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Ready at the rear! A game of tunnel ball takes place at a park in Chatswood in April, 1935.Photograph by Harry Freeman f...
25/09/2026

Ready at the rear! A game of tunnel ball takes place at a park in Chatswood in April, 1935.
Photograph by Harry Freeman for

Vale. Cast members Angry Anderson (left) and Terry Serio pictured backstage at the State Theatre after the Sydney finale...
23/09/2026

Vale. Cast members Angry Anderson (left) and Terry Serio pictured backstage at the State Theatre after the Sydney finale of the rock musical Rasputin in December 1987. The production moved to Melbourne the following year.
Photograph by Ross Willis for

On tour. Visiting American singer Nat King Cole, pictured in Sydney in February, 1956. Photograph by Ted Foster for ...
23/09/2026

On tour. Visiting American singer Nat King Cole, pictured in Sydney in February, 1956.
Photograph by Ted Foster for

The cruise liner Fairsky in Sydney in July, 1959. The ship was met with protesting wharfies in support of their Italian ...
22/09/2026

The cruise liner Fairsky in Sydney in July, 1959. The ship was met with protesting wharfies in support of their Italian colleagues.
Photograph by Stuart MacGladrie for

Monday night laughs. American actor and comedian Robin Williams performs a stand-up set at the Harold Park Hotel in Gleb...
20/09/2026

Monday night laughs. American actor and comedian Robin Williams performs a stand-up set at the Harold Park Hotel in Glebe in December, 1986.
Photograph by Lorrie Graham for

How’s this for openers? A new section for private boxes in the GPO building in Sydney in October, 1943.Photograph by F. ...
18/09/2026

How’s this for openers? A new section for private boxes in the GPO building in Sydney in October, 1943.
Photograph by F. J. Halmarick for

The hard times. A family pictured at the Happy Valley Camp at La Perouse during the Great Depression. Photograph by a st...
17/09/2026

The hard times. A family pictured at the Happy Valley Camp at La Perouse during the Great Depression.
Photograph by a staff photographer for

Cheers! Drinkers of all persuasions celebrate the abolition of the hotel meal break at the Captain Cook Hotel in Padding...
15/09/2026

Cheers! Drinkers of all persuasions celebrate the abolition of the hotel meal break at the Captain Cook Hotel in Paddington in April 1963.
Photograph by Fred Murray for

Vale. Australia's first female High Court judge, Mary Gaudron, pictured in her Sydney office in December, 1986, followin...
14/09/2026

Vale. Australia's first female High Court judge, Mary Gaudron, pictured in her Sydney office in December, 1986, following her appointment to the High Court bench in place of Justice Lionel Murphy.
Photograph by Ian Cugley for

Heads up! The tallest Man in the world, Jack Earl, arrives in Sydney in March, 1940.Photograph by a staff photographer f...
14/09/2026

Heads up! The tallest Man in the world, Jack Earl, arrives in Sydney in March, 1940.
Photograph by a staff photographer for

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