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Maggie Papakura, 1908
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- 17 comments
- 177 favorites
- 15,820 views
- Date uploaded: 2024-06-30
- Tags: newzealand, maori
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Polo Match, Sam Hood, c. 1935
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- 17 comments
- 364 favorites
- 23,194 views
- Date uploaded: 2024-04-18
- Tags: sports, journalists, photo, polo, cars, sleeping
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Taxi cab stand at night, Martin Place, Sydney, c. 1938
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- 17 comments
- 262 favorites
- 18,636 views
- Date taken: 1938
- Date uploaded: 2023-07-16
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Motorcycle with mobile tank used by Union petrol, Sydney c. 1935
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- 17 comments
- 233 favorites
- 22,656 views
- Date uploaded: 2022-11-13
- Tags: motorcycle, vintage, early, unionpetrol, sidecars, sydney, statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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Allied airfield crew working on Lockheed P-38 fighter planes, New Guinea, c. 1944
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- 17 comments
- 217 favorites
- 36,274 views
- Date taken: 1943
- Date uploaded: 2022-07-10
- Tags: curtissp40, flyingtigers, ww2, worldwartwo, mechanics, aeronautics, airfields, australian, statelibraryofnewsouthwales, aviation, aircraft, airplane, militaryaviation, lockheed, lockheedp38lightning, lockheedp38, p38lightning, lockheedlightning, p38, allison, allisonv1710, v1710, aircraftengine, aeroengine, usaaf, worldwarii, wwii
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Glass negatives of The Rocks, Sydney, ca. 1890-1910, by William Joseph Macpherson
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- 17 comments
- 18 favorites
- 6,996 views
- Date taken: 1900
- Date uploaded: 2017-09-05
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, the, rocks
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Street scene from Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 / photographed by Arthur K. Syer
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- 17 comments
- 4 favorites
- 11,124 views
- Date taken: 1887
- Date uploaded: 2011-05-30
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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Sydney Harbour Bridge during construction, 1930, with two aeroplanes, Charles Ulm's "Southern Sun" & a Gypsy Moth / photomontage by Edward Searl
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- 17 comments
- 158 favorites
- 29,597 views
- Date taken: 1930
- Date uploaded: 2011-03-22
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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Miss Charles-Fairfax and a young couple (look like newlyweds) on the deck of the Narkunda, 8 February 1928, by Sam Hood
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- 17 comments
- 11 favorites
- 13,277 views
- Date taken: 2011-02-14 16:20:01
- Date uploaded: 2011-02-14
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, narkunda, 1928, miss, charles, fairfax, misscharlesfairfax, scouts
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North Bondi team march past, 1930s / by Sam Hood
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- 16 comments
- 139 favorites
- 58,950 views
- Date taken: 1935
- Date uploaded: 2008-12-01
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, samhood, flag, men, beach, bondibeach, 1930s, water, wave, bonditeam
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Depression "bread wars", corner store on Riley & Fitzroy Streets, Surry Hills, Sydney, 21 August 1934 / Sam Hood
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- 16 comments
- 83 favorites
- 24,276 views
- Date taken: 1934-08-27 12:35:15
- Date uploaded: 2009-07-10
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, grocers, groceryshop
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Moonlight, Shackleton - Rowett Expedition, Antarctica, 1921-1922
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- 16 comments
- 102 favorites
- 22,269 views
- Date taken: 2009-12-09 16:16:22
- Date uploaded: 2009-12-09
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, ice, moon, cloud, water
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Huia, two-masted topsail schooner, c. 1925
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- 16 comments
- 298 favorites
- 13,784 views
- Date uploaded: 2025-02-28
- Tags: schooners, huia, timber, trade, south, seas, komekanereef, newzealand
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Rain scene, Central Station, Sydney, 1941
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- 16 comments
- 239 favorites
- 16,313 views
- Date taken: 1941-05-21 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2024-12-17
- Tags: rain, sydney, blackandwhite, raincoats, 1940s, 1941
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Shirley Winter, Double Bay, Sydney, July 1954
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- 16 comments
- 194 favorites
- 18,855 views
- Date taken: 1954-07
- Date uploaded: 2024-01-05
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Peacock, Taronga Zoo, Australia, 1948
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- 16 comments
- 273 favorites
- 17,044 views
- Date taken: 1948-08-18 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2023-04-14
- Tags: peacock, animals, zoo, 1940s, 1948, sydney, taronga, zoologicalparks
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Air force parachuter, 1939
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- 16 comments
- 291 favorites
- 25,288 views
- Date taken: 1939-04-15 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2022-09-18
- Tags: airforce, parachutes, ww2, world, war, two, australian, poratraits, parachute, parachuteharness
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Japanese schooner and local vessels, Jaluit Lagoon, Marshall Islands, Thomas J. McMahon, 1916 - 1917
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- 16 comments
- 268 favorites
- 30,286 views
- Date uploaded: 2022-01-23
- Tags: japan, pacificislands, oceania, marshallislands, mcmahon, ww, worldwarone
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Portrait of Sam Hood, June 1953, Taken for People Magazine.
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- 16 comments
- 388 favorites
- 34,478 views
- Date uploaded: 2021-08-18
- Tags: press, commercial, photographers, australian, sydney, 1900s, 1953, cameras, statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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Phillip Bushells Bentley, Harrington Street, Sydney, 1936-1937, PXE 1554
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- 16 comments
- 218 favorites
- 70,425 views
- Date taken: 1936
- Date uploaded: 2019-10-08
- Tags: bushells, tea, manufacturing, sydney, 1930s, coffee, workers, harrington, atherton, street, therocks, kismet, wylde, demolished, houses, bentley
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Hastings Deering Service Building, Riley & Crown Streets, Sydney, ca. 1938 / photographer unknown
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- 16 comments
- 46 favorites
- 13,887 views
- Date taken: 1938
- Date uploaded: 2012-08-10
- Tags: ford
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French steamship Dupleix in dry dock, Fitzroy Dock, Cockatoo Island, Sydney, ca. 1887 / photographer unknown
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- 16 comments
- 48 favorites
- 12,903 views
- Date taken: 1889
- Date uploaded: 2010-10-12
- Tags: ship, drydock, gravingdock, tallship, fitzroy, dock
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Joe Marks, comedian, July 1933 / photographer unknown
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- 16 comments
- 34 favorites
- 20,278 views
- Date taken: 1933-07
- Date uploaded: 2010-04-13
- Tags: comedian, fish, shooting, rifle, cap, glasses, jewish, joemarks, tivoli, sydney, vaudeville, 1933, 1930s, hotforparis, nsw, new, south, wales, theatre, performer, suit, hat
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Amy Johnson & friends, 1930 / photographed by Sam Hood
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- 15 comments
- 68 favorites
- 43,794 views
- Date taken: 1930-06
- Date uploaded: 2008-09-22
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, samhood, hood, amyjohnson, 1930, ladiesfashion, hats, vintage, fashion, women, group, pilot, aviation, rowofpeople
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Film actor Helen Twelvetrees and her 1935 Pontiac, Cinesound Studios, Sydney, 1936 / Sam Hood
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- 15 comments
- 91 favorites
- 40,395 views
- Date taken: 2009-05-26 17:44:30
- Date uploaded: 2009-05-26
- Tags: american, filmstudio, jodhpurs, boots, thoroughbred, helentwelvetrees, statelibraryofnewsouthwales, bondijunctionsydneyaustralia
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Milky Way (dairy) exhibition, Sydney Town Hall, 12 August 1955 / Ern McQuillan
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- 15 comments
- 156 favorites
- 47,559 views
- Date taken: 2007-07-18 09:40:42
- Date uploaded: 2009-09-22
- Tags: milkyway, dairy, jerseycow, hay, straw, exhibition, show, strawhat, shorts, milkacrossthecommons, truefoodimage, gmofreediary, sexy, nogmomilk, nogmofeddairy, 200520072014, bovine, a1955vintagephoto, sansogm
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Aviator in leather & fur flying suit, Australia, c. 1942
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- 15 comments
- 148 favorites
- 44,769 views
- Date uploaded: 2022-12-11
- Tags: aviators, fashion, flying, 1930s, leatherjackets, statelibraryofnewsouthwales, flightjacket
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Ariel motorbike at National Park, Sydney, 1940
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- 15 comments
- 297 favorites
- 26,613 views
- Date taken: 1940-01-18 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2022-10-03
- Tags: motorbikes, motor, cycles, bikes, vintahe, early, sydney, australia, aerial, summer, fred, grimes, film, camera
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Audience at a Jazz concert, Town Hall, Sydney, November 1948
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- 15 comments
- 202 favorites
- 24,060 views
- Date taken: 1948-11
- Date uploaded: 2021-12-30
- Tags: jazz, sydney, 1940s, townhall, entertainment, statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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[AMP Building, Botanic Gardens, Harbour Bridge and Circular Quay with liner Canberra], July 1963, by Ern McQuillan
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- 15 comments
- 146 favorites
- 32,097 views
- Date taken: 2014-04-08 14:23:05
- Date uploaded: 2014-04-08
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Margaret Barr's "Strange Children" [ballet], 1955 / photographer unknown
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- 15 comments
- 609 favorites
- 157,176 views
- Date taken: 1955
- Date uploaded: 2010-08-31
- Tags: ballet, umbrella, modern, sand, shift, barefoot, moderndance, movement, beach, dancers, balletacrossthecommons, margaretbarr, margaretbarrdancegroup, strangechildren, commonsbest
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Maud Grantham as Marguerite in "Faust", Sydney, 1901 / photographer T. Humphrey & Co.
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- 15 comments
- 91 favorites
- 25,157 views
- Date taken: 2010-02-15 12:31:38
- Date uploaded: 2010-02-15
- Tags: coloratura, soprano, spinningwheel, marguerite, faust, plaits, opera, autograph, maudgrantham, thumphreyco, sydney, gounod
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Aurora traversing loose pack ice entering the Durville Sea, Dec. 1913
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- 14 comments
- 125 favorites
- 35,381 views
- Date taken: 1913-12
- Date uploaded: 2008-09-19
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, ice, sailing, ship, water, ocean, sea, antarctica, exploration, expedition, rigging, silvergelatin, icepack, durvillesea, 1913, auroa, frankhurley, aurora, steamyachts, icebreakers, decks, masts, seas, icebergs, packice, loosepackice, ships, boats
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Allan Spowers-Rosamund Lumsdaine bridal party leaving St. Mark's Church, Darling Point, 1922 / Sam Hood
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- 14 comments
- 144 favorites
- 51,866 views
- Date taken: 1922
- Date uploaded: 2008-11-04
- Tags: wedding, church, vintage, allanspowers, rosumundlumsdaine, bridalparty, bride, weddinggown, 1920s, stmarkschurch, darlingpoint, australia, fashion, architecture, archway, children, statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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Santa Claus, Grace Bros, Broadway, Sydney, 27 November 1946 / by Sam Hood
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- 14 comments
- 82 favorites
- 104,147 views
- Date taken: 2006-03-27 13:32:17
- Date uploaded: 2008-12-04
- Tags: christmas, santa, fatherchristmas, santaclaus, children, hobbyhorse, toys, dolls, gracebros, departmentstore, babbonatale, cavalloadondolo, departmentstores, rockinghorses, samhood, santasworkshop, sydney, gracebrothers, statelibraryofnewsouthwales, dc:creator=httpnlagovaunlaparty587349, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, papainoel, natal, criaçanas, cavalodepau, brinquedos, crianças, christmasacrossthecommons, christmas1946
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Yap Yap (dog) in cart pulled by Achong - Trundle, NSW, n.d. / by unknown photographer
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- 14 comments
- 286 favorites
- 43,827 views
- Date taken: 1910
- Date uploaded: 2009-01-20
- Tags: sheep, sheepdog, wagon, girl, hat, strawhat, farm, dog, animals, cute, trundlensw, sheepcart, friends, statelibraryofnewsouthwales, cart, animal, pet, pets, australia, canis, mammal, mammals, trundle, woman, person, female, grass, meadow, fence, fences, house, houses, trees, braids
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Miss Ethel Cunningham, Sydney / Freeman Studio
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- 14 comments
- 102 favorites
- 25,600 views
- Date taken: 2009-02-12 17:14:50
- Date uploaded: 2009-02-12
- Tags: romantic, sydney, australia, theatre, woman, dress, flowers, freemanstudio, ethelcunningham, statelibraryofnewsouthwales, mujer, dama, vestidoantiguo, fotoantigua, peinado
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Cat in the window, 1930s / Sam Hood
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- 14 comments
- 237 favorites
- 37,280 views
- Date taken: 2009-02-16 13:44:53
- Date uploaded: 2009-02-16
- Tags: tabby, cat, poppies, flower, curtain, window, sill, ginger, samhood, dc:creator=hoodsam18721953, thomasina, leadlight, sepia, windowfram, old, kitty, kitten, statelibraryofnewsouthwales, gato, flores, fotoensepia
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Derailment of NSWGR engine no. 246, Lithgow Zig Zag, 4 April 1901
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- 14 comments
- 58 favorites
- 13,084 views
- Date taken: 2007-12-12 14:08:39
- Date uploaded: 2009-09-03
- Tags: newsouthwalesgovernmentrailways, steam, locomotive, accident
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Summer Days, Oriental Bay, Wellington, NZ, January, 1947
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- 14 comments
- 221 favorites
- 15,297 views
- Date uploaded: 2024-11-21
- Tags: newzeland, orientalbay, summer, beach, sunbathing, wellington
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Anthony Horderns delivery cart, during mid-yearly sale, c. 1912
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- 14 comments
- 309 favorites
- 20,497 views
- Date uploaded: 2024-03-26
- Tags: hordern, department, stores, sydney, shopping, transport
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Reactions to women wearing slacks, Sydney, 1946 SLNSW_FL9454644
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- 14 comments
- 196 favorites
- 21,229 views
- Date uploaded: 2023-08-01
- Tags: slacks, vintagefashion, 1940s, australia, sydney, 1946
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Young Gentoo penguins on nest Macquarie Island, 1910-1914, Leslie R. Blake
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- 14 comments
- 216 favorites
- 20,831 views
- Date uploaded: 2020-09-21
- Tags: antarctica, australianantarcticexpedition, macquarieisland, leslieblake, naturalhistory, penguins, australia, gentoo, vintage, early
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Linda Malden "Spring Ridge" station, 24 January 1944 / photographed by N. Herfort
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- 14 comments
- 184 favorites
- 35,894 views
- Date taken: 1944-01-24 08:24:37
- Date uploaded: 2020-01-23
- Tags: pix, magazine, 1944, australia, world, war, two, ww2, new, south, wales, women, workers, farm, industry, change, lindamalden, normanherfort
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Kirsten Flagstad as Elsa in Lohengrin, ca. 1938 / NBC Artists Service
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- 14 comments
- 309 favorites
- 84,018 views
- Date taken: 2008-11-19 14:59:22
- Date uploaded: 2013-05-22
- Tags: kirstenflagstad, opera, sopranos, norwegians, operaacrossthecommons, wagneriansoprano, timeless, beauty
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Rowlands drink stall set up beside the Marked Tree for the Coo-ee recruiting march - Medlow Bath, NSW, c. 1915 by P J Rodgers
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- 14 comments
- 9 favorites
- 19,154 views
- Date taken: 1915
- Date uploaded: 2011-08-03
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, erowlands, evanrowlands, aeratedwaters, rowlands, cooeemarch, snowballmarches, australianimperialforce, medlowbath, pjrodgers, pjrodgerspetone, williamthomashitchen, hitchensown, markedtree, explorerstree, blaxlandstree, surveyorstree, november1915, ettieharris, albertarthurharris, cooeerecruitingmarch
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