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Watercraft at Garden Island, 1939, c. 1939Watercraft at Garden Island, 1939c. 1939

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Potts Point is a small and densely populated suburb in inner-city Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Potts Point is located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) east of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney.

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1800s1 photo

Sydney Lesueur c. 1802 LSLNSW FL4432174c. 1802

1840s1 photo

Tombs Garden Is Prout, c. 1840c. 1840

1850s1 photo

Garden Island ca. 18581858

1860s1 photo

Garden Island from the Domain (Looking east across Woolloomooloo Bay to Garden Island), 1850–701850–70

1880s1 photo

Tusculum, Macleay Street, 1886–881886–88

1900s3 photos

Imperial Naval Depot, Garden Island, Sydney Harbour, c. 1900c. 1900Sydney Harbour near Potts Point, c. 1900c. 1900Garden Island and Woolloomooloo Bay, 19041904

1910s1 photo

Sydney Ferry BRONZEWING, 19101910

1930s22 photos

Garden Island aerial 1930, c. 1930c. 1930'Garden Island 3' RAHS-Osborne Collection, 19301930'Garden Island' RAHS-Osborne Collection, 19301930'Garden Island 2' RAHS-Osborne Collection, 19301930Looking across the rooftops from Potts Point to the Harbour Bridge, after March 1932, by Sam Hood1932Mrs Mollie Grey, interior decorator, Greenknowe Avenue, Potts Point, Sydney, ca. 1935- photographer Harold Cazneaux, c. 1935c. 1935Mrs Mollie Grey, interior decorator, Greenknowe Avenue, Potts Point, Sydney, ca. 1935- photographer Harold Cazneaux, c. 1935c. 1935Wyldefel Gardens, 19361936Mr Rigby 21st birthday Elizabeth Bay House, 19371937Birdseye view of staircase Marlborough Hall flats at Potts Point by Emil Sodersten, 19381938Marlborough Hall at Potts Point by Emil Sodersten, 19381938Watercraft at Garden Island, 1939, c. 1939c. 1939Interior of entrance foyer Minerva Theatre taken for Building Publishing Co, 19391939Interior Macleay Regis flats taken for Mr Christmas, 19391939Jean Gillespies 21st birthday party Elizabeth Bay House, 19391939Main entrance Macleay Regis flats taken for Mr Christmas, 19391939Mrs Gillespies party Elizabeth Bay House, 19391939Section of a typical kitchen Macleay Regis flats taken for Mr Christmas, 19391939Typical bedroom Macleay Regis flats taken for Mr Christmas, 19391939Typical kitchen Macleay Regis flats taken for Mr Christmas, 19391939Minerva Theatre, Potts Point and Kings Cross, Sydney, May 1939 - photographer Sam Hood1939Minerva Theatre, Potts Point and Kings Cross, Sydney, May 1939 - photographer Sam Hood1939

1940s11 photos

Continental Sydney, 19401940Aerial view of Garden Island, 19401940Former Sydney ferry KUTTABUL at Garden Island with two navy anti-submarine trawlers, including HMAS SAMUEL BENBOW, c. 1942c. 1942Sydney torpedo, 19421942Fitting Out Wharf at Garden Island. The aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA can be seen at the rear of wharf Number 7, Woolloomooloo, 19441944A fourstorey block of flats Potts Point entry by footbridge to 3rd floor, 19441944Sabus 21st birthday at Roosevelt, 19451945Film star Sabu's 21st birthday, Roosevelt Nightclub, Kings Cross, Sydney, 25 January 1945 - photographer Sam Hood1945Sabu's 21st birthday at Roosevelt nightclub, Kings Cross, Sydney, 25 January 1945 - Sam Hood1945Macleay Street, Potts Point (NSW), c. 1949c. 1949Garden Island wharf, 19491949

1950s1 photo

Sydney trolleybus number 5 - 19531953

1960s6 photos

Sabrina doing the Twist, Peppermint Lounge, Sydney, January 1962 - Australian Photographic Agency1962SabrinaTwist19621962SabrinaTwist1962(square)1962Anti-Vietnam War demonstration Martin Place to Garden Island Dock, Sydney, NSW 1966-04-151966Anti-Vietnam demonstration Martin Place to Garden Island Dock, Sydney, NSW 02 1966-04-151966Bruce Skipworth, his wife Elaine, and their daughter, 19681968

1970s4 photos

HMAS Vendetta arrives at Garden Island after its Vietnam tour, 1970197070-753 Garden Island dock, Sydney 19701970Families farewell HMAS Brisbane as it departs for its second Vietnam tour, 19711971HMAS Brisbane departs Garden Island, 19711971

More of Potts Point

53 historic photos of Potts Point, Sydney, taken between 1802 and 1971. They span 12 decades, with the most from the 1930s (22). They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.