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A collection of beautiful photographs that invites you to immerse yourself and revisit the cool, quirky, glamorous, exciting, menacing, and wonderful times of Retro Sydney.
This collection of photographs celebrates the vibrant and exciting coming of age of Australia’s first city in the ‘golden era’ of 1950 to 2000. From the bustling heart of the CBD, to the quaint suburbia of the outer suburbs, the fashionable streets of Double Bay, the seedy and glamorous Kings Cross, and the carefree beachside suburbs of Sydney, Retro Sydney captures the city’s most significant postwar milestones, and highlights its development and transformation into an international metropolis.
Adapted from the highly popular ‘Retro Sydney’ Instagram account, this collection is a celebration of Sydney. It allows us to behold iconic sights and scenes—some as they were, and some as they still are, generations later. For many readers, it offers a chance to indulge in rare memories of growing up in Australia’s first city.
“Retro Sydney offers a glimpse into the evolution of Sydney since the 1950s, from still-familiar CBD buildings to suburbs that have changed beyond recognition … Nathan Mete documents these bygone eras.”
—Che-Marie Trigg, Broadsheet
“Retro Sydney is a beautifully designed coffee table book containing a carefully curated collection [of] photographs which seek to capture what Mete calls “the golden age of Sydney”. From the bridge, the beaches and even the buses, the book presents like a time capsule of carefully chosen photographs from each decade … this is a glorious trip down memory lane.”
—Cheryl Akle, The Weekend Australian