May 7th, 2013
Mrs Jessie Gabriel with her two daughters by previous marriage, Gundagai, New South Wales (by National Library of Australia Commons)

Mrs Jessie Gabriel with her two daughters by previous marriage, Gundagai, New South Wales (by National Library of Australia Commons)

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May 7th, 2013
Unidentified baby lying in a hollowed out pumpkin : part of a mixed selection of lantern slides and negatives from John Flynn’s teaching days in Gippsland, and early AIM [Australian Inland Mission] / (by National Library of Australia Commons)

Unidentified baby lying in a hollowed out pumpkin : part of a mixed selection of lantern slides and negatives from John Flynn’s teaching days in Gippsland, and early AIM [Australian Inland Mission] / (by National Library of Australia Commons)

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May 7th, 2013
vintagraphblog: Australia: The tallest trees in the British Empire. New in Vintage Travel Posters collection. (via Vintage Australian Travel Poster | Vintagraph)

vintagraphblog:

Australia: The tallest trees in the British Empire. New in Vintage Travel Posters collection. (via Vintage Australian Travel Poster | Vintagraph)

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May 7th, 2013
natgeofound: A wave of rock shaped by wind and rain towers above a plain in Western Australia, September 1963.Photograph by Robert B. Goodman, National Geographic

natgeofound:

A wave of rock shaped by wind and rain towers above a plain in Western Australia, September 1963.
Photograph by Robert B. Goodman, National Geographic

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April 24th, 2013
Women volunteer grinding a billet of armour piercing steel at a munitions factory, Australia, 1944. (by National Library of Australia Commons)

Women volunteer grinding a billet of armour piercing steel at a munitions factory, Australia, 1944. (by National Library of Australia Commons)

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February 13th, 2013
Fred Murray and Joy Youlden from the J. C. Williamson production of The Girl Friend, 1942 [2] (by National Library of Australia Commons)

Fred Murray and Joy Youlden from the J. C. Williamson production of The Girl Friend, 1942 [2] (by National Library of Australia Commons)

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February 13th, 2013
[Herbert Browne and Margery Hicklin in formal dress embrace in Bitter sweet, ca. 1932] (by National Library of Australia Commons)

[Herbert Browne and Margery Hicklin in formal dress embrace in Bitter sweet, ca. 1932] (by National Library of Australia Commons)

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February 9th, 2013
(via MV Blog: Museum Victoria) Young volunteers preparing leaves for a diorama, circa 1940s.Source: Museum Victoria

(via MV Blog: Museum Victoria)

Young volunteers preparing leaves for a diorama, circa 1940s.
Source: Museum Victoria

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February 4th, 2013
Young lady having liquid hosiery applied to her legs in a store, Brisbane, September 1941 (by State Library of Queensland, Australia)

Young lady having liquid hosiery applied to her legs in a store, Brisbane, September 1941 (by State Library of Queensland, Australia)

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January 19th, 2013
coolchicksfromhistory: Australia’s first women Olympians, 1912. Fanny Durack and Mina Wylie won gold and silver in the 100 metres freestyle at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics.

coolchicksfromhistory:

Australia’s first women Olympians, 1912.

Fanny Durack and Mina Wylie won gold and silver in the 100 metres freestyle at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics.

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