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The Dorchester nightclub in Potts Point 1959

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The Dorchester nightclub in Potts Point 1959

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[A1200, L31079]

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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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Kings Cross

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In the nineteenth century one of Sydney's most prestigious suburbs, it became home to a vibrant bohemian community and later Sydney's red light district. Named for the intersection of Darlinghurst Road, William and Victoria Streets and once called Queens Cross, the area is now a neon lit mecca for tourists and Sydneysiders.

Potts Point

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Small, densely populated inner-eastern suburb, joined to Garden Island in 1942. It contains significant nineteenth-century buildings as well as some of Sydney's earliest apartment buildings in the Art Deco style. It includes the locality of Kings Cross.