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Group of Aboriginals at Chowilla Station on the lower Murray River, South Australia, 1886

Group of Aboriginals at Chowilla Station on the lower Murray River, South Australia, 1886




Grocery section, Bell and Macaulay's Store, Drouin, Victoria, ca. 1944

Grocery section, Bell and Macaulay's Store, Drouin, Victoria, ca. 1944




Women shopping with coupons during world War II in Drouin, Victoria, ca. 1944

Women shopping with coupons during world War II in Drouin, Victoria, ca. 1944




An incident in March soon after completion of the hut, Hodgeman, the night watchman returning from his rounds outside pushes his way into the veranda through the rapidly accumulating drift snow, Adelie Land (Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914)

An incident in March soon after completion of the hut, Hodgeman, the night watchman returning from his rounds outside pushes his way into the veranda through the rapidly accumulating drift snow, Adelie Land (Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914)




Synchronised surfing,Manly beach, New South Wales, 1938-46

Synchronised surfing,Manly beach, New South Wales, 1938-46




Woman and child buying shoes in the shoe section of Bell and Macaulay's Store, Drouin, Victoria, ca. 1944

Woman and child buying shoes in the shoe section of Bell and Macaulay's Store, Drouin, Victoria, ca. 1944




El Alamein (lone soldier on guard in silhouette). Between 1914 and 1945

El Alamein (lone soldier on guard in silhouette). Between 1914 and 1945




Athlete Nick Winter performing a standing high jump, Camden Showground, New South Wales, ca. 1925

Athlete Nick Winter performing a standing high jump, Camden Showground, New South Wales, ca. 1925




William Russell putting the four gallon monthly ration of petrol into a customer's car, Drouin, Victoria, ca. 1944. Home town Australia. Drouin's biggest service station (there are two) is owned by a company consisting of 80 year old William D. Russell and his family. Mr Russell is putting the four gallon monthly ration of gas onto a customers car

William Russell putting the four gallon monthly ration of petrol into a customer's car, Drouin, Victoria, ca. 1944. Home town Australia. Drouin's biggest service station (there are two) is owned by a company consisting of 80 year old William D. Russell and his family. Mr Russell is putting the four gallon monthly ration of gas onto a customers car.




Three men at the Warragul cattle sales, Victoria, ca. 1944

Three men at the Warragul cattle sales, Victoria, ca. 1944




Group of Aboriginals at Dunlop Station homestead, Darling River, New South Wales, 1886

Group of Aboriginals at Dunlop Station homestead, Darling River, New South Wales, 1886




Santa Claus at Canberra Airport, ca. 1929

Santa Claus at Canberra Airport, ca. 1929




Mrs Gleeson pours a beer for a customer at the Drouin Hotel, Drouin, Victoria, 1944. Wife of Drouin publican (Mrs. James J. Gleeson) pours beer for customers. A pot like this (11oz.) costs 81/2 d. about half of which goes in excise to Australian government. Australian beer has 8% alcohol - heavier than American beer but about the same as British. Mrs Gleeson has two sons fighting the Jap; says she has never had a customer she could not handle in her 23 years at the Drouin Hotel

Mrs Gleeson pours a beer for a customer at the Drouin Hotel, Drouin, Victoria, 1944. Wife of Drouin publican (Mrs. James J. Gleeson) pours beer for customers. A pot like this (11oz.) costs 81/2 d. about half of which goes in excise to Australian government. Australian beer has 8% alcohol – heavier than American beer but about the same as British. Mrs Gleeson has two sons fighting the Jap; says she has never had a customer she could not handle in her 23 years at the Drouin Hotel.




Private Wallace Tratford arrives home on leave, Drouin, Victoria, ca. 1944

Private Wallace Tratford arrives home on leave, Drouin, Victoria, ca. 1944. A.I.F. Private Wallace Tratford, son of 1st Constable James Tratford, Drouin's only policeman (responsible for area of 105 square miles; 3,000 people), arrives home on his first leave from New Guinea battlefronts since he was married.




The icy face of a member of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition team, 1911-1914. Probably the face of the team meteorologist, C.T. Madigan

The icy face of a member of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition team, 1911-1914. Probably the face of the team meteorologist, C.T. Madigan




Main Street, Drouin, Victoria, ca. 1944. Really the Prince's highway – one of the two main roads linking Sydney and Melbourne – but for a few hundred yards it is still Main Street in the language of Drouin folk. It is busiest on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons (Market days). In foreground, service stationhand puts his car jack under horse-drawn tradesman's cart

Main Street, Drouin, Victoria, ca. 1944. Really the Prince's highway – one of the two main roads linking Sydney and Melbourne – but for a few hundred yards it is still Main Street in the language of Drouin folk. It is busiest on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons (Market days). In foreground, service stationhand puts his car jack under horse-drawn tradesman's cart.




Tall bullrushes (surrounding train as seen) from top of train carriages, (where some soldiers of the 8th Light Horse Regiment travelled during the journey from Suez to Cairo, April 4, 1915)

Tall bullrushes (surrounding train as seen) from top of train carriages, (where some soldiers of the 8th Light Horse Regiment travelled during the journey from Suez to Cairo, April 4, 1915)




Wes Colquhoun and Fred Phair talking to the girls at the ball in the Soldier's Memorial Hall, Drouin, Victoria, ca. 1944. Pride of the stag line at Drouin's weekly dance were bachelors – gay Warrant Officer Wes Colquhoun (23), R.A.A.F., and Corporal Fred Phair (25), A.I.F. Wes, son of Drouin's butcher, was sole surviving member of a Lancaster Crew... Fred, son of Drouin's fruiterer, served in New Guinea...

Wes Colquhoun and Fred Phair talking to the girls at the ball in the Soldier's Memorial Hall, Drouin, Victoria, ca. 1944. Pride of the stag line at Drouin's weekly dance were bachelors – gay Warrant Officer Wes Colquhoun (23), R.A.A.F., and Corporal Fred Phair (25), A.I.F. Wes, son of Drouin's butcher, was sole surviving member of a Lancaster Crew... Fred, son of Drouin's fruiterer, served in New Guinea...




Main Street, Drouin, Victoria, ca. 1944

Main Street, Drouin, Victoria, ca. 1944



Josephine Smith digging a grave at the Drouin Cemetery, Victoria, ca. 1944. Meet Mrs. Josephine Smith, aged 84, whose hobby is digging graves. She lives in Drouin, a typical little farming town (1100 people), in southern Australia, 60 miles out of the Victorian capital, Melbourne

Josephine Smith digging a grave at the Drouin Cemetery, Victoria, ca. 1944. Meet Mrs. Josephine Smith, aged 84, whose hobby is digging graves. She lives in Drouin, a typical little farming town (1100 people), in southern Australia, 60 miles out of the Victorian capital, Melbourne.




Q.M. Maloney shaving, (as another soldier holds up a mirror for him, June? 1915)

Q.M. Maloney shaving, (as another soldier holds up a mirror for him, June(?) 1915)


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