4,927 photos
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Wedding tableau, Sydney, ca. 1930 / Sam Hood
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- 8 comments
- 36 favorites
- 24,342 views
- Date taken: 2009-09-14 15:28:00
- Date uploaded: 2009-09-14
- Tags: silkstockings, weddingcake, balletslippers, bridesmaids, samhood
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20 class tank engine and suburban passenger train, Camden, ca. 1930 / photographer unknown
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- 8 comments
- 16 favorites
- 17,486 views
- Date taken: 2009-09-21 13:05:45
- Date uploaded: 2009-09-21
- Tags: beyerpeacockcompany, steamtrain, bridge, passengertrain, tankengine, endcarriage, boxcarriage, clerestory, 30class, newsouthwalesgovernmentrailwaysandtramways, clerestorycoachaustralianstock, 20class, 19thcentury
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Modern China Cafe (Mr Pang), 651 George Street, 6th September 1949, by Sam Hood
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- 8 comments
- 82 favorites
- 17,575 views
- Date taken: 2006-10-03 14:35:04
- Date uploaded: 2009-10-30
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, sydney, australia, haymarketnsw, sydneynsw
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Rose, Shamrock & Thistle Hotel, 55 Oxford Street, Paddington, C. 1930s, by Sam Hood
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- 8 comments
- 17 favorites
- 11,854 views
- Date taken: 2009-10-30 11:12:22
- Date uploaded: 2009-10-30
- Tags: hotel, samhood, shamrockthistlehotel, paddington, nsw, newsouthwales, australia
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Bebarfald's Building, George St, Sydney (naval display outside), 11 February 1941
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- 8 comments
- 13 favorites
- 27,642 views
- Date taken: 2005-12-13 11:51:30
- Date uploaded: 2009-11-02
- Tags: hmassydneyii, hmassydney, ran, royalaustraliannavy, wwii, worldwartwo, secondworldwar, uniform, navaluniform, johnaugustinecollins
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Troopships depart Sydney, 9-10 January 1940, by Sam Hood
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- 8 comments
- 15 favorites
- 10,306 views
- Date taken: 2009-12-11 14:30:38
- Date uploaded: 2009-12-11
- Tags: ship, troopship, australianarmy, secondaustralianimperialforce, 2ndaustralianimperialforce, 2ndaif, australianimperialforce, aif, sixthdivision, 6thdivision
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Skiing near Mount Kosciusko, c. 1926, by Albert James Perier
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- 8 comments
- 74 favorites
- 18,989 views
- Date taken: 1926
- Date uploaded: 2010-01-20
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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Wrestler 'The Mysterious Ghost', Leichhardt Stadium, Sydney, c. 1936
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- 8 comments
- 154 favorites
- 13,598 views
- Date taken: 1936
- Date uploaded: 2025-01-19
- Tags: wrestlers, wrestling, sydney
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Ka Kalo Creek, Papua New Guinea, 1885
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- 8 comments
- 225 favorites
- 17,461 views
- Date taken: 2023-01-25 11:48:10
- Date uploaded: 2023-11-02
- Tags: photographygallery, photogallery, johnwilliamlindt, carbonprints, papuanewguinea
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Spectators at the Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, c. 1875
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- 8 comments
- 137 favorites
- 12,056 views
- Date taken: 1875
- Date uploaded: 2023-09-26
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Kitten, on wire mesh door, 19 March 1937, by Norman Herfort
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- 8 comments
- 289 favorites
- 30,104 views
- Date taken: 1937-03-19 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2022-08-08
- Tags: cats, kittens, animals, fun, nprmanherfort, statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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Rabbit-proof fence with William Rodier on the Tambua side, Cobar/Bourke, New South Wales, 1905
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- 8 comments
- 143 favorites
- 18,538 views
- Date taken: 1905
- Date uploaded: 2022-02-28
- Tags: rabbits, invasivespecies, rabbitprooffence, statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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Christmas shopping in city, Sydney, 1935
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- 8 comments
- 79 favorites
- 12,370 views
- Date uploaded: 2021-12-23
- Tags: shopping, christmas, xmas, sydney, crowds, trams, 1935, 1930s
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Boy getting his hair washed, Narrabeen camp, 26 January 1944, by Alec Iverson
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- 8 comments
- 273 favorites
- 32,247 views
- Date taken: 1944-01-26 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2021-06-07
- Tags: worldwartwo, ww2, homefront, sydney, australia, 1944, australiaday, pix
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"Horrie Dargie and his boys", c. 1950
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- 8 comments
- 135 favorites
- 21,827 views
- Date uploaded: 2021-05-19
- Tags: horriedargie, band, musicalgroups, music, sydney, australia, statelibraryofnewsouthwales, harmonicas
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Doreen Beresford and Rennie Collins with their first and second prize Christmas stockings, Paddington, December 1934
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- 8 comments
- 158 favorites
- 27,076 views
- Date taken: 1935
- Date uploaded: 2020-12-20
- Tags: samhood, professional, photographers, sydney, 1930s, christmas, stockings, xmas, shop, fronts, businesses, vintage, early
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Interior of Weir & Embleton's cordial factory, Hill End, 1872
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- 8 comments
- 186 favorites
- 79,441 views
- Date taken: 1872
- Date uploaded: 2020-04-20
- Tags: hill, end, mining, bottling, gold, town, new, south, wales, business, soda, machine, holtermann, bayliss, merlin, beaufoy, 1872
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Glass negatives of the Woy Woy area, ca 1890-1910, by William Joseph Macpherson
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- 8 comments
- 12 favorites
- 6,882 views
- Date taken: 1900
- Date uploaded: 2017-09-08
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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Glass negatives of Sydney regions, including Clovelly, Coogee, and Manly, ca 1890-1910, by William Joseph Macpherson
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- 8 comments
- 2 favorites
- 5,806 views
- Date taken: 1900
- Date uploaded: 2017-09-08
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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Visiting Indian Chief High Eagle talks with Johnny Schneider (aged about 3 or 4 and dressed in cowboy outfit), White City, Sydney, 11 Jan 1935 / photographer Sam Hood
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- 8 comments
- 332 favorites
- 57,579 views
- Date taken: 1935-01
- Date uploaded: 2013-11-13
- Tags: visaliassc, verkleidung, kostüm, costume, indianer, mann, junge, boy, menschen, foto, photo, people, begegnung
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HMAS Australia (II) arrives in Sydney and is open to the public, berthed at Circular Quay, Thursday 25 October 1928 / Sam Hood
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- 8 comments
- 46 favorites
- 26,496 views
- Date taken: 1929
- Date uploaded: 2013-10-01
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Lands Office, Sydney, from Fred Hardie - Photographs of Sydney, Newcastle, New South Wales and Aboriginals for George Washington Wilson & Co., 1892-1893
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- 8 comments
- 172 favorites
- 32,843 views
- Date taken: 1893
- Date uploaded: 2013-06-27
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Front of the Lyceum Theatre at night, Sydney, late 1928
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- 8 comments
- 220 favorites
- 29,785 views
- Date taken: 1927
- Date uploaded: 2013-06-24
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Bathroom of Mr T.A. Field, Turramurra, Sydney, 193- / photographer Sam Hood
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- 8 comments
- 79 favorites
- 24,141 views
- Date taken: 2007
- Date uploaded: 2012-11-20
- Tags: marble, mirror, bathtub
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Unidentified NSW team cyclist, between 1925 -1940 / photographer Sam Hood
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- 8 comments
- 76 favorites
- 21,244 views
- Date taken: 1933
- Date uploaded: 2012-07-10
- Tags: cycling, cyclist, velodrome, trackcycling, blackbird, donblackman
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Mina Wylie, Coogee, 1913
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- 8 comments
- 131 favorites
- 57,304 views
- Date taken: 1913
- Date uploaded: 2012-02-29
- Tags: woman, young, swimsuit, olympics, olympian, athlete, sports, swimming, medalist, swimmer, 1913, outdoors, standing, fulllength
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Chorus girls in swimsuits
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- 8 comments
- 114 favorites
- 35,351 views
- Date taken: 2011-12-14 14:43:50
- Date uploaded: 2011-12-14
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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King and Elizabeth Street corner from Sydney, 1890 / photographed by Arthur K. Syer
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- 8 comments
- 11 favorites
- 17,587 views
- Date taken: 1890
- Date uploaded: 2011-05-30
- Tags: mountedpolice, steamtram
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Exeter Place, off Wexford-street from Views taken during Cleansing Operations, Quarantine Area, Sydney, 1900, Vol. II / under the supervision of Mr George McCredie, F.I.A., N.S.W. photographed by John Degotardi Jr.
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- 8 comments
- 14 favorites
- 13,363 views
- Date taken: 1900
- Date uploaded: 2011-05-27
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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Rachel Cameron and Henry Legerton in the Kirsova Ballet Les Sylphides, Max Dupain Studio, Sydney, between 1941-1944 / photographer Max Dupain
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- 8 comments
- 90 favorites
- 85,072 views
- Date taken: 1941
- Date uploaded: 2011-05-17
- Tags: rachelcameron19242011, henrylegerton, lessylphides, ballet, maxdupain, photographicstudio, tutu, vintage, white, slippers, shoes, shoe, pointe, old, light, leather, dancer, dance, cvicky, balett, ballerina, ballerinas, balletslippers, baletky, baletki, baletka, balet, balerina, art, balletacrossthecommons, valerielawson
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Jacob "Yarka" Lewis, 1912, photographed by Rudolph Buchner
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- 8 comments
- 64 favorites
- 21,267 views
- Date taken: 1912
- Date uploaded: 2011-03-04
- Tags: jacobyarkalewis, rudolphbuchnerphotographs, early20thcenturyportraits
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Unidentified small girl leaping onto the beach, c. 1930s, by Sam Hood
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- 8 comments
- 291 favorites
- 39,582 views
- Date taken: 1934
- Date uploaded: 2011-03-04
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales
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Eleonora de Cisneros, American contralto, as Amneris in Aida, Sydney, 1911 / May Moore
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- 8 comments
- 39 favorites
- 20,279 views
- Date taken: 2010
- Date uploaded: 2011-02-01
- Tags: eleonoradecisneros, american, contralto, amneris, opera, aida, maymoore, egyptianprincess, theatricalcostume, woman, costume, standing, portrait, gown, 1911, headgear
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Mary [Georgiadis) in Lincoln Inn, Greek girl in coffee shop, July 1950 from Lincoln Coffee Lounge & Cafe, Rowe Street, Sydney / photographed by Brian Bird
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- 8 comments
- 228 favorites
- 44,147 views
- Date taken: 1950-07
- Date uploaded: 2011-01-28
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, brianbird, sydneypush
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Ruth Park, pre 1947, by unknown photographer
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- 8 comments
- 105 favorites
- 76,830 views
- Date taken: 2008
- Date uploaded: 2010-12-16
- Tags: milesfranklinaward, woman, portrait, dress, fashion, writer, 1940s, forties, 40s
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Edmund Webb, his wife and two daughter and their home, Hathrop, Bathurst, ca. 1875 / photographer unknown
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- 8 comments
- 26 favorites
- 24,909 views
- Date taken: 1875
- Date uploaded: 2010-11-01
- Tags: mansion, house, politician, family, wealthy, merchant, wroughtiron, garden, veranda, hathrop
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The Australasian (combined Australian and New Zealand) Olympic Team at Stockholm's Roddforening [Rowing Association], 1912 / photographer unknown
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
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- 8 comments
- 7 favorites
- 14,950 views
- Date taken: 2012
- Date uploaded: 2010-09-30
- Tags: olympic, games, 1912, australasian, australian, new, zealand, blazer, uniform, medallist, chaperon, team, stockholm, sweden, greenandgold, wattle, goldenwattle, nationalcolours, australia
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Frances Saville, Australian soprano, principal soprano with the Vienna Hofoper and aunt of Frances Alda, 1891 / Freeman & Co.
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- 8 comments
- 55 favorites
- 17,147 views
- Date taken: 1891
- Date uploaded: 2010-06-11
- Tags: francessaville, soprano, australian
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Bernard Otto Holtermann with the world's largest "nugget" of gold, North Sydney, 1874-1876, albumen print from composite photographs by Charles Bayliss & Beaufoy Merlin [attributed]
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- 8 comments
- 26 favorites
- 34,544 views
- Date taken: 2011
- Date uploaded: 2010-03-01
- Tags: gold, nugget, bernardottoholtermann, foaf:depicts=httpnlagovaunlaparty485171, xmlns:foaf=httpxmlnscomfoaf01
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Female motor cyclist, Railway Square, Sydney, n.d., by Ted Hood
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- 8 comments
- 45 favorites
- 20,938 views
- Date taken: 2009-11-26 15:01:40
- Date uploaded: 2010-02-26
- Tags: tedhood, ajs, motorcycle, model, 18, sydney, tram, biker
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Amelita Galli-Curci, soprano, 1931 / photograph by Strauss Peyton
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- 8 comments
- 50 favorites
- 30,595 views
- Date taken: 2010-02-04 15:56:31
- Date uploaded: 2010-02-04
- Tags: operasinger, coloratura, autograph, amelitagallicurci, italian, soprano, diva, strausspeyton, woman, pose, portrait, studio, seated, fan, feather, veil, handwriting, rose, signature, 1931, redhotmammas, gallicurciamelita18821963
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Dr William Bland, ca. 1845 / photographed by George Goodman
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- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 7 comments
- 18 favorites
- 34,938 views
- Date taken: 2015
- Date uploaded: 2008-09-17
- Tags: daguerreotype, statelibraryofnewsouthwales, old, whitehair, drwilliambland, georgegoodman, goodman, 1845, bland, excon, surgeon, reformer, australia, findery
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The Price of Victory. German dead strewing the conquered battlefield
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- 7 comments
- 31 favorites
- 29,669 views
- Date taken: 1918
- Date uploaded: 2008-09-18
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, dead, corpses, war, battlefield, german, europe, sepia, smoke, ww1, greatwar, devastation, silvergelatin, battle, hurley, thegreatwar, worldwarone, worldwari, wwi, firstworldwar, trenchwarfare, kaiserlichdeutschesheer, reichsheer, imperialgermanarmy, germanarmy, heer, killedinaction, kia, casualties, corpse, rifle, wardead
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Capitol Ballet leaving the theatre for the Capitol Ball at the Wentworth Hotel, Sydney, 1928
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- 7 comments
- 60 favorites
- 46,595 views
- Date taken: 2008
- Date uploaded: 2008-09-19
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, 1920s, capitolballet, ballet, capitolball, fashion, vintage, ladiesfashion, silvergelatin, theatre, silentmovies, australia, 1928
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Inauguration of the Australian Commonwealth, Macquarie Street, Sydney, 1st January 1901 / W. A. Gullick, Government Printer
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- 7 comments
- 27 favorites
- 21,471 views
- Date taken: 1901-01-01 21:23:08
- Date uploaded: 2008-09-19
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, 1901, newsouthwales, sydney, federation, celebrations, macquariestreet, bw, parade, celebration, inauguration, silvergelatin, gullick, newyear
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Australian Antarctic Expedition members in the kitchen, 1911-1914
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- 7 comments
- 89 favorites
- 47,541 views
- Date taken: 1912
- Date uploaded: 2008-09-19
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, men, man, kitchen, antarctica, exploration, expedition, ship, galley, sailors, cook, silvergelatin, australians, 1910s, frankhurley, kitchens, cooking, cooks, books, food, staples, tableware, groups, pipes, livingquarters, stereonegativeon144, workshops, livingrooms
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Silver City Comet: diesel train on trial run from Sydney to Moss Vale, 1937
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- 7 comments
- 54 favorites
- 27,452 views
- Date taken: 1937-07-07 17:48:24
- Date uploaded: 2008-09-22
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, silvercitycomet, dp101, dieseltrain, train, sydney, mossvale, 1937, nitratephotonegataive, nswrailways, railroad, first, historic, streamliner
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Charles Kingsford-Smith and Charles Ulm, on landing after the first trans-Pacific flight, Mascot, 10 June 1928
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- 7 comments
- 51 favorites
- 29,349 views
- Date taken: 1928-06-10 14:55:27
- Date uploaded: 2008-09-22
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, southerncross, charleskingsfordsmith, charlesulm, mascot, pacificflight, kingsfordsmith, transpacific, flight, historic, australia, silvergelatin, 1928, pilots, aviation, aviators, aviator, fokker, fokkerfvii3m, fokkertrimotor, trimotor, foaf:depicts=httpnlagovaunlaparty1303837, xmlns:foaf=httpxmlnscomfoaf01, smith, ulm, coles
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Opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge; the first cars at the toll bar, 1932
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- 7 comments
- 77 favorites
- 36,534 views
- Date taken: 1932-03
- Date uploaded: 2008-09-22
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, 1932, harbour, bridge, sydneyharbourbridge, toll, opening, modelaford, sydney, first, cars, samhoodnewsservice, australia, sydneyharbor, archbridge, througharchbridge, sydneyharborbridge, sydneyharbour
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Gold minehead and seven miners, Gulgong, 1871-1875 / American & Australasian Photographic Company
- Uploaded by: State Library of New South Wales
- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 7 comments
- 52 favorites
- 54,895 views
- Date taken: 1873
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-21
- Tags: statelibraryofnewsouthwales, goldrush, miners, 1871, australia, gulgong, glassnegative, goldmine
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