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Surfers, Manly Beach 1958

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Surfers, Manly Beach 1958

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[A1200, L26853]

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Tanner, John A

John Tanner was an official photographer with the Australian News and Information Bureau, later named the Australian Information Service.

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Culture and customs

Sydney's pre-industrial culture was comprehensive and public, and most European inhabitants were players, performers or spectators. After 1850, distinct but overlapping cultures emerged, imported and adapted from Europe and America. New forms of cultural transmission after World War I enabled the elaboration of new cultures based on ethnicity, age and gender, which have combined to produce Sydney's cultural diversity.

Beach Culture

Surfing

Manly

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Peninsular suburb at the northern entrance to Port Jackson, which faces both the harbour and the ocean. Its name comes from the 'confidence and manly behaviour' of the Aboriginal people encountered there by Governor Arthur Phillip in 1788.

Manly Beach

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Iconic beach on Sydney's northern coast, with three main sections Queenscliff, North Steyne and South Steyne.