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Attack on Sydney Harbour
Attack on Sydney Harbour · , Australia · 1942-06-08
1942 World War II attack by Japan.
The record
| Date | 1942-06-08 |
|---|---|
| Place | Attack on Sydney Harbour, , Australia |
| Coordinates | -33.85833, 151.23333 (landmark-level precision) |
| Scope | World-historic |
| Sources | Wikidata Q2659473 |
| Added | 2026-08-14 · source: wikidata |
Coordinates are given at landmark level. A landmark-level coordinate points at the structure; a city-level one points at the settlement, not at a parcel.
Finding photographs
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- Wikimedia Commons — freely licensed images, with the licence stated on every file. This is the only source we republish from.
- The reference article — its own illustrations, and its citations to archives.
- Image search filtered to reusable licences — useful for tracing which institution holds a picture.
- National and municipal archives of Australia, and the picture desks of newspapers published there at the time.
Check the licence before you reuse anything. A photograph being online, or being old, does not make it free; in most countries a 1960s press photograph is still in copyright.
Footage
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Time layers at this place
One place, several moments in time. This location has 10 recorded time layers between 1932 and 1995 — slide through them:
- 1932 — The bridge is opened, and cut in early
- 1934 — Anzac Memorial
- 1942 — Attack on Sydney Harbour this page
- 1947 — 1947 Sydney hailstorm
- 1971 — The Green Bans in The Rocks
- 1973 — Sydney Opera House opens
- 1975 — Sydney Harbour National Park
- 1978 — Sydney Hilton bombing
- 1981 — Sydney Tower opens
- 1995 — Museum of Sydney
Harvested from a regional source. This entry came out of Wikidata Q2659473 rather than being written here, which is why it is short and why it is marked as needing a check. It is published as a lead for someone who knows the place: fill it in.
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Nearby in Australia and Oceania
- Sydney Opera House opens (1973)Sydney, New South Wales
- 1947 Sydney hailstorm (1947)
- The Green Bans in The Rocks (1971)Sydney
- Sydney Harbour National Park (1975)Sydney
- Museum of Sydney (1995)
- The bridge is opened, and cut in early (1932)Sydney, New South Wales