Old Sydney

1950s19 photos

The ferry wharf area of Circular Quay under construction, c. 1955c. 1955Cars parked at BHP during bus strike, 19551955Flood appeal workers at City Hall, 19551955Governor Sir John Northcott with the manager of the Electric Lamp Works Mr B Vandenburg, 19551955Ships Iron Derby and Baroota loading BHP wharf, 19551955Milky Way (dairy) exhibition, Sydney Town Hall, 12 August 1955 Ern McQuillan1955Booragul High School under construction, 19561956Large ingot at Comm Steel, 19561956Titanic steel ladle, 19561956Ash Island farm, 19571957Ash Island farm, 19571957BHP ingot, 19571957Crane at Darby Street wool store, 19571957New laboratory at Commonwealth Steel Waratah, 19571957New offices at Lysaghts, 19571957Opening of Wonora Glass Works at Jesmond, 19571957Traffic policeman on patrol duties Hunter Street looking west Steel Street on left, 19571957View of shipping wharves in Sydney Harbour with a construction worker standing in the bucket of a crane in the foreground, c. 1959c. 1959Sydney Overseas Passenger Terminal Circular Quay under construction 19591959

1960s9 photos

Sydney ferry KAMERUKA and AMP Building under construction, 19611961SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE under construction and ferries including BELLUBERA and KARINGAL 19621962Looking north in staff work area (State Library of NSW), c. 1964c. 1964Overseas Passenger Terminal construction with Maritime Services Board (MSB) dredge BURRA-BRU, 1960s1960sSYDNEY OPERA HOUSE under construction 19651965SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE under construction circa 1965, c. 1965c. 1965Sydney Opera House construction 19681968Annandale post office, 19691969Sydney Ferry NORTH HEAD entering Sydney Cove SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE under construction ca. 1969, c. 1969c. 1969

1970s4 photos

70-615 Mortlake Gas Works, Sydney 1970197070-8 Sydney building site, Australia 1970197071-01 16 View from my office, Sydney, Australia 1971197171-01 17 View from my office, Sydney, Australia 19711971

1980s10 photos

Darling-harbour-construction-early-eighties, 1980s1980sold Randwick Post Office, 19851985Clyde works rifle club, c. 1988c. 1988Clyde senior staff, c. 1988c. 1988Clyde works first aid team with ambulance cart, c. 1988c. 1988Clyde senior staff, c. 1988c. 19881989 - Lucas Watermills Archaeological Sites - Woronora Mill (5063418b5)19891989 - Lucas Watermills Archaeological Sites - Woronora Mill (5063418b6)19891989 - Lucas Watermills Archaeological Sites - Woronora Mill (5063418b7)19891989 - Lucas Watermills Archaeological Sites - Woronora Mill (5063418b8)1989

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642 historic photos for Work and industry, taken between 1802 and 1989, gathered from across the suburbs by what their catalogue titles say. They span 15 decades, with the most from the 1930s (240). They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.