Sydney Past and Present

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By Listen TheBook Posted on Jan 30, 2024

In Category - Children's Non-fiction

Authors: John Arthur Barry In Year : 1902

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Sydney Past and Present

The Founding of the City
Weakly Infancy
The Harbour - Macquarie's Buildings
Early Social Life
Sydney in the Twenties
Sydney in the Twenties (Continued)
The Early Thirties
The Later Thirties
The Early Forties
In the Forties
In the Forties (Continued)
Sporting in the Forties
Some Early Suburbs & Islands
Sydney in the Fifties
The Fifties And Sixties
The Sixties and Seventies (Conclusion)
The Rocks Resumptions

An account of the early history of Sydney, Australia's first colonial city. Best known for his collection of light-hearted yarns, Steve Brown's Bunyip and other Stories, J. A. Barry first published the chapters of this book as a series of articles in the Town and Country Journal. Published shortly after the Federation of Australia in 1901, Barry's version of Sydney's nineteenth century history is anecdotal and entertaining, and opens a window on to the attitudes and concerns of its times.