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1930s60 photos

KingsfordSmiths Altair Anzac on the deck of the Mariposa, 19341934KingsfordSmiths Altair Anzac changed to Lady Southern Cross that day being unloaded from the Mariposa, 19341934Light Horsemen lead the royal procession past the Cenotaph, c. 1934c. 1934Lockheed Altair Anzac on the deck of the Mariposa with the Harbour Bridge in background, 19341934Mourners a General and an Admiral at Sir Edgeworth Davids funeral, 19341934Official mourners Sir Edgeworth Davids funeral leaving St Andrews Cathedral, 19341934Opening of Anzac War Memorial Sydney by Duke of Gloucester, 19341934RAAF band marches past the Cenotaph, 1930s1930sRyde District Soldiers Memorial Hospital est 1934, 1930s1930sSmithys Lockheed Altair monoplane Anzac on the deck of Mariposa, 19341934State funeral leaves St Andrews Cathedral, 1930s1930sTaxi funeral, 19341934The cortege leaving the porch of St Andrews Cathedral Sir Edgeworth Davids funeral, 19341934Unveiling of the Hyde Park War Memorial, 19341934Veterans in civvies pass the Cenotaph, 1930s1930sWar veterans at wreath laying ceremony at Cenotaph, 1930s1930sWilliam Holmans funeral lined up beside Milsons Point Railway Station, 19341934William Roberts an original Anzac and his family evicted from their Redfern home into the street during the Depression, 19341934World War I Memorial in Wellington NSW Park, 1930s1930sAn aide collecting from a donor, Ryde District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital (N.S.W.), 1934, by Sam Hood1934Sydney stops for "One minute's silence", the Cenotaph, Martin Place at 11 am 11 Nov 1934 - photograph by Ted Hood1934Armistice at the Cenotaph, Martin Place, Sydney, 1934 - photograph by Sam Hood1934HRH the Duke of Gloucester opened the War Memorial, Hyde Park, Sydney, November 1938 - photograph by Sam Hood, 19341934A member of the Band of His Majesty's Grenadier Guards kissing a person in crowd in Martin Place, Sydney after a ceremony at the Cenotaph, 8 November 19341934Man posing under tree in front of Anzac War Memorial in Hyde Park, Sydney, 19341934Anzac Day, c. 1935c. 1935Bishop Kirkbys funeral, 19351935Courtenay funeral, 19351935Flannery funeral, 19351935Flannery funeral, 19351935Flannery funeral, 19351935Flannery funeral, 19351935Funeral Walsh or Macgregor, 19351935Halbert funeral, 19351935Halbert funeral, 19351935Marching past the Cenotaph, 1935–361935–36Veterans march past the Cenotaph with hats over heart, c. 1935c. 1935Wreaths cover the Cenotaph, c. 1935c. 193511 am 11 Nov 1936, Remembrance Day on the GPO clock, Sydney - photograph by Sam Hood1936Coronation decorations, illuminations of Sydney, Anzac War Memorial, Hyde Park, Sydney, 1937 photographer, Sam Hood1937Armistice Day at the Cenotaph, 19371937The Governor of New South Wales, Lord Wakehurst, gives a speech at the Man O'War Steps on his arrival in Sydney aboard the RMS Orford on Anzac Day, 8 April 19371937Arrival of Governor by Orford ie Anzac Day 19371937Dawn service at Cenotaph, 19371937Tank Corps placing wreath on Cenotaph, 19371937Royal Service Station, Anzac Pde, Kensington. 30 May 1937, by Sam Hood1937Armistice Day service at Cenotaph Martin Place, 19381938Empire Games representatives at Cenotaph, 19381938Lieutenant Horwoods funeral, 19381938New Zealand contingent at 1938 Anzac Day commemoration in Martin Place1938New Zealand contingent at 1938 Anzac Day commemoration1938New Zealand contingent at 1938 Anzac Day commemoration, on George Street, Sydney1938Arrival of the New Zealand contingent for Anzac Day aboard TSS Maunganui, 23 April 19381938Opening memorial at Bonnie Doon taken for Golf in Australia, 19381938Parade to Cenotaph, 19381938Parade to Cenotaph, 19381938Scouts overseas placing wreath on Cenotaph, 19381938Armistice Day ceremony at the Cenotaph, Sydney, 11 November 1938 - photograph by Sam Hood1938Funeral of Hon JA Lyons Prime Minister of Australia, 19391939Funeral of Hon JA Lyons Requiem Mass at St Marys, 19391939

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182 historic photos for Funerals and memorials, taken between 1900 and 1988, gathered from across the suburbs by what their catalogue titles say. They span 7 decades, with the most from the 1930s (102). They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.