History of New South Wales

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English: Historical photos, watercolours, drawings and paintings of New South Wales

Portraits

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  Cora Gooseberry Widow of King Bungaree Brocken Bay Tribe 1836
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  Captain Arthur Phillip, 1786, by Francis Wheatley, oil painting
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  Esther Johnstone (née Abrahams), ca. 1830
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  William 'Billy' Blue, Jamaican convict, Sydney, 1834, J. B. East
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  The convict George Barrington tried at The Old Bailey, 1790
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  Francis Howard Greenway, 1814-1837, by unknown artist
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  Dr William Bland, 1845, this is the earliest known surviving photograph taken in Australia.
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  Portrait of George William Evans, 1847, by Thomas James Lemprier
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  Portrait of William Cox, 1830, by Charles Rodius
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  Portrait of Elizabeth Macarthur, undated, by unknown
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  Portrait of William Branwhite Clark, c. 1875, by J Hubert Newman
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  Portrait of bushranger Ben Hall, by Freeman Brothers Studio, 1863
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  Portrait of Christina Sinclair by Joseph Backler
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  Portrait of Jane Dunlop, ca. 1853, by Joseph Backler
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  Politician Henry Parkes
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  Portrait of Andrew Hamilton Hume, Australian farmer and convict superintendent, 1843-1849
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  Studio portrait of Hamilton Hume, explorer, ca. 1869, photographer unknown, from vintage albumen print
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  Australian physician and naturalist George Bennett, c. 1880
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  Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, 1927, by Agnes Noyes Goodsir
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  Studio Portrait of Henry Lawson, ca. 1916, by May Moore
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  Portrait of impresario J. C. Williamson, c. 1900
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  Andrew Barton (Banjo) Paterson, poet, ca. 1890, by Falk Studio, Sydney
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  Rosaleen Norton modelling at Studio of Realist Art (SORA), Sydney, 1948
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  Portrait of Hal Missingham, December 1950, by Max Dupain
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  Captain John Piper, c.1826, oil painting by Augustus Earle
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  Photograph of Charles Cowper, former Premier of New South Wales, Australia
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  Edward D. S. Ogilvie, 1894-1895, from oil painting by Tom Roberts
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  Jack Johnson, African-American boxer and world heavyweight champion, Sydney, c.1908
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  Jenny Bush, Aboriginal Folk Singer, Paddington Town Hall, 21 January 1965
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  Irene Vera Young, dancer, Sydney, 1913
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  Charles Perkins and Bowraville residents, February 1965
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  Portrait of Frederick Matthew Darley, c. 1880, by Freeman Brothers
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  Studio portrait of Annie Besant, c. 1910, by Falk Studio
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  N. Morphett of Penrith, January 1935, Lawn Tennis Country Carnival, Rushcutters Bay, Sydney, by Sam Hood
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  Studio Portrait of Arthur Mailey, ca. 1925
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  Betty Broadbent, PIX Magazine, Sydney, 1938
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  Countess Agnes Von Rosen, 'Hell driver', Sydney, September 1955
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  Portrait of James Dunlop by Joseph backler
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  Studio Portrait of Charmian Clift, 23 June 1941
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  Portrait of historian James Bonwick, by Edward Cecil Porter, 1885-1890
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  Eileen Wearne training at Manual Arts High School, Los Angeles, 1932
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  Womanhood Suffrage League of New South Wales, 1902
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  Small girl with toy koala on the sand, Bondi Beach, c.1932, by Sam Hood
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  Portrait of Ion L. Idriess, c. 1940-1941
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  Frances Burke Australian textile designer, 3 June 1952, by Gordon F. De Lisle
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  Jim Gerald, Melbourne, 2 June 1951, by Gordon F. De Lisle
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  Studio portrait of Tony Rafty the Australian cartoonist, 2 October, 1942, by Ray Olsen
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  Portrait of Orpheus Arfaras, Greek ceramic artist and decorator, 23 November 1952
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  Aviator Charles Thomas Philippe Ulm, ca. 1934
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  Cowboy rodeo rough riders, Lance Skuthorpe Jnr, Pitt Street, Sydney, Australia, February 1938
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  Australian rodeo riders, Violet Skuthorpe (front centre). Lance Skuthorpe Jnr. (second from right), 1938
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  Studio Portrait of Douglas Annand, March 1941, by Max Dupain
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  Sonter family packing fruit, Ray Road, Epping, Sydney, 1911
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  Studio portrait of William Westbrooke Burton, c. 1880, by John Tangelder Gorus
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  Portrait of Louisa Macdonald, Principal of the Women's College, Sydney University, 1893
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  Portrait of William Lane founder of New Australia, 1890-1894
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  Studio Portrait of Reverend William Woolls, c. 1880, by J Herbert Newman
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  Studio Portrait of Judge William Charles Windeyer, c. 1890
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  Portrait of Lady Mary Elizabeth Windeyer, c. 1890, by Madame Praeger
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  Studio Portrait of Sir Alexander Stuart, c. 1882
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  Studio Portrait of Henry Searle, 1889, by Tuttle Studio, Melbourne
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  Studio Portrait of Alexander Walker Scott, August 1882
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  Studio Portrait of Sir John Robertson, ca. 1890
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  Australian scientist Mary Clouston (Mollie) Dive at CSIRO, Sydney, 21 August 1950
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  Portrait of William Dymock, Sydney bookseller, 1896
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  Portrait of Amelita Galli-Curci, soprano singer, 1931, by Strauss Peyton
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  Studio portrait of entomologist George Masters, 1867-1877

Architecture

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  Newcastle Commandant's house (aka Newcastle Government House) from in front of the old gaol, Newcastle, New South Wales, circa 1828
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  Government House Stables, Sydney, 1842, Conrad Martens
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  Old Government House, Sydney, 1842, Conrad Martens
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  Interior, Weir & Embleton's cordial factory, Hill End, 1872, by American & Australasian Photographic Company
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  Cary Bay Zoo, Lake Macquarie, NSW, 1954, Sam Hood
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  Billboard advertising Saunders' malt extract, Sydney, ca. 1930, photographer Sam Hood
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  Stan Giddings, maintenance worker ascending Sydney Harbour Bridge, 18 September 1945, by Alec Iverson
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  Harbour Bridge with first electric train before official opening, Sydney Harbour Bridge Celebrations, 1932, photographed by Hall and Co.
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  Millers Point looking east, showing construction of southern approach of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1929-1932, Milton Kent
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  Pyrmont Bridge, Sydney, by Fred Hardie for George Washington Wilson & Co., 1892-1893
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  Bakery, Home Rule gold fields, New South Wales, Australia, ca. 1872, American and Australasian Photographic Company
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  Hugh M. D. Livingstone, his family and townspeople in front of his General Store, Mullumbimby, New South Wales, ca. 1893, photographer unknown
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  Gowing's Building and State Theatre, Sydney, illuminated, between 1932 and 1934, by Sam Hood
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  George St, Sydney, by Fred Hardie for George Washington Wilson & Co., 1892-1893
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  Circular Quay, Sydney, by Fred Hardie for George Washington Wilson & Co., 1892-1893
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  Castlereagh St, Sydney, by Fred Hardie for George Washington Wilson & Co., 1892-1893
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  Sydney Observatory, Observatory Hill, Sydney, 1874, photograph by New South Wales Government Printing Office
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  Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney, decorated and illuminated for the visit of the Prince of Wales and showing "Kissing time", 1920
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  Bathroom of Mr T.A. Field, Turramurra, Sydney, c. 1935, by Sam Hood
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  Backstage, Mark Foys fashion parade, Sydney, ca. 1947
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  Entrance foyer, Grace Bros. Auditorium, Sydney, 15 July 1937
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  Astor, Burwood, c. 1930s, by Sam Hood
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  Australian Library and Literary Institution 1868 by E. Hawley
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  Bathroom of Mr T.A. Field, Turramurra, Sydney, 1930s
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  Fitzroy iron works, Mittagong, New South Wales, c.1873
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  Prince Albert Road Bridge, Murrumbidgee River, Gundagai, New South Wales, 1877
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  Soldiers entering The Cambria cinema, to see Ginger Mick movie, High Street [Beecroft Road], Epping, Sydney, 1920
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  Exterior of Fort Macquarie, Bennelong Point, Sydney, Australia, c. 1870

Landscapes

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  A direct north general view of Sydney Cove, [Attrib.] Thomas Watling, 1794
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  Sydney from the North Shore, ca. 1840, (attrib.) Conrad Martens
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  Port Macquarie, painted by Joseph Backler
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  Cabbage Trees near the Shoalhaven River, 1860, by Eugene von Guerard
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  View above Rose Bay, 1841, Conrad Marten
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  Painting of Sydney Harbour by Edward Charles Close (1790-1866)
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  Bush scene, Brisbane Water, 1848, Conrad Martens
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  Northern entrance Burrangalong Cavern, New South Wales, ca. 1849, Conrad Martens
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  Darling Point, oil painting, 1886, Gother Victor Fyers Mann, State Library of New South Wales
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  The MacDonald River, Wiseman’s Road, New South Wales, 1840, Conrad Martens
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  Mosman Bay, ca. 1900-1927; Sydney & Ashfield : Broadhurst Post Card Publishers
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  Morning at the `Heads, Port Jackson, sydney, G. E. Peacock
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  View of Tenterfield by Joseph Backler
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  The Old Cemetery, Devonshire Street, 1894, oil painting by Julian Rossi Ashton
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  Mosman Bay, Sydney, 1883, watercolour by Julian Rossi Ashton
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  Birds-eye view of Albury, New South Wales, 1881, by Gibbs, Shallard, & Co.

Natural History

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  Drawing of a kangaroo. Arthur Bowes Smyth, surgeon on the First Fleet ship the Lady Penrhyn.
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  f.86 Southern Stone-Curlew, 1791-1792
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  Ground Thrush, 1791-1792
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  Ground Parrot Pezoporus wallicus, 1791-1792
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  Salmo, George Raper, 1774-1794
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  Australian flowers, George Raper, 1774-1794
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  Australian flowers, George Raper, 1774-1794

Events

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  Aborigines hunting by Tommy McRae of Ulladulla 1860s-190
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  Governor Arthur's Proclamation to the Aborigines, c.1828-30, by unknown
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  First Fleet Entering Port Jackson, 1788, William Bradley
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  Botany Bay. Sirius & Convoy going in: Supply & Agents Division in the Bay. 21 Janry 1788, William Bradley
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  Journal of a voyage to New South Wales : with sixty-five plates of non descript animals, birds, lizards, serpents, curious cones of trees and other natural productions by John White
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  Colour lithograph of the First Fleet entering Port Jackson on January 26, 1788, drawn in 1888. Creator: E. Le Bihan
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  The costume of the Australasians, New South Wales Sketchbook: Sea Voyage, Sydney, Illawarra, Newcastle, Morpeth, c.1825, Edward Charles Close
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  Government Gaol Gang: Views in New South Wales c. 1830.
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  Courtroom scene, Sydney c1817. Painting by Edward Charles Close (1790-1866)
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  Arrival of the American Fleet at Sydney Australia, August 1908
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  Spectators on the lawn of Government House, Sydney, viewing the arrival of the first Royal Australian Navy, Oct 1913
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  A wave of Infantry going over the top to resist a counterattack, World War One, Zonnebeke, Begium, c.1917, by Frank Hurley, vintage print from Exhibition of War Photos 1919
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  Battle Scarred Sentinels, World War One, Chateau Wood, France, c.1917, by Frank Hurley, vintage print from Exhibition of War Photos 1919
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  The Ingenues, female jazz band on stage, Tivoli, Sydney, 1925, by Sam Hood
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  Sonny Clay Band, Australia, 1928, by Sam Hood
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  Hell-Fire Corner. Showing the difficulty of transport along an exposed highway, France, c.1917, by Frank Hurley, vintage print from Exhibition of War Photos 1919
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  Watering horses at Ludd, by J.F. Smith of the 7th Light Horse in Egypt and Palestine, c. 1917, World War One
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  Great White Fleet leaving Sydney Heads, 1908
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  The MG TB of Alf Najar contesting the 1946 New South Wales Grand Prix, Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales Australia.
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  V.A.D. procession Red Cross Day, Macquarie Street Sydney, 28 April 1918
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  The landing of Australian troops (4th Battalion) at ANZAC Cove, Gallipoli, Turkey, 25 April 1915
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  Anzac Day ceremony at Cenotaph, Martin Place, Sydney, 25 April 1930's, by Sam hood
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  Anzac Day March, King Street, Sydney, 25 April ca. 1931, by Sam Hood
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  Camping on a fishing holiday, Jindabyne, NSW, c.1930
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  Opening night, "Hollywood Hotel Revue", Theatre Royal, Sydney, 23 September 1938
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  British migrants on the ship Georgic arrive in Sydney, 1949
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  Flood, Oxley Street, Bourke, 1890.jpg
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  Greek christening party, Bondi Beach, Sydney, 1946
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  A Sopwith biplane aircraft taking off from a platform built on top of HMAS Australia, 1918
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  Anti-Vietnam War Demonstrations (including Australia's first sit down demonstration) Liverpool St, Sydney, NSW, 1965
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  Parade for centenary celebrations near Club Hotel on corner of Queen and Cordeaux Streets, Campbelltown, Sydney, 1920

Transport

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  Traffic coming from races, Anzac Parade, Alison Rd and Dacey Ave, Randwick, c. 1930, photographer unknown
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  Delahaye 135 racing car driven by John Crouch, Grand Prix, Bathurst, October 1946, from PIX Magazine negative
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  Rose Bay electric tram, New South Head Road, 1898, Albert James Perier
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  "In Tow", P.J.S. Co's steam-boat "Commodore" on Port Jackson, Sydney, 1892-1893, by Fred Hardie
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  Ferry smash, Sydney, 1 May 1930, by T. Fisher
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  Speedway riders, Sydney, 9 February 1946, by Ray Olsen
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  Woman leaping for the ferry caught by deckhand, Sydney Harbour, 1940
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  Commuters on the way to the office coming off the South Steyne, Sydney, 1940
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  Sydney ferry Brighton with original open wheelhouse, 1883-1889
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  W.A.A.A.F technicians, Mascot, Sydney, 1944
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  Pontiac in showroom window featuring stills from 'Mr Smith Goes to Washington', Stack & Company,York St, Sydney, January 1940, by Sam Hood
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  P&O company steamer "Britannia" leaving Circular Quay - Sydney, c 1890
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  ustralian National Airways Freighter Service van, 1946 model
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  Baldwin steam tram 78 "The last tram from Leichhardt to Parramatta", c. 1890
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  Assembling the bodies on AEC bus chassis, Sydney November 1937
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  Assembling the frames on AEC bus chassis, Sydney November 1937
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  Car on a flooded street, New South Wales, ca. 1935, Sam Hood
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  Australian National Airways Limited (A.N.A.) hanger completed, Kingsford Smith Airport, Mascot, 1929 - 1931
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  Charles Ulm's Avro-Fokker 10 aeroplane 'Faith in Australia', Kingsford-Smith Airport, Sydney, 2 September 1934
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  Delivering cases of fruit from local orchards, Pennant Hills Railway Station, Sydney, 1911-1916