An Australian Swagman using a hollow gum tree as a campsite (c. 1880) [557 x 826]
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1898.The Omnibus.Sydney Central was the only railway station in the Citu at this time.So the Omnibus was used to bring passengers further into town.Photo from PowerHouse Museum.
Kroombit Tops National Park “Beautiful Betsy” Crash Site
History........ Something about past events always grabs our attention,not sure if it's the unknown or just the admiration for what people went through back in them days. Years ago we had read about a crashed World War II Liberator bomber called "Beautiful Betsy" hidden up in the Kroombit Tops...
The corner of Pitt Street, and Martin Place, Sydney in 1964. v@e.
The 'flood', Elizabeth Street | Ergo
Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, flooding at 6pm, 8 December 1862. Elizabeth St was actually the site of a small creek flowing in to the Yarra at the time of Melbourne's founding, and has flooded several times in the intervening 175 years. Created circa 1908. Black and white printed postcard.
Irish orphan girls at Hyde Park Barracks
In the few years between 1848 and 1850, a total of 4114 orphan girls, each one of them drawn from bleak Irish workhouses, were chosen to sail to Australia under a remarkable, controversial and short-lived immigration scheme.
1877 - Circular Quay.
Children with billycarts filled with firewood at the Woolloomooloo wharf during the Great Depression, Sydney, 1 September 1932 [picture].
Bushrangers
Bushrangers provides information and images about the history of Australian bushrangers from 1805 to 1900..
The original Grace Bros Store at 203 George St West,Sydney (year unknown).
Fantastic Cleaners
Scratch your curiosity with interesting tales from the storybook of cleaning, organising and home improvement.
Wynyard station Former Tram Tunnels looking North. The tunnel leads to ghost platforms 1& 2 at Wynyard station.
History - City of Sydney
Sydney is a vibrant city and it has an ancient heartbeat. Discover the rich, vivid history of Sydney from early Aboriginal life through to the modern global city.