30 Fascinating Photos of the Blue Mountains Around 1900
The Blue Mountains are a mountainous region and a mountain range located in New South Wales, Australia. The region borders on Sydney’s metropolitan area, its foothills starting about 50 kilometres (31 mi) west of centre of the state capital, close…
Car Accident at Westgate Service Station in Annandale, Sydney, January 1940
January 1, 1940, Westgate Service Station in Annandale, Sydney: 1938 Ford V8 hits parked 1935 Ford Model C (four cylinder), lifting it up onto footpath and into petrol pumps; it takes out one pump and ends up against another pump;…
24 Rare Vintage Pictures of Melbourne in the 1800s .hh
Here is Melbourne in the 1800s through rare and amazing vintage photos. Ballarat railway station, ca. 1800s Bourke Street from Parliament House, 1885 Bourke Street, Melbourne, 1888 Corner of Collins and Russell Sts., Melbourne, 1879 Elizabeth Street,…
Melbourne’s First Cable Tram Service, 1885
The Melbourne tram network began in 1884 with the construction of the Fairfield Horse Tramway. However, the purpose of the line was to increase land prices in the area, and it soon closed during the depression in 1890. The first…
Photos of the Grand Prix at Bathurst, New South Wales in 1946
In October 1946, the New South Wales 100-mile Grand Prix motor race was run at Bathurst, attracting a field of 32 cars, including five from Victoria and two from Queensland. On the day, around 30,000 people turned out for the…
21 Lovely Vintage Photos of Cute Kids in Melbourne from the 1940s-50s
Here is a lovely collection of children from Melbourne taken between the 1940s and 1950s.
36 Vintage Photos of Melbourne in the 1970s .hh
Melbourne is the capital and most-populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. The city occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into…
Dad Showing Off His Skill to the Surprise of His Little Daughter in Melbourne, Australia, ca. 1940s hh
Gotta love the ’40s! (Photo © Steve Given) According to Steve Given, the father’s name was Laurie, and he was an amateur boxer and gymnast. His family, including this daughter, Maxine, when grown up, used to do charity circus shows for the…
Sydney Then and Now: Vintage Photographs Capture Everyday Life in Sydney
Sydney is the capital city and most populous city in the state of New South Wales, Australia and Oceania. Sydney enhanced its position as an education capital of the Western Pacific during the postwar period. In 1967, Australia Square Tower…
Amazing Photographs Capture Street Scenes of Sydney From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries .hh
These amazing photographs were taken by Frederick Danvers Power from between 1898-1926. The photos show street scenes of Sydney, Australia including pedestrians on King Street, George Street, Pitt Street, plus horsedrawn vehicles and activities on York and Castlereagh Streets, including…