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Scenes of Sydney city streets, buildings and skyline. Includes landmarks and buildings such as Sydney Harbour Bridge, The Rocks, Queen Victoria Building, South Head signal station, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Royal Visit in 1963, Circular Quay, G.P.O., Sydney Hospital, The Mint, Mitchell Library, Sydney Showground, Sydney Observatory, Fort Denison, Observatory Hill, Sydney Town Hall, N.S.W. Parliament House, Sydney Opera House, Walsh Bay wharves, Dixon Street Chinatown, Centrepoint Tower, Sydney University. Also Burwood and the new Gladesville Bridge

Some photographs feature architectural detail of buildings (inc. escalators at Roselands). 

Also includes night illuminations of the Sydney city skyline

Also views of Sofala, Turon River, Hill End, Tarana, Millthorpe, Blayney, Capertee, Wallerawang. Scenes of Bobbin Head, The Spit and old Customs House at Barrenjoey

Kodachrome slides of Sydney, Hill End and Sofala, 1961-1987 / photographed by Robert Danvers Power

Sign for the Freedom from Hunger Campaign on the ferry Karrabee, Circular Quay

Liner Australis berths at the International Terminal, Circular Quay

Numbers in brackets = original Walkabout negative numbers
KINGS CROSS
1. [Street scene, Kings Cross, ca. 1960] / ANIB
2. Darlinghurst Road, Nov 1963 / D.Beal (2195)
3-6. El Alamein Fountain (no.6 includes --? Mansions terrace houses), July 1963 / E.McQuillan (1705), Qantas, Mark Strizic
SYDNEY BUILDINGS - EXTERIORS
7. [George Street frontage of Mining Museum, The Rocks, ca. 1965] / ATC
8. Parliament House, ca. 1950-1955 / NSWGTB (1659)
9-11. St. Mary's Cathedral and Hyde Park (no.11 taken from T&G Building), ca. 1950-1959 / (P.4455);  ANTA 849;  Wolfgang Sievers (130 2987)
12-13. National Art Gallery [later the Art Gallery of New South Wales], Sydney / (P.4103 P.4844)
14. Sydney University, [ca. 1953] / Max Dupain  (143)
15. Royal Exchange Assurance Building, n.d. / (P.4283)
16. [Government House with Manly ferry passing Fort Denison], Aug 1962 / Wolfgang Sievers (54 3781)
17-21. Admiralty House, Kirribilli
22. Public Library of New South Wales, 1948
23. Mounted policeman, [double decker Leichhardt bus] and Sydney Town Hall, June 1964 / D.Baglin (2417)
24-25. Vaucluse House, Dec 1963 / NSWGTB (2240 2241)
26. [British Medical Association House] / (P.4619)
27-28. AWA Building and Wynyard Park, 1948 & n.d. / R.Bean (G.2713 P.7056)
29. City Mutual Life Insurance Company Building / (P.4549)
30. Rural Bank of N.S.W. / (P.4282)
31. St. James' Church of England, [no suburb], built ca. 1960 / (111)
32. [Southern toll booths and Sydney Harbour Bridge], 1961 / Jeff Carter (72 5206)
33-34. [Railway Square showing Parcels Post Office, Central Station and Marcus Clark department store with war bond banners during the War] / (7035 7037)
SYDNEY BUILDINGS - INTERIORS
35. [Tour group, Vaucluse House], Dec 1963 / E.McQuillan (2236)
36. [Reading room], Public Library of New South Wales, ca. 1945-1955 / R.Roberts (G.3834)
37. [Reading room], Fisher Library, MacLaurin Hall, 1959 / (142) 
38. Great Hall, University of Sydney, 1959 / Beverley Clifford (141)
39-41. Australian Museum, ca. 1950 / Russell Roberts (G.3838 G.3840 G.3844)
SYDNEY SKYLINE
42. [Looking across the Sydney CBD from the roof of the AMP Building towards the Caltex Building], Aug 1962 / Wolfgang Sievers (139 5453)
43. [Three RAN helicopters fly under the Harbour Bridge with CBD in the background], Oct 1963 / D.Baglin (2161)
44. Circular Quay with liner Canberra berthed at International Terminal, Aug 1963 / D.Baglin Pty. Ltd. (1918)
45. [ICI Building, "Dairy Foods" clock and AMP Building with State Office Block under construction], ca. 1964 / Jozef Vissel
46. [Circular Quay under the Harbour Bridge]
47-49. [Circular Quay with liner Orsova at the International Terminal], May 1966
50. [Liner Oriana against the changing skyline], Apr 1965 / NSWGTB (3181)
51. [Looking through Argyle Cut to Lend Lease House], 1963 / David J. Beal  
52. [Ferry Karrabee and the city skyline with Australia Square almost finished], 1967
53. [CBD from the air with model of Australia Square as originally designed, superimposed], June 1963 / Latrobe Studios or Jeffery Art Studios (1566)
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
54. [Model of Opera House superimposed on Circular Quay photograph], Feb 1963 / ANIB
55. Model of Opera House ... to be completed 1964, June 1963 / Latrobe Studios (1565)
56-57. Model of Opera House, June 1964 / Qantas (2453)
58. Hydrofoil ferry Manly past the partly completed Opera House, n.d. / ANTA by David Beal
59. Ferry [Kanangra] passes the near complete Opera House, Oct 1965 / ANTA by David Beal
60. [Manly and unidentified ferry pass the Opera House], Nov 1965 / ANTA by David Beal
61. [Cranes and incomplete shells], Dec 1965 / ANTA by David Beal
62. [Opera House and city skyline] / ANTA
63-66. [Opera House sails and cranes], May 1966
67. [Opera House sails almost complete, cranes and Manly ferry Sydney], Mar 1967 / ATC
68. [As no. 67 but with ferries Kameruka, Emerald Star and unidentified], Mar 1967 / ATC
69. [Opera House from Man-o'-War Steps], ca. 1967
70-73. [Model of the Opera House], Sept 1966 / ANIB (3350 3351 3352 3353)
74. [Model of Opera House], June 1964 / Qantas (2452)

Item 09: Walkabout magazine : New South Wales photographs [Kings Cross; Sydney buildings; skyline; Opera House]

Numbers in brackets = original Walkabout negative numbers
SYDNEY HOUSING
1. [Wrought iron balconies on  -- (?) Mansions, terrace houses opposite El Alamein Fountain, Kings Cross] / Mark Strizic
2. [Slum terrace houses], Leichhardt [i.e. Glebe ?], ca. 1960 / Jozef Vissel
3. Terrace houses typify inner suburbs like Glebe & Ultimo], n.d. / ANTA by Jeff Carter (2167)
4. View of Elizabeth Bay [Ithaca Road flats] through one of the cranes, Captain Cook Dock, [n.d.] / (2841)
HOTELS
5. [Outdoor cafe, Rex Hotel, Macleay Street, Potts Point], July 1963 / Jozef Vissell [i.e. Vissel] (1909)
6. [Reception] lobby, Wentworth Hotel, Jan 1965 / Allan A. Hedges P/L (2944)
7. Exterior, Motel Kings Cross, May 1967 / L. Duyckers [i.e. Duykers]
SUGAR
8. Raw sugar store, Pyrmont Sugar Refinery & store, 1949 / ANPA (2898)
WHEAT
9-10. Wheat silos, Darling Harbour [i.e. Glebe Island] / (P.6846 P.6849)
11-15. [Wheat silos and bulk loading, Glebe Island] / Mark Strizic
FERRIES & BRIDGES
16. [Morning passengers leave the Manly ferry with wharves and Harbour Bridge in the background, Circular Quay, ca. 1946-1949] / Australian Geographical Society (2061)
17. Manly ferry Curl Curl passing Fort Macquarie, 1950 / R. Bean (2914)
18. [Ferry in] Mosman Bay, 1950 / R. Bean (2906
19. [Peak hour passengers in railway carriage, Milsons Point (note the interesting reflection caused by photographing through glass), ca. 1960] / Jozef Vissel
20. [Cahill Expressway and Bradfields Highway interchange, ca. 1960]
21. [Passengers on decks of Orsova wave goodbye with streamers, International Terminal, ca. 1960] / Maritime Services Board
22. [Liner Himalaya leaving Sydney with Kirribilli in background, n.d.] / ANIB (57)
23. Boy on a ferry with Sydney skyline, 1962 / David Moore for ANTA (167)
24. [Passengers on Manly ferry leave Manly as another ferry arrives at the wharf, ca. 1960-1965] / Jozef Vissel
25. [New 140,000 pounds (cost) hydrofoil "Manly" at speed, Manly, ca. Apr 1965] / Ern McQuillan (3197)
26. [Hydrofoil "Manly" slows into the water], Apr 1965 / Australian Consolidated Press (3056)
27.  Ferry Lady Chelmsford passing in front of Harbour Bridge, Nov 1965 / ANTA by D. Beal
28. [Hydrofoil Manly in front of Harbour Bridge], Nov 1965 / [ANTA by D. Beal ?]
29. [Couple on ferry as Karingal (with "Ka" broken from name board) goes past in the background and State Office Block nears completion], Oct 1965 / ANTA by D. Beal
30. [Ferries Lady Chelmsford and Karrabee pass in front of the Bridge], Nov 1965 / ANTA by D. Beal
31. [Hydrofoil Manly crosses the Heads], Nov 1965 / ANTA by D. Beal
32. ["Couple" (models) with toy kangaroo pose with ferry Lady Ferguson and Opera House under construction], Nov 1965 / ANTA by D. Beal
33. [Hydrofoil Manly passes the Opera House under construction], Nov 1965 / ANTA by D. Beal
34. [Hydrofoil Manly rounds Bennelong Point with Bridge behind], Nov 1965 / ANTA by D. Beal
35. [Ferries and the AMP Building], Nov 1965 / ANTA by D. Beal
36. [Manly ferry passes the Opera House under construction], May 1966 / ANTA by D. Beal
37. Gladesville Bridge, Sept 1966
38. [Single funnel and twin funnel Manly ferries pass near the Heads], Sept 1966
39. [Traffic and line of telegraph poles approach the Gladesville Bridge], Oct 1966
40. [Ferries Kameruka and unidentified pass the Opera House under construction], Mar 1967
STREETS & PARKS
41. [South side of] Martin Place [from Commonwealth Bank to Prudential Building, ca. 1938] / ANPA
42. [Looking south along Castlereagh Street from the roof of the MLC Building, showing Prudential Building and Prince Edward Theatre, between 1945-1949] ? ANTA (2724)
43. [Mother with infant boy on lead walks into town across Hyde Park, T & G Building in background], 1948 / R. Bean (G.2710)
44. [Floral Clock, Taronga Park], 1950 / R. Bean (2918)
45. [BMA (British Medical Assoc.) Building from the Botanic Gardens], 1948 / R. Bean (2813)
46. [Looking south up Macquarie Street from East Circular Quay historic warehouses, ca. 1957] / David Moore (5459) 
47. [Looking north along College Street from Anzac House, ca. 1957] / David Moore (5458)
48. Dolphin pool, [Taronga Park, ca. 1960] / Ern McQuillan
49. Lane Cove National Park, [ca. 1960] / Jozef Vissel
50. [Fruit barrows], Martin Place, [ca. 1960] / Jozef Vissel (1914)
51. Outdoor cafe run by Legacy, [behind Museum Station], Hyde Park, Feb [ca. 1960] / B. McArdle (2336)
52. [Looking north down Ormond Street, Paddington, ca. 1961] / Heather George
53. [Looking west along Bridge Street, ca. 1962-1963] / Neville Hughes (5450)
54. [Looking west along] Martin Place, Dec 1963 / NSWGTB (2216)
55. [Lights at night on east Circular Quay buildings, ca. 1964] / Jill Crossley for ANTA (215)
56. [Looking from the statue of Sir John Robertson across the Domain to the Public Library and State Office Block, ca. 1965] / ATC
57. [Park with nineteenth century gun emplacement on the north shore of the Harbour, n.d.] / Maritime Services Board
YACHTING
58. [Yachting regatta, Sydney Harbour], 1950 / (4791)
59. [Yachting regatta, Sydney Harbour], Dec 1962 / Qantas (156)
60. Gretel, Sydney Harbour, 1962 / Qantas
61. [Yachting regatta, Sydney Harbour], July 1963 / A. Hedges P/L for NSWGTB (1686)
62. [Start of Sydney-Hobert Yacht Race, Boxing Day, 1962 ?], July 1963 / E. McQuillan (1699)
63-65. [Yachting, Sydney Harbour], Sept 1963 / D. Baglin P/L (1997 1998 1999)
66-68. [Yachting, Sydney Harbour], Jan 1964 / Allan A. hedges P/L (2265 2266 2267)
69-73. [Yachting, Sydney Harbour], July 1965 / Allan A. Hedges P/L (3243 3244 3245 3246 3247)

Item 24: Walkabout magazine : New South Wales photographs [Sydney housing, hotels, sugar, wheat, ferries & bridges, streets & parks, yachting]

41. South side, Martin Place

42. Looking south along Castlereagh Street

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Kodachrome slides of Sydney, Hill End and Sofala, 1961-1987 / photographed by Robert Danvers Power

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Sign for the Freedom from Hunger Campaign on the ferry Karrabee, Circular Quay

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Liner Australis berths at the International Terminal, Circular Quay

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Item 09: Walkabout magazine : New South Wales photographs [Kings Cross; Sydney buildings; skyline; Opera House]

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Liner Australis berths at the International Terminal, Circular Quay

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Item 09: Walkabout magazine : New South Wales photographs [Kings Cross; Sydney buildings; skyline; Opera House]

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