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Sydney in the 1950s

880 photos

880 historic photos of Sydney from the 1950s, by year, then those the library dates to a span of years. They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.

1958 7 photos

Royal Ballet's Swan Lake at the Empire Theatre, Sydney, 10 September 1958 - photographer Ken RedshawAerial View of Bass Hill, 1958Interior Central Railway station concourse, Sydney, c. 19581958 -BOXALL TOUR 4331958 SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGESydney Ferry KUBU in Mosman Bay 1958Sydney Ferry KUBU 1958

1959 18 photos

Sydney ferry KALANG near The Spit, 1959Railway Station - Granville, 1959, c. 1959Sydney trolleybus number 15 - 19590704View of shipping wharves in Sydney Harbour with a construction worker standing in the bucket of a crane in the foreground, c. 1959No.15 Trolley bus at the corner of the Princes Highway and Bay St, Rockdale (NSW), 1959A. J. Swane and Co. Hardware Store Corner of North Terrace and Fetherstone Street, 1959Arhs 5610 hawkesbury, 1959Colombo Plan recipients Miss Mary Chong from Brunei and Miss Ong Lay Hau from Malaysia, 1959Parade along George Street for Waratah spring festival, 13 October 1959 - unknown photographerNational Servicemen wait to go home after completion of training, 1959National Servicemen outside their barracks at Ingleburn, 1959Sydney stock exchange 19591959 ANZAC MEMORIAL, HYDE PARK, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA E051959 GRAY STREET, KOGARAHSydney Ferry KUBU on her last day of service 1959Sydney ferry KAREELA being broken up 10 December 1959Sydney ferry KAREELA in Mosman Bay circa 1959, c. 1959Sydney Overseas Passenger Terminal Circular Quay under construction 1959

Sometime around the 1950s 35 photos

The library dates these to a span of years that takes in this decade. Each shows its span.

Oyster farmers David Corstorphine of Tuncurry, aged 78 and Fred Selmon of Georges River, aged 70, enjoy oysters at Dolls Point, c. 1930s, by Sam Hood, 1930–501930–50Archibald Fountain in Hyde Park, Sydney from The Powerhouse Museum, 1930–501930–50Band at Warwick Farm racecourse from The Powerhouse Museum, 1930–501930–50Darling Point Cricket Club, Woollahra District Cricket Association Premiers from The Powerhouse Museum, 1930–501930–50Fort Denison from The Powerhouse Museum, 1930–501930–50Grace Bros Ball at Palais Royal Moore Park from The Powerhouse Museum, 1930–501930–50Grace Bros Ball at Palais Royale Moore Park from The Powerhouse Museum, 1930–501930–50Hunter Street, Sydney from The Powerhouse Museum, 1930–501930–50Man and woman at Warwick Farm racecourse from The Powerhouse Museum, 1930–501930–50Man on board the SS Mariposa in Sydney Harbour from The Powerhouse Museum, 1930–501930–50Man posing under tree in front of Anzac War Memorial in Hyde Park, Sydney from The Powerhouse Museum, 1930–501930–50Mark Foy's Ltd Annual Staff Ball from The Powerhouse Museum, 1930–501930–50Military parade at Victoria Barracks from The Powerhouse Museum, 1930–501930–50Production of Three Little Pigs at the Albert Amusement Hall, Leichhardt from The Powerhouse Museum, 1930–501930–50Racegoers at Warwick Farm racecourse from The Powerhouse Museum, 1930–501930–50Regent Theatre table at Midnight Theatrical Ball from The Powerhouse Museum, 1930–501930–50Two men shaking hands on board the SS Mariposa in Sydney Harbour from The Powerhouse Museum, 1930–501930–50Two women racegoers at Warwick Farm racecourse from The Powerhouse Museum, 1930–501930–50Waverley War Memorial from The Powerhouse Museum, 1930–501930–50Woman racegoer at Warwick Farm racecourse from The Powerhouse Museum, 1930–501930–50Woman sitting on bumper bar of a car at Warwick Farm racecourse from The Powerhouse Museum, 1930–501930–50Sydney Ferries CURL CURL SOUTH STEYNE BALGOWLAH at Kurraba Point, 1940–501940–50Sydney ferry KAMIRI laid up 1940s or 1950s, 1940–501940–50Sydney ferry KOONDOOLOO as converted to army repair craft S181, 1942–501942–50Men's formal dinner, Hotel Australia, Sydney, between 1945-1950 - photographer Sam Hood, 1945–501945–50ACT (Association of Canadian Travellers) parade, 1950 (Association of Canadian Travellers parade float featuring 1948 Miss Calgary Stampede Gloria Klaver and Ladies-in-Waiting Margaret Forsgren and Shirley Kemp, 1948–501948–50Ede Cohen (usually on cash register); or Martin Edie from Lincoln Coffee Lounge and Cafe, Rowe Street, Sydney - photographed by Brian Bird c. 1948-1951, 1948–511948–51Dick Gooding, journalist; or Leonard Teale (?) from Lincoln Coffee Lounge and Cafe, Rowe Street, Sydney - photographed by Brian Bird c. 1948-1951, 1948–511948–51Margaret Meagher, nurse at Sydney Hospital from Lincoln Coffee Lounge and Cafe, Rowe Street, Sydney - photographed by Brian Bird c. 1948-1951, 1948–511948–51‘Johnno’ Robert Johnson; unknown from Lincoln Coffee Lounge and Cafe, Rowe Street, Sydney - photographed by Brian Bird c. 1948-1951, 1948–511948–51Martin Haberman from Lincoln Coffee Lounge and Cafe, Rowe Street, Sydney - photographed by Brian Bird c. 1948-1951, 1948–511948–51Dick Gooding (on right of door) from Lincoln Coffee Lounge and Cafe, Rowe Street, Sydney - photographed by Brian Bird c. 1948-1951, 1948–511948–51Piers Bourke; John Barry from Lincoln Coffee Lounge and Cafe, Rowe Street, Sydney - photographed by Brian Bird c. 1948-1951, 1948–511948–51Jim Southwell (collecting plates); Zdenek Weiss, Czech student (on right) from Lincoln Coffee Lounge and Cafe, Rowe Street, Sydney - photographed by Brian Bird c. 1948-1951, 1948–511948–51Piers Bourke (at rear, to right of corner); ‘Johnno’ Robert Johnson, student (to left of corner); Robert, Frenchman (with hand to chin), Michael Hourihan, in safari suit (near doorway) from Lincoln, 1948–511948–51
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