Vintage Photographs Capture Everyday Life in Sydney Fifty Years Ago
Sydney is the capital city and most populous city in the state of New South Wales, Australia and Oceania. Sydney enhanced its position as an education capital of the Western Pacific during the postwar period. In 1967, Australia Square Tower…
Car Accident at Westgate Service Station in Annandale, Sydney, January 1940
January 1, 1940, Westgate Service Station in Annandale, Sydney: 1938 Ford V8 hits parked 1935 Ford Model C (four cylinder), lifting it up onto footpath and into petrol pumps; it takes out one pump and ends up against another pump;…
Sydney Harbour Bridge Under Construction Through Amazing Photos
Construction from 28 July 1923 to 19 January 1932, the Sydney Harbour Bridge is an Australian heritage-listed steel through arch bridge across Sydney Harbour that carries rail, vehicular, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic between the Sydney central business district (CBD) and…
36 Rare Photos of Cockatoo Island, Australia in the Early 20th Century
Cockatoo Island is located at the junction of the Parramatta and Lane Cove rivers, in Sydney Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and the largest of several islands that were originally heavily timbered sandstone knolls. It was also the site…
Amazing Vintage Photos Show the Sydney Opera House While It Was Being Built From 1957–1973
The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Designed by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, the facility formally opened on 20 October 1973 after a gestation beginning with Utzon’s 1957 selection as winner…
On March 1, 1975: Australian Television Stations Officially Moved to Color
In February 1972 the Australian Government announced that all Australian TV stations would convert to color in March 1975. The transition to color TV was expected to cost the ABC around $46 million and the commercial channels $70 million. Some…
Australian Women’s Firsts in the Early 20th Century
Two of the first female men’s barbers, Miss Dolly House and her sister, c.1927 / photographed by Sam Hood. The House sisters’ father, Jack House, ran the barber shop just underneath Australasian Films’ film studio. First “Miss Australia”, Beryl Mills…
20 Surf Photos That Show Women Making Waves From the 1930s Through the 1960s
In the early 20th century, wooden surfboards were long and heavy — measuring 15 feet long and weighing nearly 100 pounds — which prevented many women from taking up the sport. But by the 1940s and 1950s, Malibu surfers had…
35 Fabulous Photos Show Fashion Styles of Queensland in the 1930s
In the 1930s, skirts became longer and waist lines returned up to their normal positions in an attempt to bring back the traditional ‘womanly’ look. Zippers and nylon stockings were commonplace and the introduction of the ‘halter neck’ made swimming…
Wonderful Life of Australia in the Early 1950s Through a Bushwalker’s Lens
Here below is a set of beautiful pics from Janette Asche taken by her father that shows wonderful life of Australia (mostly in New South Wales and Tasmania) in the early 1950s. New South Wales. Uncle Ross Webb at Yarramundi, 1952…