Old Sydney

1920s14 photos

Glass plate negative of Ellerman’s City Line’s, SS ‘City of Dunkirk’, freighter passing under Sydney Harbour Bridge 28 January 1932, 19281928Sydney ferry KAI KAI under the Sydney Harbour Bridge circa 1928, c. 1928c. 1928Sydney car ferry KOOROONGABA at Jeffrey Street ramp, c. 1929c. 1929Sydney Ferries KUTTABUL and LADY DENMAN and others in Sydney Cove, 19291929Titan and Sydney mast, 19291929HMAS Sydney being broken up 19291929Boats Sydney Harbour, 19291929Live export sheep in pens on the deck of a ship, c. 1929c. 1929Surf boat race battling the waves Manly, 19291929Sailor of HMAS "Australia" fondles woman's string of pearls, c. 1929 - by Sam Hoodc. 1929View from McMahon's Point, 19291929Sydney Ferry KOOMPARTOO, 19291929Sydney Ferry KUBU approaches Circular Quay and Harbour Bridge under construction Sept 19291929Sydney vehicular ferry KOONDOOLOO in 1929 near Sydney Harbour Bridge under construction1929

1930s46 photos

Sydney car ferries at KIRRIBILLI 1930 before the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge1930Sydney ferries at Gibraltar depot McMahons Point, c. 1930c. 1930Sydney ferry KOOMPARTOO and others during construction of Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19301930Sydney ferries KOOMPARTOO and KAI KAI in Lavender Bay 18 October 19301930Dee Why ferry, c. 1930c. 1930Sydney ferries KULGOA and KUTTABUL in Lavender Bay, 19301930Sydney ferries KUTTABUL and KULGOA in Lavender Bay, 19301930Sydney ferries in Sydney Cove including CURL CURL and KAI KAI, c. 1930c. 1930Lavender Bay and Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19301930Sydney ferries KUTTABUL KALANG KOOMPARTOO, 1929–311929–31Garden Island aerial 1930, c. 1930c. 1930View from Wharf at Milsons Point, c. 1930c. 1930Billboard at Circular Quay Wharf promoting trade between Australia and Canada, 19301930A motor cruiser in a sea of foam, c. 1930c. 1930Loading wooden boxes into the hold of a ship, c. 1930c. 1930Sydney ferry Kubu passes near the Harbour Bridge as the lower chord is ready for joining, c. 1930c. 1930US Marines marching ahead of the sailors, c. 1930c. 1930The "Java", a warship of the Dutch East Indies, berthing with the Sydney Harbour Bridge as a background, ca. 1930 - Ted Hood1930'The Boatbuilder's Yard' RAHS-Osborne Collection, 19301930'Sailing Model Yachts' RAHS-Osborne Collection, 19301930Car-ferry-kedumba-beneath-the-sydney-harbour-bridge-august-1930 20078126776 o1930Sydney Ferries KARINGAL BRONZEWING WOOLLAHRA, c. 1930c. 1930Sydney Ferry BINNGARRA and others 1930, c. 1930c. 1930Sydney Ferry KANIMBLA and Sydney Harbour Bridge 1 February 19301930Sydney Ferry KULGOA leaving Lavender Bay wharf 19 July 19301930Sydney Ferry BALGOWLAH circa 1930, c. 1930c. 1930Sydney K-class Ferries and Sydney Harbour Bridge 1 Oct 19301930Sydney Ferry KANANGRA rounding Cremorne Point ca 1930, c. 1930c. 1930Sydney Ferry KOOKOOBURRA at Manly Quarantine Station 19301930Sydney Ferry KANIMBLA at Neutral Bay wharf 19301930Sydney Ferry BARAGOOLA crossing Sydney Heads 19301930Sydney ferry LADY EDELINE leaves Sydney Cove circa 1930, c. 1930c. 1930Sydney ferries LADY EDELINE and LADY DENMAN and KARINGAL at Circular Quay 19301930SS Franconia, Cunard Line ship, Sydney Harbour, 2 March 1934, c. 1930c. 1930Sydney ferry KUBU under the Sydney Harbour Bridge under construction circa 1930, c. 1930c. 1930Sydney ferry KUTTABUL and other K-class ferries Sydney Harbour 19301930Sydney ferry KULGOA and Sydney Harbour Bridge circa 1930, c. 1930c. 19302. Ferry smash, 1 May 1930 photographed by T. Fisher1930Sydney paddle car ferry BENELON circa 1930, c. 1930c. 1930Sydney ferry KAI KAI in Lavender Bay circa 1930, c. 1930c. 1930Sydney ferries KANIMBLA and KAI KAI at Circular Quay circa 1930, c. 1930c. 1930Sydney K-class ferries at McMahon's Point circa 1928 - 1932, 1928–321928–32Sydney ferry BELLUBERA and Sydney Harbour Bridge under construction, c. 1930c. 1930Sydney ferry KUTTABUL in Sydney Cove with Sydney Harbour Bridge under construction 19311931Sydney ferries KARA KARA and KUTTABUL, 19311931Sydney KIRRULE-TYPE ferry and KUTTABUL at Circular Quay 19311931

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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.