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L'Emiraude from L'Histoire des grimpereaux et des oiseaux de paradis.
Taken some time in 1825
State Library of New South Wales collection

Caroline and son Thomas James Lawson, 1845 / photographed by George Goodman
Taken some time in May 1845
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Sarah Ann Lawson, May 1845 / photographed by George Goodman
Taken some time in May 1845
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[Randwick Racecourse, Sydney], [1863] / by unknown photographer
Taken some time in 1863
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"Railway work shops", Sydney, March 1871, Government Printing Office
Taken some time in Mar 1871
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Horse and cart bogged in what was originally a gold digging outside Meares flooded Criterion Store, Clarke Street, Hill End, Winter 1872, by American & Australasian Photographic Company
Taken some time in 1872
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Taken some time in Aug 1873
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[Weatherboard buildings, Market Street, at the corner of Clarence Street, Sydney], [Dec 1875] / by unknown photographer
Taken some time in Dec 1875
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Alfred Stephen and his weatherboard house, 1876
Taken some time in 1876
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Free Public Library, corner of Bent & Macquarie Sts, Sydney, 1877 / New South Wales Government Printing Office
Taken some time in 1877
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Mrs Hutchison, August 1878 / photographer American & Australasian Photographic Company
Taken some time in Aug 1878
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King and Elizabeth St. drawn on the first night that the first tram ran, c. 1879 / drawn by J. Flynn
Taken some time in 1879
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England v. Australia Cricket Match at the Sydney Cricket Ground, January 27 1883 / by unknown photographer
Taken 27 Jan 1883
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Reading the proclamation of annexation, Mr Lawe's house, Port Moresby, New Guinea, November 1884 / photographer John Paine or Augustine E. Dyer
Taken some time in Nov 1884
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Flood, Oxley Street, Bourke, 1890
Taken some time in 1890
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Flood, Railway Station, Bourke, 1890
Taken some time in 1890
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Unveiling statue of the Rev. John Dunmore Lang at Wynyard Park
Taken some time in 1891
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Palace Emporium Bicycle Club. Century riders - Sydney area, NSW, July 1899
Taken some time in Jul 1899
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Taken some time in 1900
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Barker-street from Views taken during Cleansing Operations, Quarantine Area, Sydney, 1900, Vol. II / under the supervision of Mr George McCredie, F.I.A., N.S.W. photographed by John Degotardi Jr.
Taken some time in 1900
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No. 841 George-street (kitchen) from Views taken during Cleansing Operations, Quarantine Area, Sydney, 1900, Vol. IV / under the supervision of Mr George McCredie, F.I.A., N.S.W. photographed by John
Taken some time in 1900
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Stables in Stephen-street, at rear of No. 26 Wexford-street from Views taken during Cleansing Operations, Quarantine Area, Sydney, 1900, Vol. II / under the supervision of Mr George McCredie, F.I.A.,
Taken some time in 1900
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Waratah Rovers Bicycle Club (WRBC) on tour. Sydney - Campbelltown - Appin - Bulli - South Coast. Photo taken at Picton - Picton, NSW, October 1900
Taken some time in Oct 1900
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Waratah Rovers Bicycle Club (WRBC) on tour. Sydney - Campbelltown - Appin - Bulli - South Coast. Photo taken at Picton outside the Royal Hotel - Picton, NSW, October 1900
Taken some time in Oct 1900
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Funeral procession near Centennial Park
Taken some time in 1901
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Picnic group on Federation Day at Bunker Creek above Whipstick Station, White Cliffs, NSW, 1 January 1901, by an unknown photographer.
Taken 1 Jan 1901
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Taken some time in Jul 1901
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Woman racegoer in large 'picture hat'
Taken some time in 1905
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Scone Bicycle Club Road Race - Scone, NSW, 9 June 1906
Taken 9 Jun 1906
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Society of Artists' Selection Committee. Group of artists in this image are (l to r) Julian Ashton, Mrs Norman Lindsay, Harry Weston, Will Dyson, Norman Lindsay, young Souter, Sydney [sic] Long & D.H.
Taken some time in 1907
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Visit of American Fleet to Sydney : public schools display, Sydney Cricket Ground, 26th Aug, 1908 / photographer G.A. Hills
Taken 26 Aug 1908
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Burns-Johnson boxing contest, December 26th 1908 / photographed by Charles Kerry
Taken 26 Dec 1908
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On the Merry-go-round at Deepwater Races, 1910, G Robertson-Cunninghame
Taken some time in 1910
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Steam tug Pluvius taking passengers who usually travelled by ferry - ferry strike, 1910 on Sydney Harbour from Royal Australian Historical Society : Sydney photographs, ca. 1879-1956
Taken some time in 1910
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Floodwaters up to steps of Post Office - Narrabri, NSW, 17 January 1910
Taken 17 Jan 1910
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Houdini airborne in his Voisin at Diggers Rest, 1910, by Marcel Poupe
Taken some time in Mar 1910
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Kenneth McArthur, who won the marathon race for South Africa, Stockholm, 1912
Taken some time in 1912
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Adeline Genee, premiere danseuse, 1913, May Moore
Taken some time in 1913
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Spectators on the lawn of Government House view the arrival of the first Royal Australian Navy, Sydney, Oct 1913
Taken some time in Oct 1913
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"577" (Shaving) [portrait of Henry Charles Marshall]
Taken some time in 1915
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Grave of Pte. T. Hardy (B Coy.), Henry Charles Marshall
Taken some time in 1915
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In the Trenches, Henry Charles Marshall
Taken some time in 1915
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In the Trenches, Henry Charles Marshall
Taken some time in 1915
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Rowlands drink stall set up beside the Marked Tree for the Coo-ee recruiting march - Medlow Bath, NSW, c. 1915 by P J Rodgers
Taken some time in 1915
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Snapshots on the Beach (Anzac), Henry Charles Marshall
Taken some time in 1915
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Taken some time in May 1915
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Taken some time in May 1915
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Taken some time in May 1915
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Taken some time in May 1915
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Taken some time in May 1915
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Taken some time in May 1915
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Taken 24 May 1915
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Entrance, opening of the Taronga Zoological Park
Taken some time in 1916
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North Coasters being sworn in at Port Macquarie Show Ground. World War I recruiting march - Port Macquarie, NSW, January 1916
Taken some time in Jan 1916
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North Coasters World War I recruiting march - Bellinger River, NSW, January 1916, by JH Howarth
Taken some time in Jan 1916
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Post Office Tower from Wynyard Street, 1916 / by Sydney Ure Smith
Taken some time in 1916
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Visitors at the entrance gates, opneing of Taronga Zoological Park
Taken some time in 1916
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Visitors at the main entrance; Taronga Zoological Park
Taken some time in 1916
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Parade of "Boomerangs" [recruitment marches, 1915-1916] up Clarinda Street on way to Sydney - Parkes, NSW, 18 January 1916 by CA Watson
Taken 18 Jan 1916
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March of the North Coasters - Kempsey, NSW, March 1916, by Angus McNeil
Taken some time in Mar 1916
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In Taronga Park
Taken some time in 1917
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Secret Second Army panorama No. 107 made on 24/3/17 ...
Taken some time in 1917
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The Orchestra - Barham, NSW, 21 March 1917
Taken 21 Mar 1917
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McLaren family picking Christmas Bells at Lime Burners Creek - Port Macquarie, NSW, 2 December 1918, by Harry McLaren
Taken 2 Dec 1918
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AIF Rugby Union Team 1919, Farnsworth Davis sporting collection part II
Taken some time in 1919
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Women students, Cowra Experiment Farm 1919
Taken some time in 1919
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Banjo Paterson's children Grace and Hugh boxing with Christmas present gloves, Sydney, NSW, 1919 / photographer unknown
Taken some time in Dec 1919
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Flood - Cootamundra, NSW, 4 December 1919
Taken 4 Dec 1919
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Taronga Park Zoological Gardens
Taken some time in 1920
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Sir Ross Smith arriving at Mascot - Sydney, NSW
Taken 14 Feb 1920
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Schoolchildren, Thurgoona Public School, NSW, 22 September 1920
Taken 22 Sep 1920
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Pastoral Finance Association building, Kirribilli, North Sydney, c. 1921, Milton Kent, ON 447/Box 123
Taken some time in 1921
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Staff outside department store (Emry's) - Deniliquin, NSW, 19 June 1923
Taken 19 Jun 1923
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Mitchell Library, Sydney, Dec 1923,by the Daily Mail
Taken some time in Dec 1923
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The Picture Gallery, Mitchell Library, Sydney, Dec 1923,by the Daily Mail
Taken some time in Dec 1923
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Chinese procession during centenary celebrations - Albury, NSW, 1924 by Elma Adams
Taken some time in 1924
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David Unaipon, 1925
Taken some time in 1925
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Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney, decorated for the visit of the US Fleet, July-August 1925 / photographer unknown
Taken some time in 1925
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Musical comedy star Dorothy Brunton reading Sid Nicholl's Fashion-plate Fanny in the children's section of The Sun newspaper with a small boy at St. Margaret's Hospital, Sydney, January 1925 / Sam Hoo
Taken some time in Jan 1925
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Bunch of waratahs, 1925 / Government Printing Office
Taken some time in Oct 1925
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Florence M. Taylor
Taken some time in 1926
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Pavlova ballet tour of Australia, 1926 / Wentzel collection
Taken some time in 1926
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Ballerina Anna Pavlova arrives, Central Station, Sydney, April 1926 / by Sam Hood
Taken some time in Apr 1926
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Vincent P. Taylor [in inflatable rubber suit] floating on San Francisco Bay, Sept. 29th, 1926 / Taylor Family photographs
Taken 29 Sep 1926
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Duchess of York, Government House, Sydney, 1927 / Sam Hood
Taken some time in 1927
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Duke and Duchess of York arrive at Farm Cove, Sydney, 1927 / Sam Hood
Taken some time in 1927
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New gas-masks for the NSW Fire Brigade, Castlereagh Street headquarters, Sydney, 1927 / Sam Hood
Taken some time in 1927
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Politicians lolling on the grass at Canberra [i.e. Lanyon House], 1927, by Sam Hood
Taken some time in 1927
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Smiling Duke and Duchess of York cheered by crowds at the Sydney Cricket Ground, 1927 / Sam Hood
Taken some time in 1927
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The Duke of York, in captain's uniform, meets decorated officer of the Flying Corps, Geoffrey F. Hughes, Government House, Sydney, 1927 / Sam Hood
Taken some time in 1927
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Two of the first female men's barbers, Miss Dolly House and her sister, c.1927 / photographed by Sam Hood
Taken some time in 1927
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Man surveys his vegetable garden in the Narrabeen flood, April 1927, by Sam Hood
Taken some time in Apr 1927
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Narrabeen flooding; duck-boards for access, April 1927, by Sam Hood
Taken some time in Apr 1927
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HRH Duke and Duchess of York on dais of Parliament House, Canberra, 9 May 1927 / Sam Hood
Taken some time in May 1927
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Naval League cadets in uniform march to Hoyts De Luxe Cinema, George Street, Sydney for the film "Nelson", 6 August 1928 / photographer Sam Hood
Taken 4 Aug 1928
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Beryl Evetts and the Syd Roy Lyricals Dance Band at Mrs. McLurcan's Wentworth Hotel, February 1929, by Sam Hood
Taken some time in Feb 1929
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Anna Pavlova on board ship, Australian tour, 1929 / unknown photographer
Taken some time in Apr 1929
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Amy Johnson motorcade in Sydney, 1930 / photographed by Sam Hood
Taken some time in 1930
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School tunnel ball, Sydney University, ca.1930, by Sam Hood
Taken some time in 1930
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Sydney Harbour Bridge during construction, 1930, with two aeroplanes, Charles Ulm's "Southern Sun" & a Gypsy Moth / photomontage by Edward Searl
Taken some time in 1930
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