"Edina", Clarence Park, South Australia - 1904
Personalised Christmas card from Mr and Mrs W.J. Hill of 'Edina', Goodwood Road, Clarence Hill, S.A.
St Helens Private Hospital, Peel Street, Brisbane, Qld - very early 19...
Vintage Brisbane Public domain photograph of hospital building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Coffee plantation in Mackay, Qld - circa 1908
Collection of Vintage Australian Postcards Public domain scan of the colorized vintage postcard, Queensland, Australia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Rising Sun Preserving Works, A. Hoadley & Co, South Melbourne, Vic...
Portion of a shipment of 200 tons of A. Hoadley & Co's jams to South Africa..About 1889 Abel Hoadley opened a small factory in South Melbourne, trading as A. Hoadley & Co. under the trade mark of the rising sun... More
GOLD MINING AT LARKINVILLE, KALGOORLIE, W.A. - 1930s
Newspaper article about the rich gold mining history of this region and it's future:.www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-30/no-end-in-sight-for-kalgoo... ( https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-30/no-end-in-sight-for-kal... More
Rosemount Military Hospital, Brisbane, Qld - early 1900s
Vintage Brisbane Public domain photograph of hospital building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Romantic Brisbane postcard - 1913
Collection of Vintage Australian Postcards Public domain scan of the vintage Queensland postcard, Australia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
McIvor Hotel, Maryborough, Victoria - 1909
Mrs. Baird - proprietress Public domain photograph of a hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Oaklands Red Cross Hospital, Clevedon, Somerset, England - November 19...
Photo taken after the signing of the Armistice - November 1918 Public domain photograph of hospital building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Off to Market - 1905 - An old photo of a goat pulling a cart
Vintage Australia Public domain photograph of a horse chariot, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Allan Street, Kyabram, Victoria - early 1900s
Vintage Victoria Postcards Public domain scan of the vintage Victoria Australia postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Darling Street, Balmain, Sydney, N.S.W. - very early 1900s
Vintage New South Wales Public domain scan of the vintage New South Wales, Australia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
J.P. Hensler's Club Hotel, Goondiwindi, Qld - very early 1900s
Vintage Queensland Public domain photograph of a hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Salmon Ponds, near New Norfolk, Tasmania - very early 1900s
The history of the Salmon Ponds: www.salmonponds.com.au/history/ ( http://www.salmonponds.com.au/history/ )
Royal Hotel, Cloncurry, Qld - very early 1900s
Vintage Queensland Public domain photograph related to development of telegraph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Australian Commonwealth Immigration promotional postcard - 1924 (1 of ...
These postcards were produced to be handed out at the British Empire Exhibition in London in 1924.
Torbanlea Railway Station, Qld - very early 1900s
Vintage Queensland Public domain photograph of train tracks, railroad station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tarrant Motor and Engineering Company, Russell Street, Melbourne, Vict...
Vintage Victoria Postcards Public domain scan of the vintage Victoria Australia postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
On the steps of the Civic Picture Theatre in Warrnambool, Victoria - 1...
Vintage Victoria Postcards Public domain scan of the vintage Victoria Australia postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
"No fear.....not for me!" postcard
One of six Australian postcards featuring a hobo/tramp. Public domain scan of the vintage Australian postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
J.E. Earl, Timber Merchant and Ironmonger, Port Melbourne, Victoria - ...
Vintage Victoria Postcards Public domain scan of the vintage Victoria Australia postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Group of Western Australian aborigines -Christmas 1910
Australian Aborigines
Advertisements for Toowoomba Guest Houses - 1912
Vintage Queensland
Aboriginal Camp somewhere in Queensland - circa 1910
Vintage Queensland
Railway side of Cooma, N.S.W. - very early 1900s
Vintage New South Wales Public domain image of railroad, railway, 19th-century Sweden, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Machinery by Aveling & Porter Limited, Rochester, England - 1919
Clark & Fauset must have been their agent in Brisbane, Qld. Public domain photograph of an advertising poster, advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
McIvor Hotel, Maryborough, Victoria - 1916
Vintage Victoria Postcards Public domain scan of the vintage Victoria Australia postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Golden Horseshoe Mine, Western Australia - very early 1900s
Vintage Western Australia Public domain photograph of 20th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Prince Patrick Hotel, Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria - very early 19...
135 Victoria Parade, Collingwood..This hotel looks better in this vintage photo than it does now..Even on their website this building is pictured with paint peeling off........it seems to have become their 'poi... More
Advertisement for William Dodgshun & Sons, Flinders Lane, Melbourne, V...
Vintage Victoria Postcards Public domain scan of the vintage Victoria Australia postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Australian Scottish Ladies Pipe Band World Touir - 1926
Collection of Vintage Australian Postcards Public domain scan of the vintage Australian postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
'Clealot' Mudgee, N.S.W. - 1906, New South Wales
Vintage New South Wales Public domain scan of the vintage New South Wales, Australia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Advertising postcard for Singer Sewing Machines
Australian Advertisements Public domain scan of the vintage Australian postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
In the grounds of Hopewood House, Darling Point, Sydney - 1930s
After Lebbeus Hordern died, this house opened as a finishing school for girls mid 1933: trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/230156591?searchTerm=h... ( http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/230156591?searchT... More
David Edmund Peers, Deniliquin, N.S.W. - 1926
The house sign looks like: W. Lightbodys Public domain scan of the vintage New South Wales postcard, Australia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Harrietville, Victoria - 1938 - A black and white photo of a small tow...
Vintage Victoria Postcards Public domain scan of the vintage Victoria Australia postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Winning Team - St. Ignatius School, Richmond, Victoria
Vintage Victoria Postcards Public domain scan of the vintage Victoria Australia postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Yarram School Childrens' Flower Display Empire Day, Victoria
Vintage Victoria Postcards Public domain scan of the vintage Victoria Australia postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lloyd Street, Dimboola, Victoria - early 1900s
Vintage Victoria Postcards Public domain scan of the vintage Victoria Australia postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tennis afternoon at 'Mourilyn' in Auchenflower, Brisbane - October 191...
This appears to be the family of Stanley Youngman Harrison. The message on reverse says “Taken in a hurry by Stanley at least a friend pressed the bulb while Stanley stood with us, during a tennis afternoon at ... More
REG MITCHELL'S PETROL STATION, PORT ROAD, WOODVILLE S.A. - 1935
Vintage South Australia
Three men in a row boat
Looks like the same three friends from the previous photo - A.G. Butler, J.H. Sexty and A.P. Cameron
Australian Commonwealth Band - World Tour 1925-1929
1920-1929 Public domain photograph of military orchestra, music band, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The 'Bodington' Red Cross Sanitorium, Wentworth Falls, N.S.W. - 1939
For early stage Tuberculosis patients. Public domain scan of the vintage New South Wales postcard, Australia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Main Street, Kyogle, N.S.W. - very early 1900s
Vintage New South Wales Public domain scan of the vintage New South Wales, Australia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Queenstown, Tasmania - early 1900s
Vintage Tasmania
Barrett's Australian Productions - Silent Films 1921
I guess this is a still from a movie by Franklyn Barrett in 1921..It could be his movie "A Girl from the Bush"..Australian Dictionary of Biography entry for Walter Franklyn Barrett: adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bar... More
OLD AND NEW TRAMS IN ADELAIDE,SOUTH AUSTRALIA - very early 1900s
The horse trams were old and the first new electric tram went on trail in 1908.
Sunset on the Tamar, Tasmania - 1907
Collection of Vintage Australian Postcards Public domain scan of the vintage Australian postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Henry Garlick - Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!!
Vintage Australian postcard designed by Henry (Harry) Garlick (1878-1910), an Australian cartoonist
Nobby's Beach, Newcastle, N.S.W. - 1950s
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Hotel Tweed, Coolangatta - Mrs. Tighe, Proprietress - circa 1910
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Comic vintage postcard. Australian postcard
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WWMembers of 1st Australian General Hospital at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire...
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Farley and Thomson's Austral Stores, 369 Wellington Street, Perth, Wes...
Notice they are selling 'talking machines'.......wording on the right at floor level...Newspaper article about the Austral Stores in 1902 .trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/81320248?searchTerm=farl... ( http://t... More
WW2 era comic postcard postcard
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BRUSE'S CRITERION HOTEL AT QUORN, SOUTH AUSTRALIA - circa 1910
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Sussex Inlet, New South Wales - Public domain portrait drawing
1930s perhaps Public domain photograph of 20th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
1937 - somewhere in Australia - A black and white photo of an old town
Photo taken by a crew member of H.M.A.S. Sydney II on a cruise around Australia in 1937.
Aussies fed by underground kitchen - 1941
This is an underground army cook house used by Australian troops during the advance on Bardia early in January. .In other huge underground chambers discovered by advance units, headquarters and other bases were... More
View of Brisbane River - 1915 - Public domain image of a steam boat
One of many postcards produced by the Queensland Government for the Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco 1915.
Overlooking Indooroopilly from Mt. Coot-tha, Brisbane
Possibly dating it to the 1920s
At Taronga Park Zoo, Sydney - 1940s
Photo taken from an old illustrated visitor guide for the zoo..Taronga Zoo is the city zoo of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and is located on the shores of Sydney Harbour in the suburb of Mosman. It was of... More
At Taronga Park Zoo, Sydney - 1940s
Photo taken from an old illustrated visitor guide for the zoo..Taronga Zoo is the city zoo of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and is located on the shores of Sydney Harbour in the suburb of Mosman. It was of... More
At Taronga Park Zoo, Sydney - 1940s
Photo taken from an old illustrated visitor guide for the zoo..Taronga Zoo is the city zoo of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and is located on the shores of Sydney Harbour in the suburb of Mosman. It was of... More
Australian soldiers in Vietnam War - reverse
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Arrival in Australia of the 1924 Dr. Barnardo's Homes Party
Barnardos' official Immigration Scheme began in 1920. A representative of Dr. Barnardos Homes in England - Miss Mabel Cameron - was sent to Australia to raise funds and support for the institution and the Immig... More
Griffith Street, Coolangatta, Australia - 1960s
I've been into that newsagent many times over the years and also visited the 'Pie Shop' nearby for some delicious homemade Aussie meat pies...The same view today: maps.google.com.au/maps?q=griffith+street+coola... More
Motorcycle postie circa 1950, Queensland, Australia
From "Australia Post - the early years" published 1995.
Post Master General motorcycles circa 1950
From "Australia Post - the early years" published 1995.
William, Berta, Cis and friend - Public domain portrait print
England 1908. Note the British and French flags behind them. It was the time of the Franco-British Exposition in London.
At grandmother's house - interior of a Breton village home, Crach, Fra...
I love the bed up so high and tucked away behind the curtains...Written on reverse:.The village is near Auray on the west coast of Brittany, not far from the famous Druid stones of Carnac. It is a small place, ... More
Australian pavilion sketch - British Empire Exhibition, Wembley 1924
This sketch of the Australian pavilion was done by George T. Oakeshott an Australian government architect..(Mobsby Collection, Fryer Library, Brisbane, Australia)
Greetings postcard dated 20 February 1913
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Stereoview detail- Sackville Street, Dublin, Ireland 1896
A lovely street scene. Note the sign on the building to the left - Gun Powder Office
Possibly the steamship 'Orvieto' in the Brisbane River, Qld. Australia
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Aborigines at Oodnadatta, South Australia - 1935
Vintage South Australia
Pizzey's saw mills in Childers, Qld - very early 1900s
Vintage Queensland Public domain photograph of 20th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Advertising postcard for the Bunyip Soap Company - circa 1910
Collection of vintage Adelaide Australia photographs. Public domain scan of the vintage Australian postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Windmill Corroboree by aborigines in North Queensland - early 1900s
Vintage Queensland Public domain photograph related to Jewish history, Jews, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Railway station at Toogoolawah, Qld - very early 1900s
Vintage Queensland Public domain photograph of train station platform, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mailing card for Robert Harper & Co, Brisbane, Qld - 1912
Vintage Brisbane
Railway Station at Mortdale, Sydney, N.S.W. - very early 1900s
Vintage New South Wales Public domain scan of the vintage New South Wales, Australia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Advertising postcard for O. Wegener & Co, Grocers and Provision Mercha...
Vintage Queensland Public domain scan of the vintage Queensland postcard, Australia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
'Return from the Hunt' - Australian aborigines - very early 1900s
Australian Aborigines
Reefers Hotel, Woods Point, Victoria - very early 1900s
Vintage Victoria Postcards Public domain scan of the vintage Victoria Australia postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
J. BIDENCOPE & SON, MURRAY STREET, HOBART, TASMANIA - 1931
Vintage Tasmania Public domain scan of the vintage Australian postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Main Street, Childers, Qld - circa 1915
Vintage Queensland
DENNIS SEMI-TRAILER WITH DRIVER NEAR ADELAIDE, S.A.
Collection of vintage Adelaide Australia photographs. Public domain photograph of a truck, military vehicle, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
FIRE BRIGADE STATION, DUNOLLY, VICTORIA - very early 1900s
Vintage Victoria Postcards Public domain scan of the vintage Victoria Australia postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Pressed metal ceiling by Wunderlich Ltd - somewhere in Australia
Vintage Australia Public domain photograph of the interior of a church, altar, choir, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lawn Tennis in Sydney - 1905, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Vintage Australia Public domain photograph of tennis court, tennis players, sport, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Library at the Benedictine Monastry in New Norcia, W.A. - very early 1...
Vintage Western Australia
Quartz Crushing Battery in Bendigo, Victoria - 1908
Vintage Victoria Postcards Public domain scan of the vintage Victoria Australia postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Scenes of Leura, N.S.W. - early 1900s
Vintage New South Wales Public domain scan of the vintage New South Wales, Australia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description