Lovely Vintage Photos Capture Everyday Life of Australian Children in the 1930s .hh
These are lovely vintage photos capturing everyday life of Australian children in New South Wales during the 1930s. …
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…
Sydney in the Early 1900s: The Period of City’s Strong Transformation
During the early 20th century, Sydney was humming with promise. The city was home to more than a million people and its streets were abuzz with commuters, horse-drawn wagons and trams. The inner-city was a bustling trade hub that spilled…
20 Surf Photos That Show Women Making Waves From the 1930s Through the 1960s
In the early 20th century, wooden surfboards were long and heavy — measuring 15 feet long and weighing nearly 100 pounds — which prevented many women from taking up the sport. But by the 1940s and 1950s, Malibu surfers had…
Early Photos of Hyde Park, Sydney From the 1900s
Hyde Park, the oldest public parkland in Australia, is a 16.2 hectares (40 acres) park in the central business district of Sydney, New South Wales. Hyde Park is on the eastern side of the Sydney city centre. Hyde Park was…
Thirties Queensland: The Decade Consumed by the Great Depression and the Lead Up to WWII
Queensland is a state situated in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous Australian state. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east,…
40 Fascinating Photos That Capture Street Scenes of Melbourne in the Early 1980s
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia and Oceania. The city occupies much of the coastline of Port Phillip bay and spreads into the hinterlands…
Vintage Photos of Horse Drawn Omnibus in Australia From Between the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
In the 1880s Sydney’s main streets were laid with durable hardwood blocks. The city was filled with the sound of steel-tyred buses and other vehicles rumbling over these blocks, accompanied by the clip clopping of countless horses’ hooves. The horse…
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…
32 Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of South Australia Around 1900
South Australia is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of 983,482 square kilometres (379,725 sq mi), it is the fourth-largest of…