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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

1900s26 photos

Federation celebrations, Sydney, 19011901Farm Cove, Sydney, 19011901Farm Cove, Sydney 19011901The Governor-General and First Commonwealth Ministry, 19011901A9574022h, 19011901A9574027h, 19011901A9574023h, 19011901A9574011h, 19011901Royal visit decorations, Sydney, 1901–051901–05Her Majesty's Theatre re-opened after the fire, Sydney, 1903; with Governor Sir Henry Rawson in the top left box - A.J. Perier1903Cranbrook Fete opening 19031903Samuel Edward Lees 19041904Portrait of Alderman and Lord Mayor George Thomas Clarke, Municipal Council of the City of Sydney, circa 1905, c. 1905c. 1905Richard Denis Meagher, 1905–061905–06Begrafenisstoet voor de Duitse consul-generaal, de heer Peter F. Hermannkamp, te Sydney op 7 november 1900., RP-F-F01103-AT, 1900–101900–10Break through of old platforms for opening of the new Sydney Railway Station, c. 1906c. 1906The steam platform arrival indicator at Central Railway Station, Sydney (NSW), c. 1906c. 1906Sandy Pearce, hooker, Eastern Suburbs, 1883–19301883–1930Minnie Tittell Brune (as the Duke of Reichstadt in Edmond Rostand's play "L'Aiglon") - The Talma Studios, 374 George Street, Sydney (1904-1908), 1904–081904–08Sandy Pearce, hooker, Eastern Suburbs, 1883–19301883–1930Decorations in Macquarie Street celebrating the visit of the US Navys Great White Fleet, 19081908Decorations for the Great White Fleet Visit, 19081908Visit of American Fleet to Sydney - public schools display, Sydney Cricket Ground, 26th Aug, 1908 - photographer G.A. Hills1908Opening Bankstown Railway Station, 1909, c. 1909c. 19098hourday, 19091909Eight Hour Procession. 4th October, 1909, With compliments from "The Star"1909

1910s34 photos

Steam tug Pluvius taking passengers who usually travelled by ferry - ferry strike, 1910 on Sydney Harbour from Royal Australian Historical Society - Sydney photographs, ca. 1879-19561910Mitchell Library, opening ceremony, 8th March, 1910, by unknown photographer1910Opening of the Narrabeen Tramway, c.1913, c. 1913c. 1913St John's Church, 1913, from publication Centenary Celebration's, Anglican Church, Australia, Heritage Centre Collections, Parramatta Council1913Opening Public School Dulwich Hill, 1900–271900–27State Library of New South Wales - Spectators on the lawn of Government House view the arrival of the first Royal Australian Navy, Oct 1913 (pd)1913Adeline Genee, premiere danseuse, 1913, May Moore, c. 1913c. 1913Spectators on the lawn of Government House view the arrival of the first Royal Australian Navy, Sydney, Oct 19131913RAN fleet review, 19131913Rest at Bondi 16 mile route march South Head, 1914–151914–15Silk Union Jack presented to Colonel Abbott, 12th Battalion Light Horse, Burwood Road - 9th June 1915 - detail1915Silk Union Jack presented to Colonel Abbott, 12th Battalion Light Horse, Burwood Road - 9th June 19151915Visitors at Strickland Hospital, opening ceremony on the lawn, 19151915Richard Hagon, 19161916Arrival of the American Fleet at Sydney Australia, August 1908; (Sydney Harbour from North Sydney, c. 1915-1925) - panoramic photographs by Exchange Studios, 49 Pitt St. Sydney, 1908–251908–25Visitors inspect animals in enclosures and pools, Taronga Zoo, c. 1916, by Sam Hoodc. 1916Queen Victoria Market Building (QVB), George Street Sydney, 1917 A-000415311917Eveleigh Workshops during the 1917 railway strike1917Eveleigh Workshops during the 1917 railway strike1917Eveleigh Workshops during the 1917 railway strike1917Eveleigh Wokshops during 1917 Strike1917Eveleigh Workshops during the 1917 railway strike1917Eveleigh Workshops during the 1917 railway strike1917Eveleigh Workshops during the 1917 railway strike1917Eveleigh Workshops during the 1917 railway strike1917Strike (?), Railway Institute and Central Court, ca. 1917 (note the cinecamera), by Sam Hood, c. 1917c. 19171917 strike1917Free Labourers, Sydney Strike, SLNSW, 19171917VAD procession Red Cross Day 28th April 1918 Photo taken by Jas Spence Turramurra from top of Library Building1918V.A.D. procession Red Cross Day 28th April 1918 - Photo taken by Jas Spence, Turramurra from top of Library Building1918Women nurses on parade, Victory Day celebrations, Sydney 1919 - A-000224271919Welcome Home for returning World War I soldier Fred Tippett, 19191919Peace celebrations in Sydney, 19191919Snowy Baker, Duke Kahanamoku and Frank Beaurepaire, Sydney, (between 1914-1924) - photographer unknown, 1914–241914–24
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