The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.
National Archives of Australia
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'Spy Murder Plot Alleged: Gang of 20 Caught, Says Forde' newspaper clipping March 1942
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18 footer racing, Sydney Harbour 1974
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1952 Miss Pacific finalists Mary Clifton Smith, Pamela Jansen and Judy Worrad, stand in front of surf boards on Bondi Beach
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APEX sponsored British migrants 1960
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Aberdare racing on Sydney Harbour, 1949
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Aboriginal Legal Service, Redfern 1974
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Aboriginal Medical Service, Redfern 1980
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Aboriginal family at home in La Perouse, 1959
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Aerial view of the start of the 1959 Sydney to Hobart, Sydney Harbour 26 December 1959
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Australian Lebanese Club 1953
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Austrian migrant Leo Pockl demonstrating the use the Viennese weinheber at his Sydney Bistro, 1965
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Baha'i House of Worship, Mona Vale 1963
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Barmaids serving customers in the Newcastle Hotel 1968
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Bass Hill post office 1950
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Blacktown post office 1901
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Bondi Beach, Sydney 1894
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Brain operation in Sydney for Mauritian boy 1971
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Bring out a Briton poster 1961
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Cambodian English class 1986
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Car racing at Warwick Farm, New South Wales 1968
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Carols by candlelight in Hyde Park, Sydney December 1970
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Certificate exempting Henry Ah Chee from the Dictation Test on his return to Australia, 1906
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Chatswood post office 1901
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Children in playground at Villawood Migrant Hostel 1973
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Clients at the Aboriginal Medical Service, Redfern 1974
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Commonwealth Club members including John Sulman 1927
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Construction of Kingsford Smith airport in progress 1958
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Construction of the Sydney Opera House 1966
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Corroboree, Empire Theatre, Sydney 1950
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Croatian dancers 1972
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Croatian women's Bocce club in Sydney 1972
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Daniel Egan c1869
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Drive-in shopping centre, Top Ryde 1961
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Dutch float in the Waratah Spring Festival 1956
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Dutch migrants celebrate the traditional arrival of Saint Nicholas, or Sinterklaas, at Cabramatta 1959
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Early film equipment 1900
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Estonian Club, 141 Campbell Street, Surry Hills 1953
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Father Christmas at Manly Beach, 1970
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Flower seller in Martin Place, Sydney, 1961
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Fort Macquarie, now site of Sydney Opera House 1900
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Forty children from Merriwa visited Sydney and paid a visit to the Commonwealth Bank 1957
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French migrant Albert Schilz (left) and Dutch workmate Simon Stet at work on the construction of the State Office Block 1965
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GPO clock face being removed, Martin Place 14 June 1942
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General Post Office c1900
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German-born printing compositor Bruno Busch 1962
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Greek girls working at the factory of Australian Optical Industries making sunglasses for local and overseas markets 1964
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HMAS Sydney reported overdue 25 November 1941
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Hambledon Cottage
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Horse-drawn omnibus, Circular Quay c1900
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Horse-drawn tram outside the Union Bank on the corner of Hunter and Pitt Streets c1865
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Immigrant employment scheme, Blakehurst 1960
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Immigration Restriction Act 1901
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Indonesian Colombo Plan students 1965
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Indonesian Colombo Plan students marrying Australians: Memo to the Secretary of the Department of Immigration 1961
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Interior Temple Emanuel 1949
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Italian migrant John Battista and family members working in his pizza business Kensington 1966
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Italian migrants arriving in Australia 1967
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Joan Sutherland as Violetta in 'La Traviata' performed by the Sutherland-Williamson Grand Opera Company, Melbourne 1965
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Joan Sutherland in Lucia Di Lammermoor, 1964
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Johnny O'Keefe 1962
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Jose Ramos Horta, Timorese Fretilin party leader, 1975
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La Fiamma press 1975
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Latvians rehearse for Sydney Festival 1959
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Lena Gustin (Mamma Lena) on 2CH, 1976
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Letter from Arthur Stace requesting a duplicate of his discharge records 15 August 1927
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Letter of eligibility for Saiyid Mahomet Shah Banuri for Certificate of Exemption 1904
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Little boy takes a ride during Christmas shopping 1959
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Looking north from the Hawkesbury River on the Hawkesbury River-Calga Tollway, the Pacific Highway on the right 1968
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Malayan graduates, Sydney University 1956
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Maureen de Groot in Dutch tulips at Hyde Park 1981
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Migrants from Rotterdam travelling under the Australian-Netherlands Migration Agreement, Sydney airport 1960
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Mortlake Gasworks on the Parramatta River 1956
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Mortlake post office 1909
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Mr H J Funnell with Croatian dancers at the second International Folk Festival, Sydney Town Hall 9 May 1958
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Mr Lee Dong Whan, Korea's first Ambassador to Australia hosted by the Australian-Korean Society, Hotel Australia 1962
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Mrs Daisy Larkin, postwoman on horse, Jannali 1954
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Multi storey car park in Sydney 1968
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Night cricket, Sydney Cricket Ground 1979
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Notice promoting Indignation Meeting regarding removal of Rozelle postmaster February 1895
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Official opening of the Sydney Opera House 1973
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Old Great North Road, Wisemans Ferry in background 1890
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Pedestrian crossing Darlinghurst Road outside the Tabou nightclub at night, Kings Cross 1961
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Postal note to Burwood resident 1947
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Prime Minister Paul Keating with Anon Link, 7, at launch of the International Year of World's Indigenous People, Redfern 1992
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Printing Maltese Herald 1979
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Pymble train station 1968
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Radio Station 2JJ in Sydney, 1975
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Radio station 2JJ, 1975
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Redfern Housing Project 1974
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Relics unearthed during dig at Hyde Park Barracks 1981
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Rolf Harris amuses diners at a nightclub in Sydney 1966
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Roxy Cinema Parramatta
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Royal North Shore Hospital ultrasound unit 1982
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Scene in the Strand Arcade 1982
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Sketch of Leura Palace Hotel 1900
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Spanish migrants, the Soriano and Alarcon families, join for a meal at the Villawood Migrant Hostel 1963
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St Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Paddington 1955
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Stefan Haag 1963
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Sunrise, one of the smaller Sydney ferries 1963
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Surfers, Manly Beach 1958
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Sydney Flying Squadron yachts, Sydney Harbour, c1890s
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Sydney Symphony Orchestra 1965
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Sydney Trades Hall c1888
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Sydney to Hobart yacht race 1946
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Tennis coaching school, Roseville 1953
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The Dorchester nightclub in Potts Point 1959
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The Newcastle Hotel on George Street 1972
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The Presbyterian Church at Ebenezer, 1951
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The Strand Arcade 1958
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The bar of the Newcastle Hotel on George Street 1972
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The former NSW Club at 31 Bligh Street June 1978
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The staff assembled on Australia Day, G H Olding Coach Building Works, Parramatta Rd, Glebe 30 July 1915
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Traffic flowing smoothly on the Sydney Harbour Bridge after two new lanes were opened, July 1959
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Training for the new decimal currency - a display of giant coins at the Channel 10 studio in Sydney 1965
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View of AWA tower from GPO tower, 17 May 1942
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Visit of Croatian President, Franjo Tuđman 1995
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Wayside Chapel, Kings Cross 1966
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William Street, Kings Cross at night 1970
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Wirth's Circus troupe in circus tent in Adelaide's old Exhibition Building, 12 October 1900
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Workers on the Sydney Harbour Bridge 1949
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Removal of the Sydney GPO Clock Tower 1942
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