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
Scarness, Pialba, Qld - circa 1920
Vintage Queensland Public domain photograph of people having fun at picnic in the park, outdoors, 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
Golden Lion Hotel, 99 Devonshire Street, Sydney, 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
Train station McDonald's Junction Hotel - Public domain photograph.
Possibly in Maffra, Victoria Public domain photograph of a hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Advertising postcard for the Coliseum Picture Palace, Ballarat, Victor...
Vintage Victoria Postcards Public domain scan of the vintage Victoria Australia postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Queenstown, Tasmania - early 1900s
Vintage Tasmania
TEWANTIN HOTEL, QUEENSLAND - very early 1900s
D. Martin Proprietor.It was on the corner of what is now Lake St & Pelican St.
Burleigh Heads on the Gold Coast, Australia - 1920s
1920-1929 A black and white photo of a beach with waves crashing on the shore. A black and white photo of a beach with a beach and water. Public domain postcard scan.
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
Portion of Main Street, Thursday Island, Queensland - early 1900s
Most likely Douglas Street. Public domain scan of the vintage Queensland postcard, Australia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A native of Western Australia - S.P.G. Missionary postcard - early 190...
S.P.G. stands for Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Public domain photograph related to Queensland, Australia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Deebing Creek Aboriginal Mission, Queensland - 1903
General view of the Home, showing inmates and their cottages. Public domain scan of the vintage Queensland postcard, Australia, 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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Cyclone damage to the Newmarket Hotel, Cairns - March 1918
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WW1 Patriotic Carnival - Paradise Oval, South Australia
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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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"The Pug" by Norman Lindsay - Drawing. Public domain image.
Buttetin Series postcard signed by famous Australian artist Norman Alfred William LIndsay.
Busy road in Wyndham, Western Australia - 1921
Looks like a hotel on the right with all of the beer kegs on the verandah and the railway line goes down the main street.
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
Graham Street, Wonthaggi, Victoria - very early 1900s
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Unveiling the Boer War statue in Dumbarton, England - 1905, Boer War
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COMMERCIAL HOTEL AT MOORA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA - 1911
The car and the buggy seem to have been superimposed on the photograph...Newspaper article about the opening of the hotel in 1909:.trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/156504555?searchTerm=com... ( http://trove.nla... More
WW2 era comic postcard postcard
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BRUSE'S CRITERION HOTEL AT QUORN, SOUTH AUSTRALIA - circa 1910
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Emu Vale Waterfalls, Queensland, Australia - circa 1910
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Near the jetty at Woody Point, Queensland, Australia - 1920s
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Sussex Inlet, New South Wales - Public domain drawing
1930s perhaps Public domain photograph of 20th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Family in Bowral, New South Wales - circa 1915 - detail
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Icon "When Doctors Disagree" - 1905, public domain photograph
Vintage postcard by Charles Dana Gibson who was an American graphic artist, best known for his creation of the Gibson Girl, an iconic representation of the beautiful and independent American woman at the turn o... More
"Just a bit further, we're almost there!"
One of 5 photos taken by Henry Mobsby during a trip into the Queensland countryside for his job as a government photographer..Up until today I did not know the location of the photos or the reason they were of ... More
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.
Stephenson Street, Yeulba - 1916
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Charters Towers Corps Brass Band - 1912
This photo could be the Salvation Army band in Charters Towers, Queensland.
Overlooking Indooroopilly from Mt. Coot-tha, Brisbane
Possibly dating it to the 1920s
Funnell Creek stopover - 1940s, Queensland, Australia
Gilly Johnson and Stan Dutton at Funnell Creek, from Batherston cattle station on their way to Mackay, north Queensland...(From the Daniel Dutton collection of photos on www.facebook.com/VintageQueensland ( Vin... More
Queensland country town - 1940s
This could possibly be Cloncurry. I found reference to Powers House of Quality (the store on the left) in a 1926 newspaper article...(From the Daniel Dutton collection of photos on www.facebook.com/VintageQueen... 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
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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Hinchinbrook area of northern Queensland - early 1900s
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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
Wynyard Square, Sydney, Australia - circa 1940
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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 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
1922, Queensland, Australia
May Ashby leaning on car far right. Public domain photograph of a car, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra
I can't remember where I found these images.
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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View east to Coolangatta beach with Kirra hill on left and Greenmount ...
Photo taken from a hill on the Queensland/New South Wales border.
Kirra Beach, Queensland, Australia - circa 1940
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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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Five Australian soldiers at Wallgrove Army Base, N.S.W. - 1941
Written on reverse:.L to R.Myself.Lieut Ron Wright.W.O. II Trev. Jack A.I.C. - probably Trevor Jack NX161559.Sgt Keith Willis - probably Keith Henry Willis NX136391 (N20708).Sgt Eric Kay - probably Eric Rand... More
Railway Station in Dalby, Qld - early 1900s
Vintage Queensland Public domain photograph of a hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Prince Consort Hotel, Wickham Street, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Qld ...
Prince Consort Hotel, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane -.Dennis O'Connor, Proprietor - circa 1912.Prince Consort Hotel is a heritage-listed hotel at 230 Wickham Street, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane. It was designed by ... More
Looking from the Show Ground in Boonah, Qld - 1908
Vintage Queensland A vintage postcard of a town with a fence and trees. A vintage photo of a horse and carriage in a rural town. Public domain postcard scan.
Bombed railway at Jeumont, France - 1919 (image 8 of 12)
From an Australian soldier named 'Jim' who was at the Australian Corps Workshops at Jeumont after the war..Information about these workshops from the Australian War Memorial:.Whilst awaiting demobilization larg... More
Queens Hotel in Ruthven Street, Toowoomba, Qld - 1915
Vintage Queensland Public domain photograph of city center, downtown, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A Queensland aborigine in his shelter - very early 1900s
Clearly the photographer did not know the difference between native Australian aborigines and South Sea Islanders (known as Kanakas) who were brought to Australia to work on the farms.
Promotional postcard for South Australia
Vintage South Australia
On board an Australian troop ship - WW1
Collection of Australian WWI Photographs
Aerial view of Ocean Beach, Gallipoli, Turkey - WW1
Collection of Australian WWI Photographs
City of Melbourne, Victoria - circa 1937
Photo shared by Alan Watt via the Vintage Queensland facebook page.
Red Cross Bazaar in Queen Street, Brisbane, Qld - 26 July 1918
Newspaper article about this event: trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/177065925?searchTerm=q... ( https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/177065925?searchTerm=queen street red cross bazaar&searchLimits=l-st... More
Punting lime from Yengarie (misspelt as Fengarie), Qld - very early 19...
Vintage Queensland Public domain photograph of a navy ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Taking a call in the Watchroom - Fire Brigade Series postcard
Vintage South Australia Public domain scan of the vintage South Australia postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Harold James Gill #8619 during World War I
Signature matches his war records: 220628 ( 220628 ) ..(found on ebay)
WW1 Grave of Harold Heath #129
His war records: 202144 ( 202144 (202144 ) ) ..(found on ebay)
Wounded soldiers - WW1 during World War I
Sapper Annettes, Corporal Taylor, Sergeant Walker and Trooper McLuckie Public domain photograph of hospital, personnel, patients, medical care, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Rueben Alexander Murley #5161 - 1917
His war records: 281666 ( 281666 ( 281666 ) ) ..(found on ebay)
Norman Edward Arthur POPE #3188
Written on reverse is Norman Pope. The photo was taken in Brisbane so presumably he is the Norman Edward Arthur POPE from Yeerongpilly in Brisbane..His war records: 196671 ( 196671 (196671 ) ) ..(found on ebay)
Norman Albert Ruth #19564 during World War I
His war records: 368875 ( 368875 (368875 ) ) ..(found on ebay)
Joseph Henry Field #5087 during World War I
His war records:. 88568 (88568 ) ..This same photo has been added to John Henry Field #3222 but the signatures don't match, whereas they do for Joseph Henry Field #5087..(found on ebay)
James Thomas Morton #2000 during World War I
His war records: aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=215842 ( aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=215842 (aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=215842 ) ) ..(found on ebay)
AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS - No 3 squadron - with their RE8
found on ebay Public domain photograph of aircraft engine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Australian and Wiltshire army bands - WW1
Written on reverse: July 6th..Played in the County Cricket Ground in aid of the Prisoners of War Fund R.G.A. Wilts Regt and Australian bands massed.
Anzac Band - 1917 - detail during World War I
found on ebay Public domain photograph of military orchestra, music band, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Abel Martin Henry KILGREN #942 during World War I
His war records: 321298 ( 321298 (321298 ) ) ..(found on ebay)
18th Reinforcements/18th Battalion Australian Imperial Expeditionary F...
Photo taken Liverpool, New South Wales, November 1916..On the reverse: "Bought at Circular Quay the day this service sailed from Sydney & me on it"..(found on ebay)
#30731 Private John Michael Grace, 1st Battalion, Welsh Regiment or We...
Collection of Australian WWI Photographs
IPSWICH GRAMMAR BOYS SCHOOL, QLD - 1920
John Amos Hunt seated sixth from the left in the second front row...He was a brilliant rugby player who represented Queensland from 1923-25 and Australia in two Tests in 1924 as five-eighth. He taught at IGS fr... More
Snow scene at Gallipoli - WW1 during World War I
From a WW1 Australian soldier's photo album.
British soldier - H.J. Tuffee - WW1
H.J. Tuffee of 52 South Hill Road, Gravesend, Kent, England..Ebay seller states this is one of several soldiers' photos which belonged to Mr F Wright (known as Spiff) of the Kings Own Regiment and these men are... More
British soldier - Charles F. Walton with 'Mabel' - WW1
Ebay seller states this is one of several soldiers' photos which belonged to Mr F Wright (known as Spiff) of the Kings Own Regiment and these men are believed to have been Prisoners of War at Zerbst in Germany.
Drayton Street, Allora, Qld - very early 1900s
Vintage Queensland Picryl description: Public domain artwork of horse, equestrian horse riding, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.