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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