Pearl Shelling crew, North Queensland - circa 1908
Photo possibly taken by Henry Mobsby.
SAPPHIRE MINING AT ANAKIE GEM FIELDS, CENTRAL QUEENSLAND - very early ...
Photos most likely taken by Henry Mobsby.
Early photo of the Magnet Mine in Tasmania - circa 1900
Mining silver lead and zinc.
Main Street, Roma, Qld - circa 1908
Promotional postcard for the Franco-British International Exhibition in London in 1908..Photo most likely taken by Henry Mobsby.
A farmer's home, Alton Downs, Qld - circa 1908
Promotional postcard for the Franco-British International Exhibition in London in 1908..Photo most likely taken by Henry Mobsby.
Workers' camp, construction of the railway at Mt. Lyell, Tasmania - ci...
Looks like a workers' camp for the construction of the railway. They were probably cutting the timber sleepers.
Flood waters in Coonamble, N.S.W. - 1910
Newspaper article about this flood:.trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/116060744?searchTerm=f... ( https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/116060744?searchTerm=flood coonamble &searchLimits=l-deca... More
Advertising postcard for A.C. Burrell & Co, Roma Street, Brisbane, Qld...
Collection of Vintage Australian Postcards
Staff Nurse and wounded soldiers at Heliopolis, Egypt - June 11, 1915
1st Australian General Hospital was at Heliopolis during WW1.
Post Office in Walgett, N.S.W. - early 1900s
Apparently it used to be on the corner of Fox and Wee Waa Street - according to what is written on the reverse.
Post Office and Mechanics Institute, Maclean, N.S.W. - very early 1900...
Collection of Vintage Australian Postal Office Photographs
Post Office at Blayney, N.S.W. - 1906
Collection of Vintage Australian Postal Office Photographs
Railway Station at Bangalow, N.S.W. - early 1900s
Vintage New South Wales
Port Pirie Institute and Barrier Hotel, Port Pirie, S.A. - 1907
Vintage South Australia
COLLEY TERRACE, GLENELG, SOUTH AUSTRALIA - 1930s
Vintage South Australia
The Institute, Cadell Street, Goolwa, S.A. - early 1900s
Vintage South Australia
TOBOGGANING AT MT. KOSCIUSKO, N.S.W. - circa 1930
Collection of Vintage Australian Postcards
TAMWORTH AT FLOOD TIME, TAMWORTH, N.S.W. - 1911
Vintage New South Wales
NEAR SURREY HILLS RAILWAY STATION, MELBOURNE, VICTORIA - early 1900s
Vintage Victoria Postcards
Neutral Bay, Sydney, N.S.W. - early 1900s
Vintage New South Wales
Traffic on Victoria Bridge, Brisbane, Qld - circa 1920 (Explore #86)
A glass lantern slide.
Sugar vacuum pans at North Isis Sugar Mill in Queensland - 14 Septembe...
A glass lantern slide.
Salvation Army wedding in Waratah, Tasmania - early 1900s
Vintage Tasmania
Sugar mill at South Johnstone, Qld - early 1900s
Vintage Queensland
WW1 recruits at the Enoggera Training Camp, Brisbane, Qld - detail
The sign on the windmill in the background says Engineers so possibly that refers to this group of trainees..Ebay seller states Enoggera army camp which is quite likely given the photo was taken in Brisbane.
WW1 recruits at the Enoggera Training Camp, Brisbane, Qld
The sign on the windmill in the background says Engineers so possibly that refers to this group of trainees..Ebay seller states Enoggera army camp which is quite likely given the photo was taken in Brisbane.
Performing lion and tiger and their trainer Mons Marco - Melbourne, 22...
Newspaper from July 1906 about Mons Marco: trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/167201763?searchTerm=m... ( https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/167201763?searchTerm=marco mons &searchLimits= )
Williams's Queens Hotel, Mossman, Qld - circa 1906
Vintage Queensland
Cutting the cotton crop at Laidley, Qld - circa 1910
Vintage Queensland
Milton Reach of the Brisbane River, Brisbane, Qld - circa 1910
Vintage Brisbane
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Advertisement for C. Ibbotson's Coach and Motor Works, King Street, Ne...
Vintage New South Wales
Untameable lions and their trainer Mons Marco - Melbourne, 22 March 19...
Newspaper from July 1906 about Mons Marco: trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/167201763?searchTerm=m... ( https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/167201763?searchTerm=marco mons &searchLimits= )
Lady Musgrave hospital in Maryborough, Qld - circa 1920
This was in John Street and was demolished in 1928.
Ulverston Harbour, Tasmania - very early 1900s
Vintage Tasmania
Postcard featuring 'Euryalus', Henley Beach Road, Mile End, S.A. - cir...
Collection of Vintage Australian Postcards
ROALD AMUNDSEN, ANTARTIC EXPEDITIION - March 1912
Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (16 July 1872 – c. 18 June 1928) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. As the leader of the Antarctic expedition of 1910–12, which was the first to reach the South Pole, ... More
Balaklava, South Australia - very early 1900s
Vintage South Australia
TOSKA STUDIO, WYNDHAM STREET, SHEPPARTON, VICTORI - early 1900s
Vintage Victoria Postcards
Australia Day parade in Narracoorte, S.A. - 1916
Collection of Australian WWI Photographs
TIMBER CUTTERS CAMP AT TYALGUM, TWEED VALLEY, N.S.W. - early 1900s
Vintage New South Wales
'Cocky Bennett' aged 117 years in 1913
This very old cockatoo had lost all of its feathers and it's beak had grown extremely long. How amazing! He died in 1916..Relevent newspaper article:.trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/160389142?searchTerm=%...... More
Wynnum Creek, Wynnum, Qld - circa 1910
Vintage Brisbane
Blower Room, State Smelters, Chillagoe, Qld - early 1900s
Vintage Queensland
ANZAC DAY in MACKSVILLE, N.S.W. - 1920
Vintage New South Wales
The Clement-Bayard automobile - circa 1914
The professional man's ideal car!
Norman Park Boarding House, Sheridan Street, Cairns, Qld - early 1900s
Vintage Queensland
Convent and school at Mareeba, Qld - early 1900s
Vintage Queensland
Near the jetty at Redcliffe, Qld - circa 1910
Vintage Queensland
The Sunshine Harvester and Rintel family, Narrogin, W.A.
Australian Advertisements
Ladies collecting for the United Charities Fund in Sydney, N.S.W. - 1...
They appear to be at a Railway Station.
Footscray State School, Melbourne, Vic - very early 1900s
Geelong Road State School No.253
MAIN STREET, DOOKIE, VICTORIA - very early 1900s
Vintage Victoria Postcards
DEL MONTE PALACE, HENLEY BEACH, SOUTH AUSTRALIA - built 1911
Corner of South Street and The Esplanade, Henley Beach.
Advertising postcard for Milkmaid Brand Condensed Milk - very early 19...
A forerunner of the Nestle company..Historical information about this company:.www.nestle.com/aboutus/history/1866-1905 ( https://www.nestle.com/aboutus/history/1866-1905 )
French advertising postcard for Headlice treatment
Australian Advertisements
Advertisement for "Gartchonzie" at Launching Place, Victoria - 1913
Mrs C.M. Buchanan, proprietress
Aborigines at Oodnadatta, South Australia - 1935
Vintage South Australia
Cattle station between Oodnadatta and Farina - 4 July 1935
Vintage South Australia
Elliston, West Coast, South Australia - 1935
Robinson's Hotel and a garage.
"Edina", Clarence Park, South Australia - 1904
Personalised Christmas card from Mr and Mrs W.J. Hill of 'Edina', Goodwood Road, Clarence Hill, S.A.
Adelaide High School, South Australia - circa 1918
Collection of vintage Adelaide Australia photographs.
Cremorne Hotel on Barne's Creek Road, Mackay, Qld - very early 1900s
Vintage Queensland
Mount Morgan Gold Mine, Rockhampton, Qld - circa 1908
Vintage Queensland
Great Fitzroy Copper Mine at Mount Chalmers, Qld - circa 1908
Vintage Queensland
High Street, Maryborough, Victoria - very early 1900s
Vintage Victoria Postcards
Bullock on the loose in William Street, Rockhampton, Qld - early 1900s
I love this candid photo taken outside the Crown Hotel in Rockhampton - possible after the great flood of 1918..Written on reverse: "One of the fine bullocks that was washed down the Fitzroy River. It was lasso... More
Town of Aramac, Qld - circa 1906
W. F. Thompson General store and the Royal Hotel can be seen.
Grand Hotel, cnr Victoria and Brisbane Streets, Mackay - circa 1909 (...
Built in 1907 it was described as one of the finest hotels in North Queensland. It was built under the supervision of Richard Neill a resident of Mackay for 40 years at the time and described as an experienced... More
Warren State Farm in Central Queensland - circa 1908
Collection of Vintage Australian Postcards
The Downs Brewery, Margaret Street, Toowoomba, Qld - very early 1900s
Vintage Queensland
Atherton timber on the Cairns railway, Qld - early 1900s
Vintage Queensland
Advertising postcard for the Transcontinental Hotel in Brisbane, Qld -...
Arthur Earl, proprietor..Looks like a horse drawn tram on the far left.
"Koopa" - river and bay excursion steamer in Queensland - early 1900s
Vintage Queensland
Scrub in the Mulgrave District, Qld - circa 1908
Vintage Queensland
"Koopa" - river and bay excursion steamer in Queensland - early 1900s
Vintage Queensland
View of Castle Hill in Townsville, Qld - early 1900s
Vintage Queensland
Train derailment caused by the Fitzroy flood in February 1918
Vintage Queensland
Garden party / fete at 'Clovelly', Young Street, Wayville, S.A. - circ...
The Ellis family of Clovelly hosted several garden parties as fund raisers for the war effort, and this one could have been either one held in November or December 1915, given the Christmas greeting on the reve... More
Post Office at Bourke, N.S.W. during the flood of 1890
Collection of Vintage Australian Postal Office Photographs
Mining in South Australia
DESCRIBED AS A STAMP BATTERY AT ECHUNGA S.A . - CIRCA 1869
Mother and son on a motorbike in Bevington Road, Frewville, S.A. - 19...
Possibly a Norton motorcycle?
Departure of the 2nd Australian Infantry Forces on January 9th, 1940
Vintage Australia
Departure of the 2nd Australian Infantry Forces on January 9th, 1940
Vintage Australia
Departure of the 2nd Australian Infantry Forces on January 9th, 1940
Vintage Australia
Wonthaggi Hotel, Victoria - circa 1930
Showing jaw bones of 74ft whale washed up on Wonthaggi beach 4 July 1923.
Advertisement postcard for California Chocolate Shop, 144 Pitt Street,...
Vintage New South Wales
6th Class at Prahran School, Victoria - very early 1900s
Vintage Victoria Postcards
6th Class at Prahran School, Victoria - very early 1900s -detail
Vintage Victoria Postcards
The Cedar Hotel at Finch Hatton, Qld - circa 1912
The hotel was built entirely of Red Cedar.
Post Office, Sandgate, Qld - circa 1910
Collection of Vintage Australian Postal Office Photographs