4,927 photos
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Woman in white dress, 30 January 1947
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- 3 comments
- 40 favorites
- 13,920 views
- Date uploaded: 2022-03-04
- Tags: fashion, 1940s, blackandwhite, negatives, contact, prints, interiors
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Rainy Day in Sydney, 24 April 1937
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- 3 comments
- 120 favorites
- 10,593 views
- Date uploaded: 2022-02-25
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Jolly Roger Canoe Club, McMahons Point, Sydney Harbour, 24 May 1938
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- 3 comments
- 45 favorites
- 9,905 views
- Date taken: 1938-05-29 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2022-02-08
- Tags: sydneyharbour, sport, recreation, canoes, childrens, activities, 1930s
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Correll & Laseron, taken on floe ice at the Western Base
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- 3 comments
- 71 favorites
- 10,712 views
- Date uploaded: 2022-02-01
- Tags: antarctica, australianantarcticexpedition, aae, percycorrell, charleslaseron, australianexplorers
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Couple cooling off at motor cycle camp at National Park, Sydney, January 1940
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- 3 comments
- 94 favorites
- 18,844 views
- Date uploaded: 2022-01-25
- Tags: summer, beach, camping, nationalpark, sydney
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Australian Tennis magazine cover shot, March 1953, by Max Dupain & Associates
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- 3 comments
- 43 favorites
- 11,405 views
- Date taken: 1953-03
- Date uploaded: 2022-01-05
- Tags: tennis, australia, summer, magazine, models, 1950s, statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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Perdriau's Balmain ferry `Leipoa' 1880-1889
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- 3 comments
- 35 favorites
- 10,636 views
- Date uploaded: 2021-11-18
- Tags: sydneyharbour, ferries, ferryservice, early, history, nineteenthcentury, perdeiau, rubberfactory, industrial, sydney
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King's Cross Theatre (night time), Darlinghurst Road, Sydney, c. 1939
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- 3 comments
- 54 favorites
- 14,704 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2021-09-19
- Tags: cinemas, theatres, movies, sydney, kingscross, early, demolished
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Rosebery tram in crowded street, corner Pitt and Market Streets Sydney, ca. 1937
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- 3 comments
- 67 favorites
- 11,889 views
- Date taken: 1937
- Date uploaded: 2021-08-12
- Tags: sydney, pittstreet, rosebery, trams, crowds, nightshots, bust, street, scenes
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HMAS Anzac, Port Jackson, Sydney, c. 1925, Arthur Ernest Foster
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- 3 comments
- 46 favorites
- 10,079 views
- Date taken: 1925
- Date uploaded: 2021-07-04
- Tags: hmasanzac, hmas, ships, naval, vessels, navy, australia, war
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Victory Theatre, George Street, December 1938, by Sam Hood
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- 3 comments
- 32 favorites
- 10,852 views
- Date taken: 1938-12
- Date uploaded: 2021-06-30
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Sonny Clay jazz band, Sydney, 1928
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- 3 comments
- 73 favorites
- 17,964 views
- Date taken: 1928
- Date uploaded: 2021-06-22
- Tags: sonnyclay, jazz, 1920s, sydney, australia, american, tours
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Boy fishing, Narrabeen camp war workers holiday, 26 January 1944, by Alec Iverson
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- 3 comments
- 82 favorites
- 17,985 views
- Date taken: 1944-01-26 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2021-06-08
- Tags: war, ww2, home, front, sydney, australia, 1944, day, pix, worldwartwo, narrabeen
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Motorcycle rider posing with a Coventry Eagle racing bike, No. 116, city street setting, ca. 1935
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- 3 comments
- 65 favorites
- 13,679 views
- Date uploaded: 2021-05-13
- Tags: motorsports, motorcycle, motor, cycle, racing, classicracing, coventryeagle
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Captain Manning on board the Kalang, July 1926, Arthur Ernest Foster
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- 3 comments
- 68 favorites
- 11,542 views
- Date uploaded: 2021-05-03
- Tags: captain, shipping, sydney, ship, boats, crew, sailors, ferries
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Armour used by the Kelly Gang, worn by a police officer, 1941
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- 3 comments
- 106 favorites
- 16,733 views
- Date taken: 1941-04-07 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2021-04-25
- Tags: 1941, police, australia, colonialhistory, crime, criminals, australian, joebyrne, outlaw, armour
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1928 model Studebaker sedan, Crown Street, Sydney, 29 January 1935
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- 3 comments
- 52 favorites
- 12,277 views
- Date taken: 1935-01-29 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2021-04-05
- Tags: cars, studebaker, sydney, crashes, automobile, crownstreet, early, vintage
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'Braeside' or 'Burnside' under construction, Kidman & Mayoh, shipbuilders, Kissing Point Park, Ryde, Sydney, c. 1920, Arthur Ernest Foster
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- 3 comments
- 51 favorites
- 15,492 views
- Date uploaded: 2021-01-31
- Tags: ships, wooden, sailing, steam, sydney, port, jackson, construction, shipping, commercial, burnside, braeside, kidman, mayoh, ryde, kissing, point, industry
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Francis Birtles, Australian adventurer, photographer, cyclist, and filmmaker, who set many long-distance cycling records, c. 1920, Arthur Ernest Foster
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- 3 comments
- 113 favorites
- 27,759 views
- Date taken: 1920
- Date uploaded: 2021-01-12
- Tags: cyclist, cycling, bicycles, marathons, sports, francisbirtles, statelibraryofnewsouthwales, endurance, pioneers, australian, sporting
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Surf Carnival, Curl Curl, Northern Beaches, Sydney, 1 January 1938
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- 3 comments
- 71 favorites
- 24,773 views
- Date taken: 1938-01-01 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2020-12-31
- Tags: curlcurk, sydney, surfing, surflifesavers, beach, newyearsday, statelibraryofnewsouthwales, carnivals
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Acrobatics at the beach by two Tivoli stars, December 1951
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- 3 comments
- 262 favorites
- 36,867 views
- Date taken: 1951
- Date uploaded: 2020-12-03
- Tags: acrobatics, beach, tivoli, stars, sydney, theatre, fun, summer, 1951, statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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PXE 1641 27 bw wr German Sudpolar-Expedition Album
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- 3 comments
- 61 favorites
- 13,679 views
- Date taken: 1902
- Date uploaded: 2020-11-26
- Tags: antarcticexploration, explores, antarctica, german, sea, voyages, gauss, penguins, statelibraryofnewsouthwales, seabirds, birds
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Living Room, Darjoa or George Edwards flats, Point Piper, ca. 1938, by Max Dupain
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- 3 comments
- 51 favorites
- 12,797 views
- Date uploaded: 2020-11-04
- Tags: darjoa, sydney, architecture, maxdupain, australian, photographers, photography, modernism, georgeedwardsflats, pointpiper, lipson
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Road safety series, Macleay Street, Kings Cross, Sydney, 25 October 1938, photographed by Ray Olson
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- 3 comments
- 88 favorites
- 19,571 views
- Date taken: 1938-10-25 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2020-10-20
- Tags: road, safety, rayolsen, pix, magazine, sydney, vintage, cars
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Dodgem cars, Luna Park, November 1952 _ photographed by Ivan Ives
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- 3 comments
- 87 favorites
- 32,489 views
- Date uploaded: 2020-10-02
- Tags: dodgemcars, bumpercars, lunerpar, sydney, 1952, northsydney, amusementparks, vintage, early, historic
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Holey Dollar, New South Wales, minted 1813, from Spanish silver dollar minted in 1798
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- 3 comments
- 22 favorites
- 11,973 views
- Date uploaded: 2020-09-18
- Tags: numismatics, holeydollar, money, early, vintage, australia, coins, spanish, dollars, newsouthwales
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Bickerton repairs the Air-tractor, Antarctica, 1912-1913, Frank Hurley
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- 3 comments
- 34 favorites
- 14,817 views
- Date taken: 2019-11-25 14:46:55
- Date uploaded: 2020-06-09
- Tags: exploration, antarctic, antarctica, airtractor, capedenison, 1912, 1913, australian, expedition, aae, australia, explorers, mawson
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St George's Anglican Church, Lightning Ridge, 1933, after cyclone
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- 3 comments
- 63 favorites
- 10,348 views
- Date taken: 1933
- Date uploaded: 2020-05-18
- Tags: churches, lopsided
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The Terra Nova off Cape Evans with capsizing Berg. January 1911, [attrib.] Herbert Ponting
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- 3 comments
- 78 favorites
- 13,382 views
- Date taken: 1911-01
- Date uploaded: 2020-04-16
- Tags: antarctica, scott, robert, falcon, herbert, ponting, grifitth, taylor, exploration, antarctic, expedition, british, australia, terra, nova, 1911, cape, evans
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Les Corvettes L'Astrolabe Et La Zelee caught in Antarctic ice, watercolour by A. Mayer. (1838)
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- 3 comments
- 51 favorites
- 12,311 views
- Date taken: 1838
- Date uploaded: 2020-03-24
- Tags: lastrolabe, zélée, a, mayer, antarctica, exploration, 1838, durville, second, voyage, ice, trapped
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Wet weather Sydney, Pix Magazine
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- 3 comments
- 53 favorites
- 13,087 views
- Date taken: 1939-03-06 12:12:54
- Date uploaded: 2020-02-13
- Tags: wet, weather, sydney, umbrellas, rain, city, traffic, pedestrians, 1930s, 1939, statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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SMS Bismarck, Cockatoo Island Dry Dock, 1880, by Claus Franzen
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- 3 comments
- 48 favorites
- 14,177 views
- Date taken: 1880-03
- Date uploaded: 2020-02-03
- Tags: sms, bismarck, ships, cruisers, pacific, 1879, 1880, german, nineteenthcentury, c19th, australia, cockatooisland
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Narrabeen camp war workers holiday, 26 January 1944, photographed by Alec Iverson
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- 3 comments
- 36 favorites
- 15,055 views
- Date taken: 1944-01-26 11:04:57
- Date uploaded: 2020-01-27
- Tags: pix, magazine, 1944, australia, world, war, two, ww2, new, south, wales, narrabeen, workers, holiday, camps
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Ted Gray in his Alfa Romeo Ford in front of Frank Kleinig in a Hudson Eight Special, Grand Prix Bathurst, October 1946
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- 3 comments
- 41 favorites
- 13,628 views
- Date taken: 1946-10
- Date uploaded: 2019-10-14
- Tags: bathurst, racing, australia, newsouthwales, 1946, racingcars, vintage, classicracing, grandprix, hudsoneightspecial, alfaromeoford, frankkleinig, tedgray
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Grand Prix, Bathurst, October 1946,
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- 3 comments
- 5 favorites
- 10,000 views
- Date taken: 1946-10
- Date uploaded: 2019-10-14
- Tags: bathurst, racing, australia, newsouthwales, 1946, racingcars, vintage, classicracing, grandprix
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Alf Najar, Grand Prix winner at Bathurst, October 1946
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- 3 comments
- 8 favorites
- 9,978 views
- Date taken: 1946-10
- Date uploaded: 2019-10-14
- Tags: bathurst, racing, australia, newsouthwales, 1946, racingcars, vintage, classicracing, grandprix, alf, najar
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St. Ives Dog Show, 18 March, 1950, Pix Magazine, State Library of New South Wales
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- 3 comments
- 15 favorites
- 11,164 views
- Date taken: 1950-03-18 00:00:46
- Date uploaded: 2019-08-14
- Tags: dogs, dog, show, stives, sydney
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Carthona and Lindesay, Darling Point, from Clark Island, ca. 1844
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- 3 comments
- 23 favorites
- 9,386 views
- Date taken: 1844
- Date uploaded: 2019-07-11
- Tags: sydneyharbour, historic, houses, homes, carthona, darling, harbour
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Man fitted with glass eye, 5 April 1938 / photographed by Ivan Ives
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- 3 comments
- 7 favorites
- 11,753 views
- Date taken: 1938-04-05 17:39:04
- Date uploaded: 2019-03-29
- Tags: artificial, eyes, false, glass, medical, procedures, 1938, sydney, manufacturing
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Reader, Reading Room, Mitchell Building, photograph by Ivan Ives, 29.10.1943, Pix Magazine Collection
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- 3 comments
- 62 favorites
- 14,847 views
- Date taken: 2013-02-15 12:13:31
- Date uploaded: 2019-03-04
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, mitchell, liobrary, ww2, world, war, two, 1942, librarians, copying, architecture, sydney, woman, reading, stairs
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Empress of Britain, Sydney Harbour, 1938, Milton Kent, State Library of New South Wales ON 447/Box 159
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- 3 comments
- 58 favorites
- 20,976 views
- Date taken: 1938-04-02 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2018-10-26
- Tags: countyclasscruiser, liners, ocean, australia, 1938, sydney, harbour, boats, celebrations
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Olive Cotton washing dishes, Culburra Beach, 1937 by Max Dupain
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- 3 comments
- 50 favorites
- 15,826 views
- Date taken: 1937
- Date uploaded: 2018-10-11
- Tags: maxdupain, olivecotton, sydney, 1937, australian, photographers, photography, sunbaker, original, max, dupain, photogrpah, icons, vandyke, album, harold, savage, new, south, wales
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Unveiling statue of the Rev. John Dunmore Lang at Wynyard Park
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- 3 comments
- 1 favorite
- 7,676 views
- Date taken: 1891
- Date uploaded: 2018-09-25
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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King Street tram in Prince Albert Road looking to St Mary's Cathedral and Hyde Park
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- 3 comments
- 13 favorites
- 17,299 views
- Date taken: 1905
- Date uploaded: 2018-09-25
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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Sydney Harbour Bridge, arches under construction, 1930-31, Milton Kent State Library of New South Wales
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- 3 comments
- 44 favorites
- 43,617 views
- Date taken: 1930
- Date uploaded: 2018-09-21
- Tags: milton, kent, photography, aerial, sydney, early, glass, plate, negatives
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Millers Point, showing houses before construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1925-1927, Milton Kent
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- 3 comments
- 5 favorites
- 10,446 views
- Date taken: 1930
- Date uploaded: 2018-09-19
- Tags: sydney, harbour, bridge, construction, opening, milton, kent, photogrpahs
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a2825357
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
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- 3 comments
- 59 favorites
- 19,852 views
- Date taken: 1873-08
- Date uploaded: 2018-08-23
- Tags: naval, ships, navy, french, atalante, ironclad, pacific, sydney, sydneyharbour, fitzroy, dock, statelibraryofnewsouthwales, holtermann, beaufoy, merlin, cockatoo, biloela, island, corvette, drydock, gravingdock, cockatooisland, shipyard, ship, warship, frenchnavy, marinenationale, fitzroydock
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iews of New Zealand, and Martin Place and Middle Harbour, Sydney, ca. 1890-1910, by William Joseph Macpherson
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- 3 comments
- 8 favorites
- 8,452 views
- Date taken: 1900
- Date uploaded: 2017-09-29
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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Views of Whakarewarewa and Rotorua, New Zealand, and some New South Wales, ca. 1890-1910, by William Joseph Macpherson
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- 3 comments
- 8 favorites
- 9,672 views
- Date taken: 1900
- Date uploaded: 2017-09-29
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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Views of Whakarewarewa and Rotorua, New Zealand, and some New South Wales, ca. 1890-1910, by William Joseph Macpherson
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- 3 comments
- 4 favorites
- 8,997 views
- Date taken: 1900
- Date uploaded: 2017-09-29
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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