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1,825 photos1836–1998

Mrs Musgrave of Parramatta came to see the Duke, 1934Mrs Musgrave of Parramatta came to see the Duke1934

1,825 historic photos for Portraits and groups, taken between 1836 and 1998, gathered from across the suburbs by what their catalogue titles say. They span 17 decades, with the most from the 1930s (791). They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.

1830s 1 1840s 3 1850s 8 1860s 16 1870s 25 1880s 31 1890s 44 1900s 57 1910s 186 1920s 122 1930s 791 1940s 372 1950s 144 1960s 9 1970s 2 1980s 10 1990s 4

1830s1 photo

Revd Richard Hill St James Sydney 02, c. 1836c. 1836

1840s3 photos

Dr William Bland, ca. 1845 - photographed by George Goodman, c. 1845c. 1845Joseph Fowles author of "Sydney in 1848"1848George William Lord (1818-1880), 1818–801818–80

1850s8 photos

James Robert Wilshire A-00006275, 18561856James Johnson, seaman and only survivor of 122 persons upon the wreck of the ship "Dunbar" taken afterward at Sydney in 1857 - (hand coloured ambrotype attributed to Thomas Glaister) (cropped)1857Untitled, 18571857Painting of champion racehorse Veno 18571857James Johnson, survivor of the wreck of the Dunbar, Sydney, 1857 - (hand coloured ambrotype attributed to Thomas Glaister)1857William Denison 18591859EW Ward 18591859North Head Entrance of Port Jackson (1859) (Group of two women and three men, including one with telescope, at the Gap, South Head, looking out to sea)1859

1860s16 photos

Alderman George Thornton, c. 1860c. 1860Miss Margaret Miller, 18601860George Walker, ex-Mayor of Paddington, 18601860James White circa 18601860William Speer, 18611861Robert Allwood (clergyman), 1840–841840–84Portrait of Mary Denning, Parramatta, Australia, 18631863Ben Hall, 1863 - (carte de visite copy photograph) Freeman Brothers, Sydney1863Arthur Holroyd FL16028334 cropped, 1860s1860sWilliam Sharp Macleay portrait, c. 1865c. 1865Fashionable lady, ca. 1865 - photographer Henry William Burgin II, c. 1865c. 1865Fashionable lady, ca. 1865 - photographer Henry William Burgin II, c. 1865c. 1865Lieutenant Adolphus August Frederick FitzGeorge, of H.M.S. Galatea, 1868 - photographer Montagu Scott of Sydney (cropped)1868Lieutenant Adolphus August Frederick FitzGeorge, of H.M.S. Galatea, 1868 - photographer Montagu Scott of Sydney1868John Whitton State Library NSW CDV, 1867–701867–70Duke of Edinburgh, Alfred Ernest Albert, ca. 1868, Montagu Scott, c. 1868c. 1868

1870s25 photos

Walter Renny, c. 1870c. 1870Portrait of Thomas Henry Iceton, cricketer, New South Wales c. 1871, 1870–711870–71Frank Allan SLNSW, c. 1870c. 1870George Fife Angas, 18701870Alderman Michael Chapman (1860-62, 1866-1900) Mayor 1871-72, Unique ID A-00041474, 1871–721871–7293 Dr Fullertons Church SH 708, 1872187290 Dr Langs Church SH 723, 18721872153 Prince Alberts Statue, 18721872150 Mrs Macquaries Fort SH 239, 18721872Mrs Macquarie's Chair, Sydney, ca. 1870-1875 - photographer American and Australasian Photographic Company, 1870–751870–75B.O. Holtermann with the Holtermann Nugget, North Sydney, 1874-1876 ? - American & Australasian Photographic Company, 1872–761872–76Walter Russell Hall (portrait) with vignette drawn by Helena Forde, Sydney, 1874, c. 1874c. 1874William Branwhite Clark, c. 1875 pxa 1023c. 1875Polding c1875, c. 1875c. 1875Margaret Greenwood, an Imperial Convict, 18751875B.O. Holtermann with the Holtermann Nugget, North Sydney, 1874-1876 ? - American and Australasian Photographic Company, 1874–761874–76Alderman John Davies, C.M.G., M.L.A., J.P. (1874-82), 18771877John MacIntosh, 18771877Alfred E. Shittles, 1877?1877?Harris family, Sydney, ca. 1877 - photographer Freeman &Co, c. 1877c. 1877Robert Fowler, 18781878Mr & Mrs Finlay (1878)1878Alderman Charles James Roberts (1877-80) Mayor of Sydney 18791879Captain Moonlight, 18791879View from Mrs Macquarie's Point looking at Garden Palace c 1879, by Tronier Artist Photographer, c. 1879c. 1879

1880s7 photos

Studio Portrait of Reverend William Woolls, c. 1880, by J Herbert Newman pxa 1023c. 1880Portrait of Professor Max Müller, c. 1880 slnsw pxa 1023c. 1880William Westbrooke Burton, c. 1880, by Gorus pxa 1023c. 1880Naturalist George Bennett, c. 1910, c. 1880c. 1880Admiral Eduard von Knorr 18801880Police Record, John Fox slnsw, 18801880Sir Peter Scratchley, c. 1882 slnsw pxa 1023c. 1882
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