Old Sydney
General view, 1941General view1941

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Surry Hills is an inner-east suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is immediately south-east of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Sydney.

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1870s8 photos

95 Chalmers Church, 1872187273 St Michaels Church SH 729, 1872187284 St Franciss Church SH 725, 18721872157 Benevolent Asylum SH 566, 18721872163 Exhibition Building Front Entrance SH 131, 18721872164 Exhibition Building from Randall St SH 132, 18721872165 Exhibition Building Ground View SH 136 134, 18721872166 Exhibition Building Ground View SH 136 135, 18721872

1900s4 photos

Exeter Place, Surry Hills, Sydney 1900, c. 1900c. 1900Numbers 91 to 103 Campbell Street, Surry Hills, Sydney (rear), 19001900Brickfield Hill, c. 1900c. 1900Demolishing second Sydney station at Devonshire Street end, c. 1902c. 1902

1920s2 photos

Sydney Girls High School - Empire Day visitors arriving, c. 1921c. 1921Musical comedy star Dorothy Brunton holding a nude small child grabbing the soap St Margarets Hospital, 19251925

1930s7 photos

Slum houses of Surry Hills and Redfern, 1930s1930sDepression "bread wars", corner store on Riley and Fitzroy Streets, Surry Hills, Sydney, 21 August 1934 - Sam Hood1934Community Hospital Moore Park, 19361936Corner and front facade of W.C. Penfold, showing Eastern Trading Co's building (later headquarters of the Opera Australia), Surry Hills, Sydney, March 1937 - Sam Hood1937192930 Buick coupe, 19381938Saint Patrick's Day Pageant, De La Salle College Ashfield, 11-3-1939, by Sam Hood1939Saint Patrick's Day Pageant, Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society, 11-3-1939, by Sam Hood1939

1940s14 photos

Bike riders at Sports Arena taken for Bruce Small Ltd Opperman prepares for attempt on the 24 hour unpaced world record, 19401940Female operators at the finishing table, 19411941General view, 19411941General view of the factory floor, 19411941Machining in the bands, 19411941Childrens party at Premier Theatre Surry Hills, 19421942St Peters School Surry Hills Brother Gregory, 19421942Childrens first communion St Francis de Sales Surry Hills taken for Sister Mary Irene, 19441944Salvation Army - Surry Hills Sunday morning service in street, Sept 1949, from Series 02- Sydney people and streets, 1948-1950, photographed by Brian Bird1949Salvation Army - Surry Hills Sunday morning service in street, Sept 1949, from Series 02- Sydney people and streets, 1948-1950, photographed by Brian Bird1949Children in Hills Reserve (Frog Hollow),Surry Hills, 1949 by Ted Hood1949Children in Sydney slums, mainly Surry Hills, Woolloomooloo, Redfern, 1949 by Ted Hood1949Salvation Army - Surry Hills Sunday morning service in street, Sept 1949, from Series 02- Sydney people & streets, 1948-1950, photographed by Brian Bird1949Old age pensioner in Surry Hills alley with stick, Aug 1949, from Series 02- Sydney people & streets, 1948-1950, photographed by Brian Bird1949

1950s2 photos

Glassblowers at work, Crown Crystal, 1950, by Crown Crystal Studio1950Kate Leigh Crime Boss 19511951

1960s1 photo

69-04 Macquarie Hotel, Sydney 19691969

1970s1 photo

Devonshire Street Pedestrian Tunnel in the 1970s1970s

More of Surry Hills

39 historic photos of Surry Hills, Sydney, taken between 1872 and 1979. They span 8 decades, with the most from the 1940s (14). They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.