Australia Immigration History is displayed in an interactive, educational and interesting way at the Immigration Museum. Discover immigration to Australia from the early 1800's up to today.
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MELBOURNE CUP, DERBY AND OAKS DAY. FLEMINGTON RACECOURSE 1936.
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Hi and welcome to our 103 Bloghop, as we have been mixing it up a little, this week is another colour challenge. Not sure if you started here or come from Kozue, cannot wait to see what she has fo…
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Carol Jerrems was an Australian photographer. Jerrems studied photography at Prahran College 1967-70. She is mainly known for documenting the counter-culture spirit of Melbourne in the 1970s. (Images @ National Gallery of Australia and Ken Jerrems and the Estate of Lance Jerrems)
Please note: The following photos have been sourced from public domain sites, or other blogs. Please contact me if any of the images I have used violate copyright, and I will remove. PEOPLE Bon Scott at North Altona Tech, 1975. Melbourne Sharps. Factory workers in South Melbourne Lillian Frank attends the opening night of 'Hair', the musical. 1971. Bjorn and Frida from ABBA, Sidney Myer Music Bowl, 1977. Waiting to Cross Bourke St. Nick Cave, 1973. Massage chair at Luna Park, St Kilda, 1974 Police Constable Ron Ritchie, 1975 The queen at the footy; Richmond v Fitzroy, 1970. 'The Roof Needs Mowing,' a student film by Gillian Armstrong, Melbourne Uni, 1971. Citizenship ceremony, St Kilda Town Hall, 1974. Frank Sinatra on his way to rehearsal, 1974. Voting for the Senate, 1977. Big Arnie pays a visit, 1974. PLACES Edge of the mall, 1970. High St, Northcote, 1977. Newstand at Flinders St Station. From the east end of Bourke Street. From the South Bank,. The Gas and Fuel buildings. Digging the tunnel for the Sandringham line, 1972. The Causeway. East End cinema, Bourke St. The MCG City Square in 1970, before the hotel was built. The Southern Cross Hotel. THINGS Gough addresses a dismissal rally, 1975. Collingwood bench, 1977 Grand Final Moomba Parade, 1973. Melbourne Cup, 1976. The Westgate Bridge collapse Elizabeth St under water, the great flood of '72. Auto show at the Royal Exhibition Building, 1972 Rockarena, Calder Raceway, 1977. Police parade, Swanston St, 1976.
The remains of Australian outlaw Ned Kelly are to be handed to his descendants for burial, more than 130 years after he was hanged for murder.
IT IS difficult to imagine today, but only a few decades ago a suburban-style motor accessories store stood at one of the Melbourne CBD’s prime locations.
At the height of the “Marvellous Melbourne” boom-time, gold rich citizens roamed the streets and the Parer’s worked their restaurant, hotel and catering magic, lining their own po…
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David Moore was Australia’s most renowned and widely travelled documentary photographer. He began working as a photographer in 1947 in the commercial advertising studio of Russell Roberts. Between 1948 and 1951 he assisted Max Dupain, and began to develop his ...
Nick Tolewski was in his early teens when he started taking photos of the Thomastown Sharps.
Forty years ago Angus O'Callaghan chronicled the ordinary life of Melbourne, then his pictures were forgotten, consigned to a shoebox. Rediscovered they reveal a lost world, one that intrigues today's young collectors who are pushing prices for the prints higher and higher.
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