Sydney Past and Present
John Arthur Barry
Read by Phil Benson
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. (6 hr 37 min)
Chapters
The Founding of the City | 21:29 | Read by Phil Benson |
Weakly Infancy | 18:58 | Read by Phil Benson |
The Harbour - Macquarie's Buildings | 21:47 | Read by Phil Benson |
Early Social Life | 19:08 | Read by Phil Benson |
Sydney in the Twenties | 23:12 | Read by Phil Benson |
Sydney in the Twenties (Continued) | 23:21 | Read by Phil Benson |
The Early Thirties | 23:17 | Read by Phil Benson |
The Later Thirties | 29:31 | Read by Phil Benson |
The Early Forties | 28:30 | Read by Phil Benson |
In the Forties | 24:53 | Read by Phil Benson |
In the Forties (Continued) | 27:39 | Read by Phil Benson |
Sporting in the Forties | 29:37 | Read by Phil Benson |
Some Early Suburbs & Islands | 23:41 | Read by Phil Benson |
Sydney in the Fifties | 24:58 | Read by Phil Benson |
The Fifties And Sixties | 24:21 | Read by Phil Benson |
The Sixties and Seventies (Conclusion) | 25:07 | Read by Phil Benson |
The Rocks Resumptions | 7:52 | Read by Phil Benson |