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Sydney Harbour in the 1930s

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Laying Sheet Asphalt on Roadway, 19311931Scots Church, 1931, c. 1931c. 1931Demolishing Princes Street Stone Arch Ring, 19311931Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1931, c. 1931c. 1931On top of the world!, c. 1931c. 1931Sydney Harbour Bridge - tree planting ceremony, 19311931Sydney Harbour Bridge - tree planting ceremony, c. 1931c. 1931View from the top, c. 1931c. 1931Sydney Harbour Bridge, c. 1931c. 1931Demolishing Princes Street Stone Arch Ring, c. 1931c. 1931Railway engineer taking measurements of surfaces of track, 1930–321930–32Small yachts amateurs 21 foot restricted class on Sydney Harbour the Bridge in background, 1931–321931–32The first panels of decking in place as ocean liner passes underneath, 1931–321931–32Early excavations of northern end of York Street for southern approach to the Harbour Bridge (note old Scots Church left and St Philips right), c. 1930-1932, by Ted Hood, 1930–321930–32Up there with the riggers (Sydney Harbour Bridge construction), c. 1930-1932, by Ted Hood, 1930–321930–32Riggers riveting the red-hot rivets on the lower outside south chord, Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1930-1931 - Sam Hood, 1930–321930–32The Young Australia League marching across Sydney Harbour Bridge, February 1931 - photographed by Sam Hood1931Six cars side-by-side on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19311931Laying of the surface of the roadway of bridge, 19311931Laying the surface of Harbour Bridge, 19311931Laying the formwork for a tunnel near one of the abutments, 19311931Workmen on on the northern bridge spans, 19311931Southern approach to the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19311931Sydney Ferry KUTTABUL built 1922, 1922–411922–41Wr Opening Habrour Bridge de Groot 19.03.1932 011932Photographic portrait of Roland Kitson, vice-chairman of Dorman Long, in Sydney for the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, taken by Monte Luke, published in The Home (2 May 1932)1932Photographic compilation group portrait of the Ministry of New South Wales under Premier Jack Lang, published in the Sydney Harbour Bridge opening programme, 19 March 19321932Arrest of Francis de Groot, 19321932Sydney Harbour Bridge opening, 19321932Sydney Harbour Bridge opening 1932 slnsw1932JJC Bradfield Sydney Harbour Bridge 19321932SydneyHarbourBridgeMarch1932SamHood1932First passenger train over Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19321932American Eagle model A-1 biplane VH-UHV, 19321932Sydney Harbour Bridge at sunset, 19321932Sydney Harbour Bridge 19 March 19321932Taking strain measurements on post - Sydney Harbour Bridge, c. 1932c. 1932Ornamental Lanterns at Bridge Stairs, c. 1932c. 1932First Train on Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19321932First Electric Train on Main Span, 19321932Sydney Harbour Bridge, Staff Autographs, c. 1932c. 1932Sydney Harbour Bridge - Deck illuminated during loading tests, c. 1932c. 1932Sydney Harbour Bridge - Deck Illuminated, c. 1932c. 1932Sydney Harbour Bridge - Bridge Lighting Switched on for First Time, 19321932Arched Openings on Landing - Bridge Stairs, 19321932Unveiling of Tablet to Men who lost their Lives, c. 1932c. 1932Under Bank Street Bridge, 1932, c. 1932c. 1932Crossing the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19321932Sydney Harbour Bridge - Eastern Footway and Tramway Tracks, c. 1932c. 1932Official opening - Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19321932Sydney Harbour Bridge - opening, c. 1932c. 1932Sydney Harbour Bridge, c. 1932c. 1932To cut the ribbon at the official opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, c. 1932c. 1932Toll Collection - Sydney Harbour Bridge, c. 1932c. 1932Toll Collection - Sydney Harbour Bridge, c. 1932c. 1932Crowds crossing the Sydney Harbour Bridge after the official opening ceremony, 19321932Sydney Harbour Bridge celebrations, c. 1932c. 1932Sydney Harbour Bridge celebrations, c. 1932c. 1932Fort Street Girls High School, 19321932Sydney Harbour Bridge celebrations, c. 1932c. 1932
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