‘Guard Bill O’Brien enjoying a chat with Victoria Walsh while Tea and Sugar train is at Karonic.’ Australian News and Information Bureau, courtesy National Archives of Australia: A1200, L71232.
‘Campfire in the bush with mates, some tucker and a good yarn, Victoria, 1920s.’ Photograph by Linday G. Cumming. Courtesy the State Library Victoria.
‘Prepare for blasting! Cataganga Dam site, Tasmania, 1958.’ Photograph by Don Edwards. Courtesy the National Library of Australia.
‘Old mates at Lilydale pub, Victoria, circa 1883.’ Photographer unknown. Courtesy the State Library Victoria.
‘Russian Jack, also known as “Wheelbarrow Jack”, is a legendary figure from the late nineteenth-century goldrushes of Western Australia, circa 1900.’ Photographer unknown. Courtesy the State Library of Western Australia.
‘Hard tack lives up to its name with army biscuits, WWII, Victoria, circa 1942.’ Argus Newspaper Collection of Photographs. Courtesy the State Library Victoria.
‘Women dressed in men’s working clothes for a laugh at The Retreat in Bardeman, NSW, circa 1920. They are Mary Regan, Flo Colls, Kath Regan and Gin Regan.’ Photographer unknown. Courtesy the State Library of NSW.
‘Two swaggies strike a pose! Local graziers, Jabez Nicholls and Sam Nicholls, dressed as swaggies in front of Ryans Boots and Shoes, Gundagai, NSW, late nineteenth century.’ Photograph by Charles Louis Gabriel. Courtesy the National Library of Australia.
‘Mr V.J. White, Assistant Chief Protector of Aborigines in the Northern Territory, with “Paddy” the camel, near Ayers Rock (Uluru), 1935.’ Photograph by Charles Mountford. Courtesy the State Library of South Australia [PRG 1218/34/71].
‘A cart of memories: young lads gallivanting for the day, South Australia, circa 1909.’ Photographer unknown. Courtesy the State Library of South Australia [PRG 1364/1/36].