Photos in the Archives

These comprise a mixture of official and personal photographs, including: reserves, stations, homes and schools with interior and exterior views of accommodation and housing projects; pupils and teachers; station managers and matrons and record the visits of Government officials.

Reels 2796-2797; COD 423, aperture card nos. 8186-9224

These illustrations are arranged in broad subject headings such as machinery and implements, horses, pigs, maize and fruit.

The photographs include: Sydney fire scenes; official and sporting photographs of fire fighters of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade; equipment and members of the Fire Brigades Board and Board of Fire Commissioners.

Copies of the photographs heldin our collection. The original engravings, illustrations and photographs are held at the State Library NSW. Reel 2786; COD 422 aperture card nos. 7596-7713

These photographs include: images of Sydney, for example Woolloomooloo, Circular Quay, the Botanical Gardens, public buildings and street scenes; the Blue Mountains; images of waterfalls, creeks and other places of interest in regional New South Wales; agricultural exhibits and mining scenes. A full listing is available in the reading room. Reel 2786; COD 422 aperture card nos. 7714-7773

These books are maintained in many series and are arranged by gaol. The books contain a photograph of each prisoner and details including: date of portrait, personal details, date arrived in colony, physical details, where and when tried, offence, sentence, remarks and previous convictions. The photographs are being progressively microfilmed and indexed. The index to the gaol photographs is available online.

These volumes include references to most New South Wales gaols, and possibly served as an index to a comprehensive set of photograph description books stored at the State Penitentiary, Long Bay.

The History Unit of the Department of School Education, when preparing school histories, research for public relations, or giving presentations created this series. The collection consists mainly of photographic prints. Most show school buildings, pupils, teachers, or educational activities, with most including an identifying caption and date.

Subjects include but are not limited to the following: departmental buildings such as the Lands Office Sydney and Government House, court houses, general hospitals, post offices, post and telegraph offices, police stations, police barracks, psychiatric hospitals, mothers and babies welfare centres, State hospitals, convalescent hospitals, university buildings, some interior photos of buildings, and the Government shipbuilding yards at Newcastle.

Reel 2786; COD 422 aperture card nos. 7796-8185

Official photographs of Queen Elizabeth II on her first visit to Sydney. The album also contains photos of the decorations and illuminations of public buildings and parks in Sydney.

These are glass and film negatives maintained by the Government Printing Office as a resource for government information and publications. For preservation reasons the original glass negative are closed to public access. Copies of some of the negatives are avaliable. A list of copies available is located in the reading room. See the examples in the Stories section
The State Library of NSW has digitised many of the glass and film negatives, c.1870-1988. These are available on the Library's PICMAN database.

Reels 2787, 2546-2547, 2643; COD 121A&B, and some aperture card negatives

These photographs include images of railway stations in the Sydney metropolitan area, the Blue Mountains, and regional areas; railway yards; tracks, tunnels, lines, bridges and overpasses; the construction of the Central Railway Station and tramways. A full listing is available in the reading room.

Reel 2787; COD 121A

These photographs from the Returned Soldiers Settlement Branch, show the clearing of land, construction of houses, crops and farming activities on soldier settlements established following World War I.

Reels 2644, 2717-2718; COD 122

These photographs depict activities celebrating European settlement.

The 88 photographs comprise displays, floats, military bands, re-enactments etc

Showing the various stages of construction of the Sydney Opera House, 1959-73