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Town planning model of Circular Quay 1963

Alfred Street, Circular Quay 1962

Chinese New Year Twilight Parade 1 February 2009

Majestic Theatre (later Elizabethan Theatre) Newtown 1929

Working on the footpath upgrade, Pitt Street, July 1999

Happy Valley, La Perouse, early 1930s

Aerial view of southern Hyde Park 1950s

Bus stop on Carrington Street, Wynyard 1930s

Aerial view of Queens Square c1930

Botany Pumping Station - interior showing top floor

Oddfellows Memorial Hyde Park c1934

Cumberland Place, The Rocks 1912

Forbes Street stairs, Darlinghurst 1930s

Dagmar Berne, first woman medical student 1890

WEA Secretary Peter Tyler on the television program 'Doorway to Knowledge' c1962

Waratah Spring Festival parade, College Street 1960s

Cahill Expressway

Controversial from its inception, the Cahill Expressway seemed necessary in the 1950s to alleviate city traffic congestion. Repeated calls for its demolition have been unsuccessful.

From Cornelius Du Heg, a sailor in the First Fleet ship Friendship, to the wave of post-World War II immigrants from the Netherlands, Dutch Sydneysiders have brought their culture, skills and industry to the city.

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.