Old Sydney Album

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Post by John Somerville.
The Garden Palace. You got to love the Kiwis. How come whenever we Aussies do anything they come along, set up something next door that despite being 1/30th the size, they can't help telling us it's better. c1880.

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FARM COVE VIEW
c1973 - 2023

No filters used. Today's perfect weather brings out the best colours in our beautiful harbour and the sandstone.

(Douglass Baglin / Stephen Thomas )

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Cabbage Tree Bay, Manly

c1922 - 2023

A pleasant walk from Manly to Shelly Beach offers spots along the way to sit and admire the view. Since 2002 the bay has been an aquatic reserve, popular with divers and snorkellers.

[c1922-@beachescouncil>2023-Alan Pages]

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c1927~2023
I think this is the remnant of Princes St waiting to be leveled for the Bradfield Hwy to run over it as the Harbour Bridge creeps forward from the north. The photo aspect is from a lower gradient giving the appearance of being much closer.

@phmuseum>Google Street View

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A train approaches North Sydney Railway Station at 7:15am on Friday 14th April 2023.

[Phil Harvey]

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Close-up of 350 George Street, Sydney in 1936 and in 2023.

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[Philip Thalis @PhilipThalis]

Two of best #sydneyharbourpools, still there & popular, but missing their iconic form & attractions.
Manly’s Big Pool - really a Beach, with such events along net.
Clinton Gardens circular pool, with diving tower & ferry wharf - what a memorable ensemble!
Bring back some fun!

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Capacity crowd at Drummoyne's Kismet (later Odeon) Theatre in the late 1930's.

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c1970's ~ 2022

A look into Circular Quay 40+ years apart.

Images @cityofsydney / K.Sundgren.

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A George Street tram in 1958 and in 2022.

[1958-Vic Solomons/@cityofsydney>2022-Phil Harvey]

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Victoria Road, Drummoyne and the Gladesville Bridge one night in May 1966.

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Looking over 12 and 10 Redan Street, Mosman towards The Heads from the back verandah of the home of Hugh and Augusta Harvey at 15 Muston Street in circa 1913.

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A man jumping over a puddle during heavy rain at the George and Bathurst Streets, Sydney in 1940.

Photograph by R. Wolfe - ACP Magazines Ltd. photographic archive
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A crowd on Victoria Road, Drummoyne waiting to catch a glimpse of Queen Elizabeth II during the Royal Tour in February 1954. #RIPYourMajesty

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St Stephen’s Church, Newtown in circa 1875.

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Entertainer Lorrae Desmond strolling along Darlinghurst Road, Kings Cross in 1960 and the same view in 2022

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This year (13/3) was 50th anniversary of first ep of groundbreaking Aussie TV series Number 96. Here we have the iconic building (otherwise known as ‘Moncur Flats’) 83 Moncur St, Woollahra in 1929, 1975 and 2022.

[1929-The Sydney Sunday Times>1975-Rick Ireland>2022-Phil Harvey]

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Blast from the STAN past - A woman looking over Bondi Beach in 1910 and in 2017.

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Happy 120th Birthday to the Pyrmont Bridge.

The Pyrmont Bridge Control House in 1902 and in 2017.

[1902-Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority>2017-Phil Harvey]

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On this day - Tuesday 28th June 1836 snow fell in Sydney @nlagovau