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Sydney city centre in the 1930s

497 photos

1820s 1 1850s 21 1860s 12 1870s 131 1880s 70 1890s 40 1900s 248 1910s 73 1920s 120 1930s 497 1940s 151 1950s 76 1960s 57 1970s 28 1980s 19 1990s 16
Large group of interstate bowlers on Town Hall steps, 1934?1934?Large group of interstate bowlers on Town Hall steps, 19341934Large group of people at rear of Town Hall Rechabites conference, 19341934Large group of people outside building in Macquarie Street, 1930s1930sLight Horsemen lead the royal procession past the Cenotaph, c. 1934c. 1934Lord Gifford precedes State Governor Sir Philip Game down the steps of Parliament House, 1930s1930sLyons congratulates Bell Speaker of the House of Representatives first session of the Fourteenth Parliament, 19341934March of Labor rally turning from Park into Elizabeth Street, 1930s1930sMarch past Town Hall, 1930s1930sMasons remodelling the entrance of the Sydney Town Hall, c. 1934c. 1934Michael McGahey grandson of the Mark Foys and born in Penang arrives in Sydney, 19341934Mr Page of Concord holds his daughter Gloria up on the seawall Botanic Gardens to see the visiting Italian cruiser, 19341934Mrs Stilling at wheel of her car at Conservatorium, 1930s1930sNSW mounted police in Pitt Street, 1930s1930sOfficial group at Government House, 19341934Official mourners Sir Edgeworth Davids funeral leaving St Andrews Cathedral, 19341934Organist Price Dunlavy at the State Theatre Wurlitzer organ, 1930s1930sPremier Jack Lang centre leaving Parliament House, 1930s1930sPrime Minister Joe Lyons makes election speech at a suburban Town Hall, 1930s1930sProcession of clergy at rear of St Andrews Cathedral, 1930s1930sQueue for tickets Her Majestys Theatre later Sydney Tower, 1930s1930sQueue for tickets Her Majestys Theatre later Sydney Tower, c. 1934c. 1934RA Rooney shearing contractors head office Spring Street Sydney, 1930s1930sRAAF band marches past the Cenotaph, 1930s1930sRev Canon Book and two friends leaving court entrance of ClerkofthePeace and MasterinLunacy during an action for slander Macquarie Street Justices Browne Cantor and Wynne, 1930s1930sSam Lands Palace of Gems being rebuilt, 1930s1930sScene in the Botanical Gardens bottle tree on left, 1930s1930sScott and Campbell Black arrive at Sydney Town Hall for Civic Reception, 19341934Scott and Campbell Black received at Government House by Governor Sir Philip Game and his Aidedecamp Group Captain Gifford RAF, 1934?1934?Scott and CampbellBlack winners of the MacRobertson International Air Race 1934 in Vauxhall tourer Government House1934Scouts Rally at St Marys Cathedral, 1930s1930sSheep shearing demonstration RA Rooney shearing contractors head office 8 Spring Street Sydney, 1930s1930sGovernor-General Sir Isaac Isaacs talking with Sir Claude Reading, chairman of the Commonwealth Bank, and Caroline Reading, at an honours investiture, Government House, Sydney (15 September 1934)1934St Marys Cathedral and Hyde Park no fountain from top of Supreme Court, 1930s1930sSt Marys Cathedral Cardinal Morans statue in place but Archbishop Kelly must have been still alive Ted Hood 1391988, 1930s1930sState funeral leaves St Andrews Cathedral, 1930s1930sState Governor or Acting reviews St John Ambulance Brigade at Government House, 1930s1930sThe cortege leaving the porch of St Andrews Cathedral Sir Edgeworth Davids funeral, 19341934The official group in entrance to State Government House, c. 1934c. 1934The then new Astor Flats in Macquarie Street showing statue of Albert the Good on left and Premiers Department on right, 1930s1930sTheatre Royal White Horse Inn, 19341934Theatrical girls at the Conservatorium, 1930s1930sTraffic policemen on point duty corner of Park and College Streets with new white sleeves for safety, 19341934Two fashionable women Sydney Town Hall, 1930s1930sTwo men modelling hats in City Hatters Pitt Street, 19341934Two women admire the spring flowers in the Botanic Gardens, 19341934Unidentified bridal couple on steps of St Marys Cathedral, 1930s1930sUnveiling of the Hyde Park War Memorial, 19341934Veterans in civvies pass the Cenotaph, 1930s1930sView of Government House, 19341934View of Hyde Park and museum from Supreme Court, 1930s1930sVisit of HRH Duke of Gloucester, 19341934War veterans at wreath laying ceremony at Cenotaph, 1930s1930sWaterloo Lady Helpers Club present endowment plaque to South Sydney Hospital Secretary, 19341934Widening Elizabeth Street Workman demolishing building opposite legal chambers, 19341934Woman admires the spring flowers in the Botanic Gardens, 19341934Womens vigoro team at The Domain, 19341934Tex Morton in full cowboy rig and guitar arrives to vote, Sydney Town Hall, 19341934Crowded Botanic Gardens, c. 1930s by Ted Hood1930sDandre-Levitoff Ballet Company, starring Olga Spessivtzeva, in the foyer of the Theatre Royal, Sydney, October 1934 - Sam Hood1934
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497 historic photos of Sydney city centre from the 1930s, oldest first. They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.

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