Old Sydney

1940s40 photos

Sir Philip Game ties on ribbon to champion Clydesdale, 1925–571925–57Winning rowing team, 1925–571925–57A group of eighteen men in bowling whites City Bowling Club, 19421942Airman Title in Hood Register American gridiron game at Sports Ground Army v Navy, 19431943American gridiron game at Sports Ground sic Army v Navy, 19431943Girls sic football Sydney Sports Ground for Mr Geo Nathan, 19431943Girls sic football Sydney Sportsground for Mr Geo Nathan, 19431943Naval officer Title in Hood Register American gridiron game at Sports Ground Army v Navy, 19431943Nossiters yacht returned, c. 1943c. 1943Nossiters yacht returned, c. 1943c. 1943Sports meeting at Sportsground, 19431943AWA baseball teams, 19451945Kogarah Public School - Kogarah Intermediate High School - P.S.A.A.A Athletic Carnival Team - Premiers 19451945JA Prestwich 'Jap' motorcycle 1946 SLNSW1946Sydney Speedway, Granville 1946 slnsw1946Speedway Motocycle 19461946Australian Golf Club championships secretaries group, 19461946First day of golf championship taken for Mr Allen, 19461946Golf championship Royal Sydney, 19461946HMS Anson Anniversary Day regatta, 19461946Queensland v South Australia teams golf championship Rose Bay, 19461946Malvern Star Bicycle Competition, Stanmore Theatre (taken for Acme Theatres), 4 May 1946, by Sam Hood1946Sydney Speedway 1946 by Ray Olsen1946Bike rider Capitol Theatre, 19471947Mascot Bowling Club, 19471947Mr Brockhoffs yacht, 19471947Mr Brockhoffs yacht, 19471947Mr Brockhoffs yacht, 19471947Anniversary Regatta taken from Clarke Island, 19481948Model yachts, 19481948Model yachts, 19481948Model yachts, 19481948Model yachts, 19481948Model yachts Mr Walton Hall, 19481948Opening of Lakes Golf Club bowling green, 19481948Nolene Maclean, diving champion, Sydney (attrib.), 19491949Crowd watching Dunlop Rubber table tennis championship with Mr A Goode foreground Stadium, 19491949Dunlop Rubber table tennis championship Stadium, 19491949Ladies junior golf championship, 19491949Presentation of champion ewes cups Carlton, 19491949

1950s16 photos

Rowing boat in Old Rose Street, 1952?1952?Marjorie Jackson-Nelson 19521952Floral march basketball teams march along Hunter and King Streets near Civic Park Newcastle, 19531953Freddie Dawson American boxer in bed, 19531953New Lambton Bowling Club, 19531953NSW Surf Life Saving Association championships Caves Beach, 19531953Gothic HM Royal Yacht, 19541954Royal Yacht Gothic, 19541954Royal Yacht Gothic cropped, 19541954Royal Yacht Gothic rotated and cropped, 19541954Hamilton bowling green, 19551955Hockey field National Park, 19561956Talinga, 19571957Auxiliary motor yacht Hiahd, 19571957New bowling secretary Mr Richardson, 19571957Representive baseball players from Newcastle representing NSW Country against Victorian Country From left J Bull R Rice G McCabe L Balks at front H Davidson captaincoach, 19571957

1960s3 photos

Dawn Fraser and Ilsa Konrads at the Australian National Swimming Championships and Olympic Trials, North Sydney Olympic Pool, 27 February 19601960Sydney ferry BELLUBERA and yachts, 1960–701960–7069-04 Luna Park 7, Sydney 19691969

1970s1 photo

Start of the Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race, 19711971

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424 historic photos for Other sport, taken between 1857 and 1980, gathered from across the suburbs by what their catalogue titles say. They span 13 decades, with the most from the 1930s (293). They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.