From The Archives

Another Sydney link with the golden age of newspaper journalism passed this week with the death of George Richards, 89, former chief-of-staff of The Sydney Morning Herald and for years the renowned editor of Column 8. smh.com.au/politics/nsw/h…

Peak hour traffic on the Sydney Harbour Bridge jammed into four lanes (instead of the usual six) during a national strike on June 21, 1979. Photo by Paul Pearson @smh @photosSMH

@ptbyrnes You're welcome - thanks for the (film) education

After 38 years and more than 10,000 movies, Herald film critic Paul Byrnes has decided to call it a day. Here is his first review, from April 16, 1985. @smh @ptbyrnes @smharts

Rugby League Test match between Australia and Great Britain at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 22 July, 1950. Australia won the game 5-2. Photo by staff @smh @SMHsport @photosSMH

View of the construction of Sydney Harbour Bridge from North Sydney on August 12, 1930. Photo by staff @smh @photosSMH

Shoppers outside the David Jones city store in Sydney on September 4, 1957. Photo by Hugh Ross @smh @photosSMH

A workman at the Unilever Building at Circular Quay on May 23, 1957. Photo by Gordon Short @smh @photosSMH

Sinead O'Connor pictured in Sydney on March 18, 2007, and at the Blues & Roots Festival in Byron Bay on March 26, 2008. The Irish singer has died aged 56. Photos by Lisa Wiltse and Edwina Pickles @smh @photosSMH

Jane Birkin performing with her three piece band at The Sydney Theatre, June 16, 2005. The British-French singer and actress has died aged 76. Photo by Domino Postiglione @smh

An emotional Betty Cuthbert departs Sydney's Mascot Airport for Wales with the Australian Empire Games Team on July 2, 1958. Photo by Frank Burke @smh

After a long journey on board the Italian liner Sebastian Caboto, German migrants, Alfred Benz and Gerd Kaufmann, arrive in Melbourne on October 31, 1950. #Fromthearchives #Melbourne #throwbackthursday @theage

Russian prima ballerina Anna Pavlova at Government House, Sydney. Dated either 1926 or 1929. Staff photographer @smh @photosSMH #dance #ballet

The offices of the Australian Financial Review pictured on August 9, 1979. Journalist Paddy McGuinness in sunglasses. Photos by David Bartho @FinancialReview

Men working on the propeller of the H.M.A.S. Australia at Cockatoo Island Dock, Sydney on June 4, 1930. From the glass plate negative. Staff photographer @smh @photosSMH

An Olympic torch is erected on the corner of Flinders and Swanston streets in Melbourne on October 26, 1956. 📸 K. Brown #FromTheArchives #Melbourne

Librarians Belinda Toumazis and Helen Bayliss at work in the SMH reference library on March 6, 1979, and ex-Herald Librarians reunion at the Sydney Hilton on September 27, 1980. Photos by McNeil and Nobley @smh

#OnThisDay One hundred and eighty years ago, the Herald’s letter page was a cruel place, as young Francis Forbes discovered when he shared his vision of a steam-powered flying machine. smh.com.au/national/nsw/f… @smh @smhletters

#OnThisDay in 1995: The public gallery in parliament gave Prime Minister Paul Keating a standing ovation at the end of his speech outlining his vision for a republic. theage.com.au/national/from-… @theage

#OnThisDay Watched by an audience of millions (and a very young Prince Charles), Queen Elizabeth II was crowned in a “majestic, yet simply moving” ceremony at Westminster Abbey, 70 years ago. smh.com.au/world/europe/f… @smh