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Queens Theatre, York Street, Sydney 1870s

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State Library of New South Wales
[a568012 / DL PX 163, 29]

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Theatre

European theatre in Sydney began before the first Fleet made landfall, with a convict play on board the Scarborough. While theatre was always popular, a commercial theatre scene did not emerge until the 1830s, and theatrical fortunes rose and fell with the city's prosperity.

Theatre

Public building