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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 the form of rising wool
prices and growth in manufacturing. The opening of the
Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1932 was a consolidation of
all the changes brought by Federation and urbanization.
Vegemite
spread created
in 1923
GROWTH OF THE CITY
Today
1945
The poster depicts
the youthful vigour
of the nation.
Surf
lifesaver
Home in the Suburbs
The Federation bungalow became a unique
architectural style (see p39) . Verandas, gables
and chimneys featured amid much red brick.
“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 greeted the
bridge's opening. Considered a wonder
of engineering at the time, it linked the
harbour's north and south shores.
Bronzed Lifesavers
No surf beach was com-
plete without these icons,
forever looking to sea.
TIMELINE
1901 Miles
Franklin's My
Brilliant Career
is published
1912 High-rise era begins in
Sydney with the erection of
the 14-storey Culwulla
Chambers in Macquarie
Street. First surfboard arrives
in Sydney from Hawaii
1920 Prince Edward, the
Prince of Wales, visits
1918 Sydneysiders greet
the Armistice riotously
Miles Franklin
1900
1910
1920
1902 Women win the
right to vote in New
South Wales
1907 Trunk line
between Melbourne
and Sydney opens
1919 The Archibald
Prize for portraiture
is first awarded.
Influenza epidemic
hits Sydney
1901 Proclamation of the
Commonwealth of Australia. Edmund
Barton elected as first prime minister
Poster for
telephone
trunk line
1915 Anzacs land at Gallipoli
 
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