Sydney in the Interwar Period
The atlas holds 6 people and 11 moments here, from 1918 to 1939. The most recorded lives are Errol Flynn, John Cornforth and P. L. Travers.
Notable people
Errol Flynn
from 1926 to 1932
3 moments here
Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn was an Australian-born actor who became a major Hollywood star in swashbuckling and adventure films.…
Jack Brabham
in 1926
1 moment here
Australian racing driver, engineer, team owner and three-time Formula One World Champion. Brabham began in Australian speedcar racing, worked as a…
Jiddu Krishnamurti
in 1934
1 moment here
Indian philosopher, speaker, and writer. Raised within the Theosophical Society, he became head of the Order of the Star in the East, dissolved it at…
John Cornforth
from 1933 to 1939
3 moments here
Australian-British organic chemist and 1975 Nobel Prize laureate, noted for elucidating the stereochemistry of enzyme-catalysed reactions.…
John Eccles
in 1937
1 moment here
Australian neurophysiologist and philosopher John Carew Eccles (1903–1997) was a Nobel laureate noted for research on synaptic transmission.…
P. L. Travers
from 1918 to 1922
2 moments here
Pamela Lyndon Travers, born Helen Lyndon Goff, was an Australian-British writer, actress, journalist, and creator of the Mary Poppins books.…
Moments
- 1918 Residence on Pembroke Street P. L. Travers
- 1922 Return to Sydney theatrical troupe P. L. Travers
- 1926 Attendance at Shore school Errol Flynn
- 1926 Birth in Hurstville Jack Brabham
- 1930 Purchase of Sirocco in Sydney Errol Flynn
- 1932 Fletcher Christian role in Sydney Errol Flynn
- 1933 Graduation from Sydney Boys' High School John Cornforth
- 1934 Talks in Sydney Jiddu Krishnamurti
- 1934 Matriculation at the University of Sydney John Cornforth
- 1937 Arrival as Kanematsu Institute director John Eccles
- 1939 Departure for Britain aboard SS Orama John Cornforth