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Sydney Harbour Bridge Under Construction Through Amazing Photos

Construction from 28 July 1923 to 19 January 1932, the Sydney Harbour Bridge is an Australian heritage-listed steel through arch bridge across Sydney Harbour that carries rail, vehicular, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic between the Sydney central business district (CBD) and…

50+ Amazing Photographs That Show Australian Life During the 1970s and 1980s _s2au

IT was a time of change, flares, hippies, leather bikinis, and big hair. Here’s what life looked like in Adelaide and South Australia in the 1970s. 1/53Anti-Vietnam War protesters march down King William St, 1972. 2/53A man is arrested during…

Vintage Snapshots: Daily Traffic Down Under – Australia In The 1950s & 1960s

I know that CC has a few followers in Australia, and I recently came across a series of slides that I believe they will enjoy seeing. Images captured in the 1950s and 1960s, with daily traffic of the period. These…

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Sydney Harbour Bridge Under Construction Through Amazing Photos

Construction from 28 July 1923 to 19 January 1932, the Sydney Harbour Bridge is an Australian heritage-listed steel through arch bridge across Sydney Harbour that carries rail, vehicular, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic between the Sydney central business district (CBD) and…

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The Tasman Bridge Disaster Occurred in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1975

The Tasman Bridge was open to traffic in August 1964 in Hobart, the capital city of Australia’s island state of Tasmania. It was a four-lane, high level concrete bridge constructed with a central navigation span for shipping. Prior to 1964,…

34+ Rare Photos of Cockatoo Island, Australia in the Early 20th Century

Cockatoo Island is located at the junction of the Parramatta and Lane Cove rivers, in Sydney Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and the largest of several islands that were originally heavily timbered sandstone knolls. It was also the site of…

32+ Amazing Found Photos Show Australian Post Offices in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

A cool set of found photos from NSW State Archives that shows what New South Wales post offices looked like from between the 1880s and early 1900s. Adamstown Post Office Adamstown Post Office   Albury Post and Telegraph Office   Annandale Post…

32+ Vintage Photos of Melbourne in the 1970s _s2au211

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…

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Vintage Photographs Capture Everyday Life in Sydney Fifty Years Ago _s2au111

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…

30+ Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of South Australia Around 1900 _s222

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…