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Retro Sydney
Colouring book
Brief Description
Discover your inner artist as you create a world of colour throughout these stunning Sydney Retro Illustrations. Sydney in the 1950s through to the 1970s features iconic landmarks from the Sydney Harbour Bridge to the North Shore, the Sydney Opera House to the famous Bondi Beach,...
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Discover your inner artist as you create a world of colour throughout these stunning Sydney Retro Illustrations. Sydney in the 1950s through to the 1970s features iconic landmarks from the Sydney Harbour Bridge to the North Shore, the Sydney Opera House to the famous Bondi Beach, including the bustling Sydney CBD and Inner West. This historical journey through each page is a vibrant canvas ready to be brought to life with your imagination.
Capturing the conservative era of the 1950s—from cars, buses, and fashion—to the transformative sixties of the Sydney beach scene and fashion, to the groundbreaking seventies when disco captured the world. Discover the beauty of Sydney Harbour featuring the iconic landmarks, the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House during its construction era.
While you create colour on each page, you will discover the changes to Sydney and travel back in time to how we used to live.
Explore a nostalgic view of Sydney with Retro Sydney by Ian Collis and let each page be a canvas for your creativity.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781760798666
Publisher: New Holland Publishers
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 15 April 2026
Country: Australia
Imprint: New Holland Publishers
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 10.0mm
Width: 220.0mm
Height: 260.0mm
Weight: 333g
Pages: 80
About the Author
Ian Collis is a well known rugby league historian - he has one of the largest collections of sporting memorabilia in Australia. His passion for rugby league comes from his father Joseph, who was a pioneer of the North Ryde Junior Rugby League Club in the Balmain Junior League and a former Club president before playing a role in the formation of the Ryde United JRL Club. Ian is currently the Head of Fox Sports Statistics.
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