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Flotilla of ships and small craft pass under the Bridge, 1932Flotilla of ships and small craft pass under the Bridge1932

From Wikipedia

Port Jackson, commonly known as Sydney Harbour, is a natural harbour on the east coast of Australia, around which the city of Sydney is situated. It consists of the waters of Sydney Harbour, Middle Harbour, North Harbour, and the Lane Cove and Parramatta rivers.

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Sydney Harbour by decade

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Streets and landmarks in Sydney Harbour

A sample across the years

View of Port Jackson, taken from the South Head from A Voyage to Terra Australis (1814) by Matthew Flinders1814Sydney Heads 1821 Flickr 40354838971821Vue du phare du port Jackson. (Nouvelle Galles du Sud.) (NYPL b13624459-1266795), 18331833North Head Entrance of Port Jackson (1859) (Group of two women and three men, including one with telescope, at the Gap, South Head, looking out to sea)1859Sydney Ferry EMU (I), c. 1860c. 1860French corvette Dupleix in drydock Sydney Flickr 5073941774 28dbda4127 o, c. 1870c. 1870Fort Denison (Pinchgut), c. 1880c. 1880Paddy Flynn, chief clerk, Dept. of Public Works, with boy in kitchen of camp (to find site of Spit Bridge) in rock shelter, Middle Harbour, 1893, By A.J. Perier1893Ravenscourt (ship, 1892) and Wallarah (ship, 1900) in Walsh Bay, Sydney1900Vehicular ferry KAMILAROI on Sydney Harbour, c. 1910c. 1910Harold Cazneaux photograph of Sydney city about 1920, c. 1920c. 1920Sydney Ferry BENELON, 19231923Watching the departure of the Australian Olympic Team on the S.S. "Ormonde", 1924, c. 1924c. 1924Untitled, c. 1925c. 1925Sydney ferry KOOMPARTOO and others during construction of Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19301930Platform Sydney harbour bridge, 1930–311930–31Sydney Harbour Bridge - Safety Mechanism for Creeper Cranes, c. 1930c. 1930Sydney Harbour Bridge under construction, c. 1930c. 1930Anzac Day in the Domain, Sydney, 25 April 1930 Sam Hood1930A motor cruiser in a sea of foam, c. 1930c. 1930Sydney ferry Kubu passes near the Harbour Bridge as the lower chord is ready for joining, c. 1930c. 1930Hr. Ms. Java, 19301930'Harbour Bridge from Gardens' RAHS-Osborne Collection, 19301930View from the top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19301930

620 historic photos of Sydney Harbour, taken between 1814 and 1998. They span 18 decades, with the most from the 1930s (260). They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.