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30  INTRODUCING SY DNEY

Sydney Between the Wars

Federation took place on 1 January 1901 and New South
Wales became a state of the Australian nation. In Sydney,
new wharves were built, roads widened and slums cleared.
The 1920s were colourful and optimistic in “the city of pleasure”.
The skyline bristled with cranes as modern structures replaced
their ornate predecessors. The country was hit hard by the
Great Depression in 1931, but economic salvation came in Growth of the City
the form of rising wool prices and growth in manufacturing. Today 1945
The opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1932 was a
consolidation of all the changes brought by Federation The poster depicts
and urbanization. the youthful vigour
of the nation.

Home in the Suburbs
The Federation bungalow became a unique
architectural style (see p43). Verandas, gables and
chimneys featured amid much red brick.
Surf lifesaver

“Making Do”
This chair, made in 1910, used
packing case timber, cotton
reels, fencing
wire and the
mouldings
of picture
frames.
Sydney Harbour Bridge
After nine years of construction,
the largest crowd ever seen in Sydney
Bronzed Lifesavers greeted the bridge’s opening.
No surf beach was com plete Considered a wonder of engineering
without these supervisors at the time, it linked the harbour’s
forever looking to sea. north and south shores.
Miles Franklin 1912 High-rise era begins in 1920 Prince Edward, the
Sydney with the erection of the
1901 Miles Prince of Wales, visits
Franklin’s My 14-storey Culwulla Chambers in
Brilliant Career Macquarie Street. First surfboard 1918 Sydneysiders greet
is published arrives in Sydney from Hawaii the Armistice riotously
1900 1910 1920
1902 Women win the right 1907 Trunk line 1919 The Archibald
to vote in New South Wales between Melbourne Prize for portraiture is
and Sydney opens first awarded. Influenza
1901 Proclamation of the epidemic hits Sydney
Commonwealth of Australia. Edmund Poster for telephone
Barton elected as first prime minister trunk line 1915 Anzacs land at Gallipoli

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