Old Sydney
PlacesDecadesTopicsWanderMore citiesOld Melbourne ↗Old Brisbane ↗
More citiesOld Melbourne ↗Old Brisbane ↗
PlacesDecadesTopicsWander

Sydney/Topics/

Public life: rallies, visits and processions

886 photos1839–1998

886 historic photos for Public life: rallies, visits and processions, taken between 1839 and 1998, gathered from across the suburbs by what their catalogue titles say. They span 17 decades, with the most from the 1930s (406). They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.

1830s 1 1840s 1 1850s 3 1860s 10 1870s 14 1880s 10 1890s 9 1900s 38 1910s 35 1920s 74 1930s 406 1940s 139 1950s 98 1960s 23 1970s 17 1980s 5 1990s 3

1950s58 photos

Mayoral election, 19541954Mayoral election, 19541954Mr Wetherell Minister for Transport at City Hall, 19541954Opening of new ambulance station at Boolaroo, 19541954Opening of scouts rooms Hunter Street Newcastle, 19541954Opening of Subnormal Childrens School at Waratah by Lord Mayor Alderman FJ Purdue, 19541954Stockton punt strike, 19541954Queen Elizabeth arrives for the Royal Visit, 1954, Farm Cove, Sydney - photographer Jack Hickson1954Fireworks display, Sydney- Royal visit, 19541954Group Captain S.A. Campbell (centre) officially opening the first Australian Post Office to be set up in Antarctica. Assistant is L. Macey, Coogee, New South Wales, Chief Radio Operator at Heard, 1950s1950sSydney ferry KAREELA arrives at Circular Quay 1950s1950sAnzac Day march, 19551955Anzac Day march, 19551955Anzac Day march, 19551955Anzac Day march, 19551955Anzac Day service King Edward Park, 19551955Arrival of Rear Admiral HJ Buchanan second from right Brigadier JW Main and Mr G Duncan president of Newcastle branch of the Royal Empire Society, 19551955Bus strike intersection of Hunter and Pacific Streets, 19551955Cars parked at BHP during bus strike, 19551955Deputy President Cr WL Quinn congratulates President Cr WL Quinn on his election Centre Cr W Wilson left Cr G Durie, 19551955Farewell to Brigadier JW Main Left to right Capt Gosper Major James Major Horton and Capt King with Brigadier Main centre, 19551955Governor Sir John Northcott with the manager of the Electric Lamp Works Mr B Vandenburg, 19551955Mayoral elections, 19551955Opening of Newcastle Leagues Club, 19551955Painting King Edward sign, 19551955Betty Hutton arrives at Kingsford-Smith Airport, Sydney, May 1955 - Australian Photographic Agency1955Bakers Union official Charlie Watson retires, 19561956Captain D McRae one time Newcastle Harbour Master for seven years who retired as Sydney Harbourmaster in June at farewell party at Newcastle State Dockyard with Lord Mayor Ald McDougall, 19561956Civic reception to Professor Arnold Toynbee British historian and Mrs Toynbee centre with Lord Mayor Ald McDougall left and Prof Auchmuty, 19561956Dr Malcolm Mackay Minister of Scots Church Sydney and General Secretary of Australian Council for World Council of Churches at Central Methodist Mission, 19561956Empty wharves because of wharfies strike, 19561956Lord Mayor opens Crippled Childrens Appeal, 19561956Mobile blood bank being put into service by Lord Mayor of Newcastle Alderman McDougall, 19561956Mr DG McDougall Lord Mayor with Mrs McDougall silver anniversary, 19561956Mr Hawkins Minister for Social Welfare and Child Welfare visits King Edward Home for Children, 19561956Pile up of coal trucks owing to wharf strike, 19561956The Governor LieutenantGeneral Sir John Northcott at Junction Public School, 19561956Unions march on Coal Board refusal to work as a protest against the pending closure of Stockington ie Stockton No 1 and Bellbird Colliery, 19561956Arrival of SS Koranui Nobbys and Stockton in background, 19571957Farewell to Judge Amsberg, 19571957Farewell to Manpower Chief WA Hammond, 19571957Lord Mayor at Cultural Centre, 19571957Lord Mayor of Sydney in Newcastle, 19571957Nautical Mile Beacon King Edward Park, 19571957New laboratory at Commonwealth Steel Waratah, 19571957Official opening of St Pauls Methodist Church Kotara Rev Dr C Cato right Rev RA Bell 2nd right Rev BR Wyllie centre, 19571957Opening of Catholic school Broadmeadow by Bishop of Maitland, 19571957Opening of Methodist Old Peoples Home Bull Street Mayfield, 19571957Opening of Wonora Glass Works at Jesmond, 19571957Opening of Youth Hall, 19571957RAF Air Chief Marshal Sir John Baker left greeted on arrival by the OC of Williamtown RAAF Base Air Commodore AG Adams, 19571957Shortland County Council election Cr Skelton Chairman, 19571957Trades Hall extensions, 19571957Arrival of Margot Fonteyn in a Dior outfit at Mascot, Sydney, May 1957 - Australian Photographic Agency1957Curtain call on the opening night of the Royal Ballet's Swan Lake, with Rowena Jackson, at the Empire Theatre, Sydney, 11 September 1958 - photographer Ken Redshaw (cropped)1958Curtain call on the opening night of the Royal Ballet's Swan Lake, with Rowena Jackson, at the Empire Theatre, Sydney, 11 September 1958 - photographer Ken Redshaw1958Curtain call on the opening night of the Royal Ballet's Swan Lake, with Rowena Jackson, at the Empire Theatre, Sydney, 11 September 1958 - photographer Ken Redshaw1958Waratah Spring Festival Princess 1958 arrives in an open car for the Royal Ballet at the Empire Theatre, Sydney, 1 September 1958 - photographer Ken Redshaw, Australian Photographic Agency1958

1960s2 photos

Sydney Showboat Sydney Queen (Kalang) & other vessels at Balmain, 19631963Royal visit 1963 - Garden Party at Government House, Sydney NSW, c. 1963c. 1963
← Earlier photosPage 14 of 15Later photos →

Loading more…

More streets, landmarks and events →

Old Sydney

Photos from the State Library of New South Wales, the State Archives, the City of Sydney Archives and others, through Wikimedia Commons. Every photo carries its own credit and licence and links to its Commons page.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this site may contain images of people who have died.

Corrections, or a photo you'd like taken down: info@snookmz.com

Also: Old Melbourne · Old Brisbane

Web 0.1.7 · API —

Cookie-free, self-hosted analytics; no personal data is collected.