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Sydney Harbour in the 1930s

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262 historic photos of Sydney Harbour from the 1930s, oldest first. They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.

1810s 2 1820s 2 1830s 2 1850s 1 1860s 1 1870s 20 1880s 5 1890s 6 1900s 37 1910s 17 1920s 95 1930s 262 1940s 50 1950s 16 1960s 21 1970s 76 1980s 6 1990s 7
Photographic print, 19321932Steam train on south west track of Harbour Bridge, 19321932Photographer perched on ironwork of Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19321932Harbour Bridge main deck looking south, 19321932Roadway deck Harbour Bridge, 19321932Photographic print, 19321932Stress testing on northern approach to Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19321932Southern pylon of the Harbour Bridge being washed, 19321932Electrical cables being installed on Harbour Bridge, 19321932Northern abutment tower of the Harbour Bridge looking south, 19321932Newly laid roadway on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19321932Two women and a child on the walkway of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19321932Technical staff of the Public Works Department, Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19321932View of the south-western pylon of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19321932Installing overhead wiring on Harbour Bridge, 19321932Southern pylon of the Harbour Bridge being washed, 19321932Roadway and walkways of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19321932Train and carriages on Harbour Bridge, 19321932Steel work used on Harbour Bridge, 19321932Cleaning the pylons of the Harbour Bridge, 19321932Unrolling electric cable, Harbour Bridge, 19321932Steam trains on Harbour Bridge, 19321932The roadway and pylons of the Harbour Bridge, 19321932View from the steel arch of the Harbour Bridge, 19321932Workmen attaching the supports to a pylon of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19321932Workers attaching electric cables on the Harbour Bridge, 19321932Structure used to support cables for Harbour Bridge, 19321932Steam trains on Harbour Bridge, 19321932Four trains on the Harbour Bridge, 19321932The middle of the Sydney Harbour Bridge looking north, 19321932Photographic print, 19321932Workers on Harbour Bridge creeper crane, 19321932South end of the arch Sydney Harbour Bridge looking west, 19321932Carriageway electrical wiring on the Harbour Bridge, 19321932Steam train crossing the Harbour Bridge, 19321932North Approach Roadway Sydney Harbour Bridge, c. 1932c. 1932Toll House Sydney Harbour Bridge, c. 1932c. 1932Opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney, 19-3-1932 - E.B. Studios1932Sydney ferry KOOKOOBURRA and liner STRATHNAVER prior to Sydney Harbour Bridge opening 1932, c. 1932c. 1932Sydney Harbour Bridge toll gates, 19331933Pelaw Main inbound Port Jackson, in 1930s (Graeme Andrews, City of Sydney Archives)1930sBellambi - Outbound nearing the Harbour Bridge, 1930s (Graeme Andrews, City of Sydney Archives)1930sA backlighted scene of tug boat waiting to take a ship in tow on Sydney Harbour, 1930s1930sAir views, 1930s1930sFinished section of the wheat silos White Bay, 19341934Five paytelescopes Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19341934Lockheed Altair Anzac on the deck of the Mariposa with the Harbour Bridge in background, 19341934Portrait of unidentified woman wearing snood with Harbour Bridge brooch, 1930s1930sTrolley bus, 19341934William Holmans cortege Harbour Bridge, 19341934Yachts racing on Sydney Harbour, 1930s1930sWhale, Sydney Harbour, 1930's - Sam Hood, 1930s1930sShakespearian play in the open air, 1930s - by Sam Hood1930sSydney Harbour Bridge pin, c. 1930s - by Sam Hood1930sFort Denison, c. 1934c. 1934Sydney Ferry Koompartoo, 1931–381931–38Abersea (ex-South Bulli) in Sydney Harbour, 1935 (Graeme Andrews, City of Sydney Archives)1935Japanese whale boat, 19351935Fort Denison, Sydney, c. 1935c. 1935Procession of horses across the Harbour Bridge, 19351935
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