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Women's Committee of the Sydney Branch of the Waterside Workers' Federation
Committee established to assist in the national waterfront strikes during the 1950s and 1960s. It mostly made up of wives of the striking wharf workers and performed volunteer help for their communities.
Side-show personalities at the great annual agricultural show in Sydney 1932
Acts include Jimmy Sharman's Troupe of Boxers and Wrestlers; the Ape Man; Zelda la Rose, the Tattooed Lady; the Fat Boy and Girl, natives of the USA; and Dave Meekin with his troupe of lions.
Report from the Select Committee on the public prisons in Sydney and Cumberland 1861
Report by a committee of the Legislative Council chaired by Henry Parkes, that resulted from an inquiry into gaols in the Sydney area in 1861.
A broadcasting party who descended nearly 3000 feet below Sydney Harbour, Balmain August 1926
A broadcasting party was afforded an interesting experience on Sunday, when, in conjunction with Farmer's broadcasting service, a programme of vocal and instrumental items was transmitted from the depths of the Sydney Harbour Colliery. About 60 people assembled at the pit-…
Royal Commission for the Improvement of the City of Sydney and Its Suburbs 1908
Inquiry that reported on Sydney's traffic, housing, growth and beautification and resulted in changes such as the completion of Martin Place, the building of Anzac Parade, and road widening schemes.
Transcript: Mrs Edith Fitzpatrick recalls the Sydney Water Board cottage of her childhood
Mrs Edith Fitzpatrick was born in 1899. She was interviewed in 1986 for the 'Looking Back at Liverpool: An Oral History of the Liverpool Region 1900 to 1960' project. Here she recalls the circumstances of her birth and the remote Sydney Water Board cottage of her childhood.…