The cars!! Wow! I spotted an MO series Morris Oxford. I bought one of these in 1982. It was my favourite car even though it was 30 years old when I got her. A beautiful old classic!
This is truly a rare piece of our history. How lucky we are to have a very few people who can love it. Even though the unappreciated innocence shown here is now becoming overwhelmed, it is still Australia's and, I think, the world's greatest city.
0:45 View from near Taylor Square, Darlinghurst, looking north over St Vincent's Hospital. 0:54 Old Darlinghurst Goal (Arts College at that time) 1:06 Fort Macquarie Tram Shed, pre Sydney Opera House. 1:45 Sydney Harbour Bridge tram tracks at left, removed 5 years later. 2:35 Fort Macquarie Tram Shed, demolished for Sydney Opera House construction 5 years later. 2:50 Circular Quay Railway Station and Cahill Expressway marathon construction continues, started in 1939, interrupted by WWII and not completed until 1958. Two old ferry wharfs still in place. 2:56 Market Street looking east towards Hyde Park, David Jones Market Street store centre of frame. 3:00 Martin Place looking east. 3:07 George Street, Queen Victoria Building at right, light blue/dark blue/red bonneted FJ Holden RSL taxi. 3:20 Trans Australia Airlines (TAA) coach. TAA eventually became Qantas Domestic. 3:26 Broadway looking west. 3:32 FJ Holden Yellow Cabs taxi 3:34 T&G Building corner Elizabeth and Park Street, opposite Hyde Park. 3:36 Central Railway Station, Eddy Avenue. 3:49 Sydney Town Hall 4:15 Taylor Square, Darlinghurst, looking west. Same vantage point as opening scene panorama, next to Darlinghurst Court House. 4:29 Hyde Park looking south.....with much smaller fig trees compared to today. 4:34 St James Church, statue of Queen Victoria (slightly relocated since). 5:34 Australian Museum, College Street, viewed from Hyde Park. 5:53 St Marys Cathedral, viewed from Hyde Park. 6:00 St Andrews Cathedral, George Street. 6:30 South Steyne, Manly Ocean Beach. 6:44 Bondi Beach 7:27 Bondi Icebergs (southern baths) 8:36 MV Kingfisher in Farm Cove, as I recall, excursions from Manly. 8:43 The Spit looking north, over Beauty Point. Lovely!
It’s funny for 8 years I lived in Sydney and couldn’t wait to get out of the place now in resent years I’ve lived back on the beautiful South Coast and thanks to the bushfires, Wuh@n Flu and lockdowns I’d really love to visit again. Watching this seeing trams running I think the monorail was still running and now it’s gone and what do you know we have a new extended light rail most of which I haven’t got to see let alone ride and from my understanding some of Darling Harbour has even been redeveloped. The changes of the place from even back as a kid in the 60s and 70s to now are mind blowing. Thanks for sharing this great little film. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Sydney is a beautiful and iconic city that I am proud of being born and raised in. However, in 2022 I am happy to live in Perth on the other side of the continent.
3:11 77 York Street The Grace Building built by Grace Bros late 1920's from 1948 to around 1994 housed the York Street Telephone Exchange on the 1st floor. As the building was to be sold the infrastructure was relocated to the new Kent Street Telephone Exchange. All the telephone cables were removed from the building and the cable tunnel was bricked up. The same for the GPO which housed the Central Telephone Exchange which had become too small and was relocated to the Pitt Street Telephone Exchange. Same for the government offices building in Chifley Square when the building was sold off.
Wow it is pretty the same other then the trees are young. And the beautiful catholic church and it is still awesome. We went to aus in 2012. Thank you very much
Wonderful. Other glimpses: T and G building (demolished) at Elizabeth and Park St. Broadway looking West from Railway Square. Oxford St and Flinders St looking West. Circular Quay pre Railway station and Cahill Expressway. Benelong Point pre Opera House.
@NFSA Films you did not include Haig and Boomerang avenues which were hastily removed in 1997 for the cook+Phillip Olympic pool! They are now 2x of ghost streets of Sydney and wollomolo.
@@deanpd3402 Wise. It's got a long way to go and unless something unforeseen happens it will go all the way. Stack and pack, fitting of a Chinese colony.
Wow it is pretty the same other then the trees are young. And the beautiful catholic church and it is still awesome. We went to aus in 2012. Thank you very much
The harbour and city centre looked so much more peaceful till sky scrapers set in. Absolutely beautiful.
They're a symbol of what rules over us today.
The cars!! Wow! I spotted an MO series Morris Oxford. I bought one of these in 1982. It was my favourite car even though it was 30 years old when I got her. A beautiful old classic!
This is truly a rare piece of our history. How lucky we are to have a very few people who can love it. Even though the unappreciated innocence shown here is now becoming overwhelmed, it is still Australia's and, I think, the world's greatest city.
......unless you want to.eat after 09:00 pm....."sooooorry !!....kitchen's closed, sooooorry !!
Thank you for posting all these spectacular videos. I'm originally from Iran and love Australia & its exquisite history! :)
Australia = 🍀💕💞💓💗
Great, thanks for letting us know. Please keep watching as there are many more to come.
Good for you. Happy to hear that you escaped that dreadful place, to find solace in this civilised world
0:45 View from near Taylor Square, Darlinghurst, looking north over St Vincent's Hospital.
0:54 Old Darlinghurst Goal (Arts College at that time)
1:06 Fort Macquarie Tram Shed, pre Sydney Opera House.
1:45 Sydney Harbour Bridge tram tracks at left, removed 5 years later.
2:35 Fort Macquarie Tram Shed, demolished for Sydney Opera House construction 5 years later.
2:50 Circular Quay Railway Station and Cahill Expressway marathon construction continues, started in 1939, interrupted by WWII and not completed until 1958. Two old ferry wharfs still in place.
2:56 Market Street looking east towards Hyde Park, David Jones Market Street store centre of frame.
3:00 Martin Place looking east.
3:07 George Street, Queen Victoria Building at right, light blue/dark blue/red bonneted FJ Holden RSL taxi.
3:20 Trans Australia Airlines (TAA) coach. TAA eventually became Qantas Domestic.
3:26 Broadway looking west.
3:32 FJ Holden Yellow Cabs taxi
3:34 T&G Building corner Elizabeth and Park Street, opposite Hyde Park.
3:36 Central Railway Station, Eddy Avenue.
3:49 Sydney Town Hall
4:15 Taylor Square, Darlinghurst, looking west. Same vantage point as opening scene panorama, next to Darlinghurst Court House.
4:29 Hyde Park looking south.....with much smaller fig trees compared to today.
4:34 St James Church, statue of Queen Victoria (slightly relocated since).
5:34 Australian Museum, College Street, viewed from Hyde Park.
5:53 St Marys Cathedral, viewed from Hyde Park.
6:00 St Andrews Cathedral, George Street.
6:30 South Steyne, Manly Ocean Beach.
6:44 Bondi Beach
7:27 Bondi Icebergs (southern baths)
8:36 MV Kingfisher in Farm Cove, as I recall, excursions from Manly.
8:43 The Spit looking north, over Beauty Point.
Lovely!
Thanks again Grenadier for your extensive detail. Very helpful.
You are a man of great worth
The most beautiful harbor in the WORLD. Name one better!!!!!!
@ Pete Smith the 2nd best city in AUS is Melbourne, Victoria
To use a famous expression, "Gold, gold, gold!" Thanks for loading this.
Yep, it's pretty good. Thanks for your comment.
Enjoyed very much, great to see, Thanks 👍
Great, thanks for the feedback.
I miss White Australia so much :(
It’s funny for 8 years I lived in Sydney and couldn’t wait to get out of the place now in resent years I’ve lived back on the beautiful South Coast and thanks to the bushfires, Wuh@n Flu and lockdowns I’d really love to visit again. Watching this seeing trams running I think the monorail was still running and now it’s gone and what do you know we have a new extended light rail most of which I haven’t got to see let alone ride and from my understanding some of Darling Harbour has even been redeveloped. The changes of the place from even back as a kid in the 60s and 70s to now are mind blowing. Thanks for sharing this great little film. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Sydney is a beautiful and iconic city that I am proud of being born and raised in. However, in 2022 I am happy to live in Perth on the other side of the continent.
3:11 77 York Street The Grace Building built by Grace Bros late 1920's
from 1948 to around 1994 housed the York Street Telephone Exchange on the 1st floor. As the building was to be sold the infrastructure was relocated to the new Kent Street Telephone Exchange. All the telephone cables were removed from the building and the cable tunnel was bricked up. The same for the GPO which housed the Central Telephone Exchange which had become too small and was relocated to the Pitt Street Telephone Exchange. Same for the government offices building in Chifley Square when the building was sold off.
A great city prior to going 'Toll Mad"
Wow it is pretty the same other then the trees are young. And the beautiful catholic church and it is still awesome. We went to aus in 2012. Thank you very much
Wonderful. Other glimpses: T and G building (demolished) at Elizabeth and Park St. Broadway looking West from Railway Square. Oxford St and Flinders St looking West. Circular Quay pre Railway station and Cahill Expressway. Benelong Point pre Opera House.
Thanks for the feedback and information. The T&G Building was a beauty, shame that was demolished.
@NFSA Films you did not include Haig and Boomerang avenues which were hastily removed in 1997 for the cook+Phillip Olympic pool! They are now 2x of ghost streets of Sydney and wollomolo.
I love how the traffic pours into Sydney :0
Ha! Yes that's a pretty weak pouring compared to now.
Y. I loled at that. For some reason I'm being presented with this, 7 years on....
T AND G was magnificent. Look what they replaced it with. Same for Regent theatre, Anthony Horderns Paris Cinema. Etc.
The house at 8.55....any ideas where. Looks familiar. Ta
Very Good....My choldhood......
Sydney was such a beautiful city, until poor planning, over development and over crowding screwed the place up.
What you are seeing is only the beginning. If you want to know the future of Sydney, take a look at Hong Kong.
Can’t wait
And excessive migration of the wrong nationalities.
@@deanpd3402 Wise. It's got a long way to go and unless something unforeseen happens it will go all the way. Stack and pack, fitting of a Chinese colony.
I miss White Australia so much :(
The Opera House wouldn't debut until 1971, when I was born. Last September our family went there.
1973, in fact
showed be played on Tv for all to see
do you have any shows about life in balmain which you could upload
Not that I'm aware of, specifically on Balmain but perhaps some that reference it. I'll have a look for you.
Love it, not Burqa in sight.
No burqas, but plenty of bigots
...you mean Burga King?.....not even a hungry Jack in sight.....
Miss the inner city slums??? Why the posh Pommie?
Wow it is pretty the same other then the trees are young. And the beautiful catholic church and it is still awesome. We went to aus in 2012. Thank you very much
Glad you enjoyed it Janet. Thanks for the feedback.