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424 photos1857–1980

424 historic photos for Other sport, taken between 1857 and 1980, gathered from across the suburbs by what their catalogue titles say. They span 13 decades, with the most from the 1930s (293). They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.

1850s 1 1870s 1 1880s 1 1890s 6 1900s 22 1910s 5 1920s 14 1930s 293 1940s 57 1950s 16 1960s 3 1970s 3 1980s 2

1930s43 photos

Empire Games representatives, 19381938Empire Games Sydney Cricket Ground, 19381938Empire Speedway Australian championship, 19381938Golf championship at Lakes, 19381938Indian hockey team at SCG No 2, 19381938Interior of Slazengers factory showing workers making sporting goods, 19381938Len Rogers and bike taken for Bruce Small Ltd, 19381938Opening Empire Games Sydney Cricket Ground, 19381938Opening Empire Games Sydney Cricket Ground, 19381938Reg Kavanagh at Showground car crashes taken for World Speedway, 19381938Scenes of Coogee beach taken for The Sporting Globe, 19381938St Patricks Day sports at the Showground, 19381938Women Empire Games athletes Arlington Park, 19381938Wrestler Ray Steele and cartoon character Popeye at the Tivoli taken for Stadiums Ltd, 19381938Wrestlers from overseas at gym, 19381938St Patrick's Day sports at the Showground, by Sam Hood, 19381938St Patrick's Day sports at the Showground, 1938, by Sam Hood1938Boys of Hoyts Clovelly Theatre "Spider's Web" Club ride their bikes while "Spiderman" looks on, by Sam Hood, 19381938High jumper Metcalfe, Empire Games in Sydney for Sesquicentenary, 1938, by Sam Hood1938Empire Games rehearsal, c. 1938, by Sam Hoodc. 1938Hurdlers, Empire Games, Sydney, 1938 - photographer Sam Hood1938Decima Norman, Empire Games, Sydney, 1938 - photographer Sam Hood1938Manavadar State Men's Hockey Team, Sydney, June 1938 - photographer Sam Hood1938Decima Norman, Jean Coleman and Eileen Wearne win gold, silver and bronze medals for Australia in the 220 yard sprint, Empire Games, Sydney, 11 February 1938 - photographer Sam Hood1938Showground physical education display, Empire Games, Sydney, 1938 - photographer Sam Hood1938The Commonwealth Olympic Games 1938, Jack Metcalfe, qualifying for the final of the high jump1938St Patrick's Day sports at the Showground, by Sam Hood, 19381938Yacht wreckage at Rose Bay after storm, Dec 19381938Cabin collapsed on car after storm, Sydney, 19381938V1-FL9615964, 19391939Anniversary Regatta, 19391939Championship golf at Kensington taken for Golf in Australia, 19391939Final of Australian golf championship at Kensington taken for Golf in Australia, 19391939Greater Public Schools Sports at Cricket Ground, 19391939Hockey Ryde Oval, 19391939Jewish Sports Association, 19391939Jewish Sports Association, 19391939Jewish Sports Association, 19391939Jewish Sports Association, 19391939Jewish Sports Association, 19391939Jewish Sports Association, 19391939Jewish Sports Association swimming teams Coogee Aquarium, 19391939Sid Godfrey copies of photographs for the Sporting Globe, 19391939

1940s17 photos

Archie Moore boxer 19401940Beau Livre owner Mr Harmer taken for Sporting Globe, 19401940Bike riders at Sports Arena taken for Bruce Small Ltd Opperman prepares for attempt on the 24 hour unpaced world record, 19401940GPS Regatta at Penrith Nepean River, 19401940Hubert Oppermans 24 hour unpaced world record ride Sports Arena taken for Bruce Small Ltd, 19401940Mormon Colts basketball team at Sports Arena, 19401940St Patricks Day sports at Showground, 19401940St Patrick's Day sports at Showground, March 1940, by Sam Hood1940Interior of the Glaciarium Ice Rink, Sydney, May 1940 - photographer Sam Hood1940AWA baseball team taken for Mr Fleming, 19411941Champion Blood Stallion Sion, 1925–571925–57Champion Friesian bull, 1925–571925–57Champion Guernsey bull, 1925–571925–57Champion Guernsey bull, 1925–571925–57Champion Hereford cow, 1925–571925–57Headmaster masters and rowing coach, 1925–571925–57Regatta on the Sydney Harbour Naval destroyers in background, 19411941
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