This site is an expanded and significantly upgraded version of the Flickr Commons based tool I wrote several years ago. As well as a major design/UX overhaul, it now includes data from further providers such as those available through Europeana, and also the Imperial War Museum. I'd welcome further suggestions as the harvesting tool and database are easily extendable.
For information, questions and bug reports please contact James Morley @jamesinealing | james@jamesmorley.net
The data has been harvested from providers using some custom php scripts to query respective APIs based on dates. Data is harmonised and stored in a local mySql database.
Additional jQuery plugins are used to enhance the display, including Masonry and Bootstrap Image Gallery (based on blueimp).
The code is openly licensed so please feel free to copy, modify, distribute as you please. It will be shared on Github shortly!
Beach scene at Coolangatta, Gold Coast, 1928
Taken some time in 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Bert Hinkler and his family Bundaberg Queensland 1928
Taken some time in 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Bert Hinkler's Avro Avian aeroplane paraded in Queen Street, Brisbane, 1928
Taken some time in 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Children on the verandah of a cottage in Pialba
Taken some time in 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Children riding a horse to school, Glass House Mountains
Taken some time in 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Children's theatre production at the Hellenic Club, Brisbane, 1928
Taken some time in 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Crowds in Brisbane to see Bert Hinkler's Avro Avian, 1928
Taken some time in 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Day trippers on the boat Alert enjoying a cruise on the Brisbane River, 1928
Taken some time in 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
English cricket team at the test match held in Brisbane
Taken some time in 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Franklin Villa, a residence with distinctive decorations in Highgate Hill, Brisbane
Taken some time in 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Garden of the old superintendant house, St. Helena, 1928
Taken some time in 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Herbert electors vote Labor 1 G. W. Martens election day, Nov. 17
Taken some time in 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Laheys Lookout tower at Tamborine Mountain
Taken some time in 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Motor vehicle parked in the street outside a house in Chermside, ca. 1928
Taken some time in 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
School children learning to dance, Longreach, Queensland, ca. 1928
Taken some time in 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Southport Esplanade looking from the pier, ca. 1928
Taken some time in 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Swimming Pool on Quay Street Bundaberg ca. 1928
Taken some time in 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
View of Jimbour House on Queensland's Darling Downs in 1928
Taken some time in 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Woolstore building Teneriffe Brisbane Queensland 1928
Taken some time in 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander March 8, 1928
Taken 8 Mar 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, April 12, 1928
Taken 12 Apr 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, April 19, 1928
Taken 19 Apr 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Abandoned property overtaken by Prickly Pear in the Chinchilla area May 1928
Taken some time in May 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander May 24 1928
Taken 24 May 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, 26 July 1928
Taken 26 Jul 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Dedication of the site of St George's Greek Orthodox Church, Brisbane, 1928
Taken some time in Nov 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, 8 November 1928
Taken 8 Nov 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Australian test cricket team in Brisbane, 1928
Taken some time in Dec 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Ernest Baynes Stand at the Exhibition Grounds in Brisbane, 1928
Taken some time in Dec 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, December 20, 1928
Taken some time in Dec 1928
State Library of Queensland, Australia