Old Sydney

1940s25 photos

Mr Relton with his flowers in the hothouse, 19451945Mr Reltons home Bronte Road, 19451945Part of side garden with fountain and hothouse Mr Reltons home Bronte Rd, 19451945Rear of cottage from back garden Mr Reltons home Bronte Rd, 19451945Welcome home to Mr Rydge at Ushers taken for Union Theatres, 19451945W.A. Crowle playing pool with "Once Upon a Time" boys home residents, 19461946Advertisers Association Conference at Town Hall Wentworth and Manufacturing House, 19461946Air transport Phillip House, 19461946Ornamental mirrors for catalogue, 19461946Rural Bank welcome home party, 19461946Cakes and vase of flowers taken for Smiths Weekly cookery page, 19471947Furlough House Narrabeen, 19471947Furlough House Narrabeen, 19471947Howard Auto Cultivators rotary hoes Burnside Homes, 19471947Salvation Army Boys Home Bexley, 19471947Salvation Army old mens home, 19471947Westmead Boys Home, 19471947Westmead Boys Home, 19471947Westmead Boys Home, 19471947Dr Appelman American evangelist Chapter House, 19481948Westmead Boys Home Christmas party, 19481948Westmead Boys Home Christmas party, 11-12-1948, by Sam Hood1948Darling Point, 19491949Bookshelves, 19491949Bookshelves, 19491949

1950s31 photos

Home gardens, 19501950Home gardens, 19501950House Mr Parsons 24 Nundah Street Lane Cove, 19501950Laying the foundation stone James Laskie Memorial Rest House, 19501950St Josephs Aged Peoples Home Sandgate, 19501950St Joseph's Aged Peoples Home, Sandgate, Hood Collection, 1 August 19501950Rose Seidler House, Wahroonga, Sydney, 1951 - photographed by Marcel Seidler1951Garden winners, 19521952Garden winners, 19521952Miss Tinson of Oakhampton cleans flooded house, 19521952Spring gardens Civic Park Christie Place, 19521952Jack and Hazel Smith come home to Australia, c. 1953c. 1953Sidney Street now Tyrrell Street Power House, 19531953United Protestant Association Home for the Aged Woodlands near Wallsend, 19531953Belmont Crippled Childrens Home, 19551955Birmingham Gardens, 19551955Brown Homes dedication, 19551955Brown Homes dedication, 19551955Highfields homes series, 19551955Highfields homes series, 19551955Highfields homes series, 19551955Home Garden winners, 19551955Home Garden winners, 19551955House CharlestownHighfields area, 19551955Bernard Shore and Raymond Fisher at Blackhall House, 19561956Mr Hawkins Minister for Social Welfare and Child Welfare visits King Edward Home for Children, 19561956Mr Price at Home Science High, 19561956District Park Club House, 19571957Former home of Trewartha family at Mayfield taken over by Methodist Church as home for aged, 19571957Opening of Methodist Old Peoples Home Bull Street Mayfield, 19571957National Servicemen wait to go home after completion of training, 19591959

1960s4 photos

Sabrina doing the Twist, Peppermint Lounge, Sydney, January 1962 - Australian Photographic Agency1962SabrinaTwist19621962SabrinaTwist1962(square)1962Royal visit 1963 - Garden Party at Government House, Sydney NSW, c. 1963c. 1963

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372 historic photos for Homes and gardens, taken between 1840 and 1979, gathered from across the suburbs by what their catalogue titles say. They span 14 decades, with the most from the 1930s (139). They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.