Old Sydney

1950s3 photos

Olympic swimmer Pam Ovenden, 19561956Clouds at Bar Beach, 19571957Nobbys swimmers, 19571957

1960s16 photos

1960 BRONTE BEACH19601960 COOGEE1960Dawn Fraser and Ilsa Konrads at the Australian National Swimming Championships and Olympic Trials, North Sydney Olympic Pool, 27 February 1960196066-334 Sydney Bondi Beach Australia 1966196666-335 Sydney Bondi Beach Australia 1966196666-336 Sydney Palm Beach Australia 19661966Birrong Swimming Centre, 1966196668-027 Marley Beach, Royal National Park, Sydney 1968196868-068 Bondi Sydney 1968196868-05 Bronte Beach Sydney 1968196868-09 Bondi Sydney 1968196868-11 Bondi 2, Sydney 1968196868-11 Bondi, Sydney 19681968Bondi Beach 1968 and 2023196869-12 535 Northern Beaches, Sydney, Australia 1969196969-12 569 Bondi, Sydney, Australia 19691969

1970s14 photos

70-608 Bondi Beach, Sydney 1970197071-702 Manly Beach, Sydney 1971197171-703 Manly Beach, Sydney 1971197171-709 Bondi Beach, Sydney 1971197171-713 Bondi Beach, Sydney 1971197171-711 Bondi Beach, Sydney 1971197171-710 Bondi Beach, Sydney 1971197171-712 Bondi Beach, Sydney 1971197171-01 20 Bondi, Sydney, Australia 19711971047 On the Beach Sydney 19781978002 Tamarama Beach, Sydney, Feb 19781978001 Tamarama Beach, Sydney, Feb 19781978Lady Jane nude beach in Sydney, Australia, 19791979Sydney hydrofoil ferry PALM BEACH on Sydney Harbour November 19791979

1980s1 photo

742p Sydney backyard, Feb 84, 19841984

1990s2 photos

Coogee Beach Sydney, 19961996Narrabeen overview, 19981998

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336 historic photos for Swimming and beaches, taken between 1874 and 1998, gathered from across the suburbs by what their catalogue titles say. They span 13 decades, with the most from the 1930s (143). They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.