Old Sydney

1930s60 photos

Sydney ferries KAI KAI and KUTTABUL in Lavender Bay Sydney Harbour Bridge almost complete, c. 1931c. 1931Sydney ferry KULGOA leaving Cremorne Point Wharf, 1930–321930–32Malabar (ship, 1925) - SLV H91.250-545, 19311931Grain being moved along conveyor belts a No.4 wharf, Darling Harbour (NSW), c. 1931c. 1931Sydney Harbour Bridge - Rail for Painting Gantry, c. 1931c. 1931On Anzac Day, women lay wreaths on the wharf at Woolloomooloo, Sydney, from where the WW I troops departed, ca. 1931 Sam Hood, c. 1931c. 1931Ferry Lady Denman pulls into Circular Quay with two KLNM ships in background framed by the completed arch of the Bridge, 1930–321930–32Looking south from the riggers box showing middle section of decking in place with passenger ship passing below Vehicular wharves in distance, 1930–321930–32The Java a warship of the Dutch East Indies berthing with the Bridge as a background, 1930–321930–32The first panels of decking in place as ocean liner passes underneath, 1931–321931–32Captain William Chalmers (of HMAS Australia) and Sydney socialite Miss Rosemary Shepherd at a naval cricket match, Lyne Park, Rose Bay, January 193-, by Sam Hood, 19311931Sydney Ferry KIAMALA approaching Circular Quay October 19311931Sydney Ferry KUTTABUL built 1922, 1922–411922–41Sydney harbour ferries in Circular Quay with almost complete Sydney Harbour Bridge probably early 1932 or late 1931, 1931–321931–32Sydney ferry KOOKOOBURRA in Sydney Cove 12 November 19311931Sydney ferry KOOKOOBURRA transferring passengers to motorship MANUNDA at Neutral Bay 24 Oct 19311931Circular Quay and the overseas passenger terminal Sydney 1932, c. 1932c. 1932HMAS Canberra Farm Cove Sydney, 19321932The S.S. Mariposa and RMS Strathnaver, c. 1932c. 1932Dawes Point vehicular ferry docks, 19321932A group of nine RAAF Citizen Air Force ground staff with their Sergeant in preWW II uniform tunics buttoned to the neck peakedcap navy blue breeches and black leggings, c. 1932c. 1932Flag bedecked Fort Denison Pinchgut and HMAS Canberra, 19321932Flotilla of ships and small craft pass under the Bridge, 19321932Manly Ferry Dee Why passes near partcompleted Harbour Bridge, c. 1932c. 1932Naval Band and Royal Australian Navy lead across the Bridge, 19321932RAN and marines in front of dais, 19321932Riverview spectators on their launch, c. 1932c. 1932SS Nieuw Zeeland leading flotilla of ships and small craft, 19321932The RAN Navy Reserve group with five women, c. 1932c. 1932Sydney Harbour, 19 March 1932, by Hall and Co1932Sydney Harbour, 19 March 1932, by Hall and Co1932Dutch liner "Nieuw Zeeland" passing the moored HMAS "Canberra", Sydney Harbour Bridge opening, 19 March 1932 - Sam Hood1932Orient liner SS Orford passing under Sydney Harbour Bridge turning towards Circular Quay, 19 March 19321932Ships surrounding Sydney Harbour and Sydney Harbour Bridge taken from Neutral Bay, 19 March 19321932Sydney ferry KUTTABUL, c. 1932c. 1932Sydney Ferry LADY NORTHCOTE c. 1932c. 1932Sydney ferry DEE WHY between 1930 and 1935, 1930–351930–35Sydney ferry LADY SCOTT at Circular Quay circa 1932, c. 1932c. 1932Sydney ferry CURL CURL leaving Manly 1930s, 1930–351930–35Sydney ferry KOOKOOBURRA and liner STRATHNAVER prior to Sydney Harbour Bridge opening 1932, c. 1932c. 1932Sydney ferry probably KANANGRA possibly KIRAWA circa 1932, c. 1932c. 1932Royal Australian Naval team plays the visiting German Navy team from the cruiser Köln, Lyne Park, Rose Bay, 10 May 1933 - photographer Sam Hood1933Royal Australian Navy team plays soccer against the visiting German Navy cruiser Köln team, Lyne Park, Sydney, May 1933 - Sam Hood1933Sydney Ferry BARRENJOEY entering Sydney Cove 19331933Sydney ferry KAMIRI 1930s1930sItalian light cruiser Armando Diaz on a visit to Sydney Oct 27th 19341934Sydney ferry BARAGOOLA at Kurraba Point depot, 1930s1930sSydney ferry CRANE at launch, 19341934Sydney ferries DEE WHY - KANANGRA - KIRRULE - LADY EDELINE, 1930s1930sO3U launched from USS Augusta (CA-31) 1934193426 foot yacht unidentified sail No 14, 1930s1930sA backlighted scene of tug boat waiting to take a ship in tow on Sydney Harbour, 1930s1930sAn ancient tugboat and a sternwheeler ferry at Fern Bay, 1930s1930sBoats at wharf, 1930s1930sBuilding and launching of a small tugboat at Birchgrove, 1930s1930sChristening of boat at police sheds for Cecil Pearce, 1930s1930sChristening of North Cronulla surf boat MJ Farrell II, 1930s1930sCommander Hammer speaking, 1930s1930sCrewmen furling sail, 1930s1930sCrowded Sydney ferry Kameruka berthing at Clifton Gardens, 1930s1930s

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1,305 historic photos for Ships and the harbour, taken between 1828 and 1999, gathered from across the suburbs by what their catalogue titles say. They span 17 decades, with the most from the 1930s (278). They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.