old Sydney

Photos from the State Library of New South Wales, the State Archives, the City of Sydney Archives and others, through Wikimedia Commons. Every photo carries its own credit and licence and links to its Commons page.

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