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McDonagh sisters' filming locations in 1920s Sydney

Can you help us identify these Sydney locations from landmark 1920s films made by the McDonagh sisters?

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RePlay: Australian Gazette c. 1928 - Clip 1

This segment from Australian Gazette c. 1928 features the annual ladies swimming carnival at Bondi Baths, Sydney. 

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Con Colleano home movie: circus preparations

Australian-born and world famous tightrope circus artist Con Colleano (Cornelius Sullivan, 1899 –1973) features in this home movie of informal Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey Combined Circus 'b

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Inside the New Orpheum, North Sydney

A short film segment with inter-titles highlighting the benefits of the newly rebuilt North Sydney Orpheum Theatre.

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The Ten Commandments: live prologue, Far North Queensland

In 1925, Paramount Pictures employed Australian film director Franklyn Barrett (The Breaking of the Drought, A Girl of the Bush) to manage the North Queensland tour of the silent

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Capitol Theatre, Manuka

Canberra’s first purpose-built cinema was the Capitol Theatre, which opened in 1927 with more than 1,000 seats.

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Empire Theatre, Goulburn

A crowd outside Goulburn's Empire Theatre with a hoarding advertising The World in Motion and posters visible for Les Miserables.

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Sunrise

George O'Brien and Janet Gaynor in a scene from Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (USA, FW Murnau, 1927).

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'Smithy' by Len Maurice (side 2)
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Rare Cricket Footage: 1920–21 Ashes Test series at the MCG

The NFSA has identified rare footage of the 1920–21 Ashes Test series at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.