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The Garden Palace: interior of the Queensland Court
Taken some time in 1880
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The Garden Palace: statue of Her Majesty the Queen
Taken some time in 1880
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The Garden Palace: the Colonial Courts - the Main Avenue
Taken some time in 1880
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The Garden Palace: Western Transept (looking east)
Taken some time in 1880
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Boxing used to construct approach to Central Station, 1922
Taken some time in Mar 1922
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Advertising sign for David Jones advertising tennis clothing
Taken some time in 1923
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Construction of approach to Central Station, 1923
Taken some time in 1923
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Construction of train tunnel Hyde Park, 1923
Taken some time in 1923
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Construction of train tunnel, Hyde Park, 1923
Taken some time in 1923
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Large wall advertising signs for The Hub Ltd
Taken some time in 1923
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Rock embankment approach to Central Station, 1923
Taken some time in 1923
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Arthur Butler's Avro 504 K aeroplane G-AUCZ, 1925
Taken some time in 1925
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Construction of eastern skewback for Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1926
Taken some time in 1926
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Construction of western skewback for Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1926
Taken some time in 1926
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Dave Carrigan at wheel of a Willys Knight car, 1926
Taken some time in 1926
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Don Harkness at wheel in RAC hill climb, Royal National Park, 1926
Taken some time in 1926
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Construction of northern approach to the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1927
Taken some time in 1927
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Construction of Span One and Two of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1927
Taken some time in 1927
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Construction of Sydney Harbour Bridge main bearing, 1927
Taken some time in 1927
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Construction of the northern piers of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1927
Taken some time in 1927
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North pivot bearing for the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1927
Taken some time in 1927
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Photographic print, 1927
Taken some time in 1927
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Constructing the northern approach to the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1927
Taken some time in Jun 1927
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Construction of main platform to the southern approach of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1928
Taken some time in 1928
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Erection of girders on the southern platform of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1928
Taken some time in 1928
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Erection of metal formwork on the southern platform of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1928
Taken some time in 1928
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From the northern abutment of Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1928
Taken some time in 1928
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Hydroglider outside the Harkness & Hillier factory, 1928
Taken some time in 1928
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Milsons Point cable tunnel, Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1928
Taken some time in 1928
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Northern abutment for the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1928
Taken some time in 1928
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Northern approach of Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1928
Taken some time in 1928
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Photographic print, 1928
Taken some time in 1928
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Pouring concrete on the southern platform of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1928
Taken some time in 1928
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Southern approach platform of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1928
Taken some time in 1928
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Steel girder for the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1928
Taken some time in 1928
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Under the southern approach of Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1928
Taken some time in 1928
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View from Circular Quay during the construction of Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1928
Taken some time in 1928
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View from the northern abutment of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1928
Taken some time in 1928
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View from the northern approach of Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1928
Taken some time in 1928
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Dress circle foyer of Regent Theatre, Melbourne, 1929
Taken some time in 1929
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Exterior of Regent Theatre, Melbourne, 1924 - 1934
Taken some time in 1929
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Main auditorium of Regent Theatre, Melbourne, 1924 - 1934
Taken some time in 1929
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Main auditorium of Regent Theatre, Melbourne, 1929
Taken some time in 1929
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Main foyer of Regent Theatre, Melbourne, 1924 - 1934
Taken some time in 1929
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Southern approach to Sydney Harbour Bridge from the water, 1929
Taken some time in 1929
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Advertising signs for Grace Bros 12 Days Sale
Taken some time in 1930
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Advertising signs for Grace Bros 12 Days Sale, 1930
Taken some time in 1930
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Arthur Butler's monoplane ABA-1, 1930
Taken some time in 1930
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Billboard advertising gas refrigerators
Taken some time in 1930
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Billboard at Circular Quay Wharf promoting trade between Australia and Canada
Taken some time in 1930
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Dignitaries viewing the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1930
Taken some time in 1930
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Large wall sign advertising the film "The Big Pond", 1930
Taken some time in 1930
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View from the top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1930
Taken some time in 1930
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Waratah Ice Cream & Ice Co Ltd delivery van
Taken some time in 1930
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Arthur Butler and crowd beside the Comper Swift aeroplane G-ABRE, 1931
Taken some time in 1931
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Arthur Butler and crowd near Comper Swift aeroplane G-ABRE, 1931
Taken some time in 1931
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Arthur Butler and his Comper Swift aeroplane G-ABRE in field with crowd, 1931
Taken some time in 1931
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Arthur Butler and the Comper Swift aeroplane G-ABRE in field with crowd of onlookers, 1931
Taken some time in 1931
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Arthur Butler and the Comper Swift aeroplane G-ABRE in field, 1931
Taken some time in 1931
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Arthur Butler being congratulated by crowd at his home-town, Lithgow, after breaking the England to Australia flight record, 1931
Taken some time in 1931
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Arthur Butler outside a clubhouse at Maylands, 1931
Taken some time in 1931
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Arthur Butler's Comper Swift aeroplane G-ABRE near hangar with onlookers, 1931
Taken some time in 1931
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Group and a cat inspecting the car "F.H. Stewart Enterprise"
Taken some time in 1931
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Laying of the surface of the roadway of bridge, 1931
Taken some time in 1931
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Laying the formwork for a tunnel near one of the abutments, 1931
Taken some time in 1931
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Laying the surface of Harbour Bridge, 1931
Taken some time in 1931
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Southern approach to the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1931
Taken some time in 1931
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Workmen on on the northern bridge spans, 1931
Taken some time in 1931
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Bridge and Bradfield Park from Milsons Point, 1932
Taken some time in 1932
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Carriageway electrical wiring on the Harbour Bridge, 1932
Taken some time in 1932
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Cleaning the granite pylons on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1932
Taken some time in 1932
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Completed deck of Harbour Bridge, 1932
Taken some time in 1932
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Construction of train tunnel, Hyde Park, 1923
Taken some time in 1932
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Harbour Bridge and Circular Quay, 1932
Taken some time in 1932
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Harbour Bridge main deck looking south, 1932
Taken some time in 1932
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Harbour Bridge roadway, 1932
Taken some time in 1932
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Installing electric cables on Harbour Bridge looking, 1932
Taken some time in 1932
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Installing overhead wiring on Harbour Bridge, 1932
Taken some time in 1932
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Laying the railway tracks on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1932
Taken some time in 1932
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Newly laid roadway on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1932
Taken some time in 1932
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Northern abutment tower of the Harbour Bridge looking south, 1932
Taken some time in 1932
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Northern abutment tower of the Harbour Bridge looking, 1932
Taken some time in 1932
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Painters on the arch of the Harbour Bridge, 1932
Taken some time in 1932
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Photographer perched on ironwork of Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1932
Taken some time in 1932
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Photographic print, 1932
Taken some time in 1932
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Roadway and walkways of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1932
Taken some time in Jan 1932
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