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Treasures from the archives of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.

22/07/2025

British rock band Black Sabbath arrive at Sydney’s Mascot Airport in January, 1973, on their Masters of Reality tour. Singer Ozzy Osbourne (left), a pioneer of heavy metal and, later, reality television, has died, aged 76.
Photograph by Barry Gilmour for

21/07/2025

Stomp central. Surf City Sound Lounge in Kings Cross in September, 1963.
Photograph by David Cu***ng for

18/07/2025

Moose jumps! Wallaby forward Rex Mossop secures a lineout during the rugby union Test between Australia and the British Lions (now the British & Irish Lions) at the SCG on 26 August, 1950. The Lions won the game 24-3. The two teams will meet this weekend in Brisbane.
Photograph by a staff photographer for

17/07/2025

Man for the job. Aftermath of a fire at the Crusader Kindergarten in Marrickville in June, 1959.
Photograph by Baden Mullaney for

16/07/2025

Manager Jennice Kersh, serves diners at The Cyren restaurant in Ultimo, Sydney in February, 1975.
Photograph by Trevor Dallen for

14/07/2025

Toll collectors on the Spit Bridge in Sydney’s north in 1924.
Photograph by a staff photographer for

11/07/2025

Chain of events. Following his bucks night, a groom finds himself with a ball and chain in Sydney in May, 1959.
Photograph by Barry Newberry for

10/07/2025

The showboat Kalang pictured at McMahons Point in Sydney in April, 1959. Also pictured is the ferry Kanimbla.
Photograph by Harry Martin for

09/07/2025

Work from home. Animation expert Jackie Huie pictured at work at Watsons Bay, Sydney in April, 1959. Mrs Huie would go on to join Australia's Artransa Park Film Studios (APFS) and contribute to a number of US productions, including The Lone Ranger on which she worked as a director.
Photograph by David Beal for

07/07/2025

Man about Sydney. English actor Richard O'Sullivan and co-star Paula Bowman, pictured during rehearsals of the play Boeing Boeing at the Theatre Royal in July, 1977.
Photograph by George Lipman for

04/07/2025

Track and filled. Australian athletes Betty Cuthbert (left) and Marlene Mathews, raid the kitchen at Gino's in the city during the Sportsmen's Dinner in March, 1960.
Photograph by Harry Martin for

03/07/2025

On the home front. Early recyclers pictured in the city in October, 1942, as part of a salvage campaign for the war effort.
Photograph by Gordon Short for

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