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Sydney Opera House under construction

Smith, Mervyn, 1966, Artwork, PRG 1678/23/10/39G

Full size film positive and resulting photographic print of a drawing of the Sydney Opera House under construction, January 23-30, 1966. View from inside the worksite, with the structure of the sails of the building visible, and material and cranes onsite. Listed as No.451G 'Sydney Opera House under construction #2c1' in Mervyn's catalogue of works. Signed lower right on original: 'Mervyn Smith 23/30 Jan 1966'.

Sydney Opera House under construction

Smith, Mervyn, 1967, Artwork, PRG 1678/23/10/39I

Full size photographic prints, one reversed, of a drawing of Sydney Opera House under construction, April 7-11, 1967. View from inside the worksite, with workers working on the building sails, and material and cranes onsite. Listed as No.451I 'Sydney Opera House under construction #3d1' in Mervyn's catalogue of works. Signed lower left: 'Mervyn Smith 7-11 April 1967'.

H.M.A.S. Australia steaming past Middle Head at Sydney, New South Wales

c. 1913, Photograph, PRG 280/1/13/200

H.M.A.S. Australia, the first flagship of the Royal Australian Navy passing Middle Head in Sydney Harbour on 4 October 1913. The view is taken from a position on shore and includes another photographer in the foreground working with his camera and tripod.

Women's Inter-University hockey match

1919, Photograph, PRG 280/1/15/348

Women players chasing the ball at the Women's Inter-University hockey match played between Sydney and Melbourne (players wearing the dark skirts) Universities on Thursday 21 August 1919 on the old Sydney University main oval. The building on the left with the spire is Wesley College, and the building in the centre with a tower is the Women's College. The grandstand in the background was destroyed by a fire in 1975. The Sydney University player chasing the ball is F. Tuckey.

Sydney workers

c. 1918, Photograph, PRG 280/1/7/48

Crowds in Sydney outside a building which could be a tram or a railway station.

c. 1860, Photograph, PRG 1373/32/2

Sydney about 1860.

Yachts at Sydney

c. 1870, Photograph, PRG 1373/32/13

Yachts at Sydney in the 1870's, looking west across Farm Cove to Government House.

Exhibition ship 'Success' at Sydney

c. 1890, Photograph, PRG 1373/32/45

Exhibition ship (former prison hulk) 'Success' at Sydney in the 1890's.

Sydney Harbour

c. 1870, Photograph, PRG 1373/32/25

Sydney Harbour in the 1870's, Campbell's Cove, looking east.

Barque and Coasters at Sydney

c. 1871, Photograph, PRG 1373/32/12

Unknown Barque and Coasters at Sydney in the 1870's.

Shipping at Sydney

c. 1870, Photograph, PRG 1373/32/16

Shipping at Sydney in the 1870's.

Shipping at Sydney

c. 1870, Photograph, PRG 1373/32/17

Shipping at Sydney in the 1870's. Cuthbert's Shipyard, Millers Point, looking north-west.

Shipping at Sydney

1889, Photograph, PRG 1373/32/42

Shipping at Sydney about 1889.

Sydney, Troopship S.S. 'Maplemore', barque 'Vortigern'

1900, Photograph, PRG 1373/32/47

Sydney, 1900, with Troopship S.S. 'Maplemore' leaving for South Africa and 4 masted barque 'Vortigern'.

View from Dawes Point Battery, Sydney

c. 1870, Photograph, PRG 1373/32/26

View from Dawes Point Battery, Sydney, in the late 1870's.

Shipping at Sydney

c. 1880, Photograph, PRG 1373/32/31

Shipping at Sydney in the 1880's, Circular Quay East, looking south west.

Shipping at Sydney

c. 1870, Photograph, PRG 1373/32/27

Shipping at Sydney in the late 1870's, Darling Harbour near Miller's Point.

Shipping at Sydney, ship 'Alexandrovna'

c. 1870, Photograph, PRG 1373/32/14

Shipping at Sydney in the 1870's, ship 'Alexandrovna', Millers Point, with Pyrmont and the original Pyrmont Bridge in the background.

Shipping at Sydney, 'Wilcannia', 'Rodney', 'Illawarra', Hubbuck', 'Wooloomooloo' and 'Tartar'

1891, Photograph, PRG 1373/32/44

Shipping at Sydney, September 1891, with 'Wilcannia', 'Rodney', 'Illawarra', 'Hubbuck', 'Wooloomooloo' and 'Tartar'.

General Harbour view of Sydney

c. 1880, Photograph, PRG 1373/32/36

General Harbour view of Sydney about 1880 from McMahons/Blue Point.

Shipping at Sydney, ship 'Alexandrovna'

c. 1870, Photograph, PRG 1373/32/15

Shipping at Sydney in the 1870's, ship 'Alexandrovna', Millers Point, with Pyrmont and the original Pyrmont Bridge in the background.

Shipping at Sydney, ship 'Strathnaver'

c. 1870, Photograph, PRG 1373/32/19

Shipping at Sydney in the 1870's, Circular Quay East, looking south west.

Shipping at Sydney

1885, Photograph, PRG 1373/32/38

Shipping at Sydney, 1885. Argyle Street, The Rocks, looking east across Circular Quay.

Dawes Point, Sydney, barque 'Gladstone' and ship 'Esmerelda'

1887, Photograph, PRG 1373/32/39

Dawes Point, Sydney, 1887 with the barque 'Gladstone' and ship 'Esmerelda'.

Shipping at Sydney

c. 1870, Photograph, PRG 1373/32/20

Shipping at Campbells Cove (in Sydney Cove) in the 1870's, looking south.

Sydney from the ASN Patent Ship 'Pyrmont'

c. 1865, Photograph, PRG 1373/32/4

Sydney from the ASN Patent Ship 'Pyrmont' about 1865.

Shipping at Sydney, 'Loch Fyne'

1882, Photograph, PRG 1373/32/37

Shipping at Sydney, 1882, with the ship 'Loch Fyne' which vanished a few months later.

Sydney Harbour from Darling Point

c. 1870, Photograph, PRG 1373/32/28

Sydney Harbour from Darling Point, from left 'Transatlantic', 'Brilliant', 'Thermopylae'.

Shipping at Sydney, 'Altcar' in background

c. 1900, Photograph, PRG 1373/33/4

Shipping at Sydney, with the barque 'Altcar' in the background. Sydney Town Hall and St. Andrew's Cathedral are visible on the horizon indicating that location is somewhere on the western side of Darling Harbour. [steel 3 mast barque, 1283gross tons ON 50473, 209.5 x 36.0 x 23.6. Built 1864 (8) Jones, Quiggin & Co. Liverpool for owners in Liverpool 1881 - James Ewan, registered Sydney: 1888 Alexander Burns. In 1896 sold to Italian owners without change of name. (Sometimes incorrectly claimed to be the first steel hulled ship. Possibly first LARGE steel hulled vessel.)]

Crowd at Farmer's store Christmas pageant in Sydney

Visatone (Aust.), n.d., Photograph, BRG 121/1/1513

A long crowd, mainly women and children, line a street in Sydney during a Christmas pageant, held by the Farmer's retail store in the 1950s.

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