Old Sydney

1940s30 photos

RPA Hospital Christmas, 19441944RPA Hospital Christmas, 19441944RPA Hospital Christmas, 19441944RPA Hospital Christmas, 19441944Salvation Army pageant at Town Hall, 19441944Western Suburbs Churches cricket ground, 19441944Royal Price Alfred Hospital Christmas kiss, Sydney, December 19441944RPA Hospital Christmas, December 1944 - by Sam Hood1944Nurse taken for Mr Ray Bennett Millions Club, 19451945Gift from the Irish Linen Spinning and Weaving Company through Red Cross to the Army military ambulance, 1945–471945–47Molly Picon at veterans' hospital, Sydney, Nova Scotia, January 14, 19461946Nursery Agriculture Department taken for Dr Edwards agricultural writer for Smiths Weekly, 19471947Paintings donated to a church by Signor Vaganini North Sydney Orpheum, 19471947Presentation of cheques to hospitals, 19471947Salvation Army Boys Home Bexley, 19471947Salvation Army camp Collaroy, 19471947Salvation Army old mens home, 19471947Hood 22400r, 19471947Hospitals Christmas Day, 19481948Hospitals Christmas Day, 19481948Hospitals Christmas Day, 19481948Salvation Army Finance Committee, 19481948Salvation Army veterans picnic at Training College, 19481948Salvation Army Youth Carnival Pratten Park, 19481948St Philips Church Church Hill Sydney, 19481948Maltese immigrants land in Sydney from the SS Partizanka, 19481948Salvation 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 Bird1949Margaret Meagher, nurse at Sydney Hospital from Lincoln Coffee Lounge and Cafe, Rowe Street, Sydney - photographed by Brian Bird c. 1948-1951, 1948–511948–51Salvation Army - Surry Hills Sunday morning service in street, Sept 1949, from Series 02- Sydney people & streets, 1948-1950, photographed by Brian Bird1949

1950s29 photos

Bishop Batty at Yoshira, 19501950Pasadena waterside restaurant Church Point taken for Mr TeasdaleSmith, 19501950Presbyterian Church Moderator, 19501950Mrs Inez Louisa Marden of Matraville, fundraiser for the troops during the Zulu, Sudan, Boer and First World Wars honoured by War Widows or nurses, Sydney, ca. 1950 - photographer Sam Hood, c. 1950c. 1950Cathedral ordination service conducted by the Bishop of Newcastle Rt Rev F de Witt Batty Candidates Revs A Fowler W Turvey H Grayston Dr J Walker all deacons and Rev E Barker priest, 19521952Clive Churchill captain of Rugby League Kangaroos at Marist Brothers Hamilton with principal Br Anselm, 19521952South Waratah Methodist Church kindergarten hall, 19521952Cathedral, 19531953Dean of Newcastle from 1915 to 1919 Canon HK Archdall with the present Dean Very Reverend WA Hardie, 19531953Methodist Church, 19531953Opening of Church of England hall Carrington, 19531953Cathedralchoir melbourne, 19541954Bishop at City Hall right, 19541954Bishops jubilee and Synod, 19541954Laying foundation stone of Tighes Hill Catholic Church by the Bishop of Maitland Right Reverend E Gleeson, 19541954Mr D Watkins in hospital, 19541954Waratah new Catholic church and school buildings, 19541954Bishop of Maitland Right Reverend Dr Toohey and Reverend Fr K Halpin OFM, 19551955Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Succour held at Redemptorist Monastery Mayfield and attended by nearly 400 nuns, 19551955Dr Malcolm Mackay Minister of Scots Church Sydney and General Secretary of Australian Council for World Council of Churches at Central Methodist Mission, 19561956Hamilton Red Cross worker, 19561956New building at Mater Hospital, 19561956St George Anglican Church Hamilton stone laid by Bishop of Newcastle Rt Rev F de Witt Batty, 19561956Former home of Trewartha family at Mayfield taken over by Methodist Church as home for aged, 19571957Official opening of St Pauls Methodist Church Kotara Rev Dr C Cato right Rev RA Bell 2nd right Rev BR Wyllie centre, 19571957Opening of Catholic school Broadmeadow by Bishop of Maitland, 19571957St Pauls Methodist Church Kotara offically opened, 19571957Liverpool State Hospital, c. 1958c. 1958Nurses quarters, c. 1958c. 1958

1960s1 photo

Bass Hill, New South Wales farmhouse on Johnston Road, 19601960

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488 historic photos for Churches and charity, taken between 1836 and 1992, gathered from across the suburbs by what their catalogue titles say. They span 16 decades, with the most from the 1930s (150). They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.