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Australia Way

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2006 · 01 · 26

Private S. Collins enjoys a moment of fame

5 November 1942 and Private S. Collins enjoys a moment of fame

From the iconic Frank Hurley collection – 10,862 glass negatives, plastic negatives, colour transparencies, lantern slides and stereographs, between 1910 and 1962.

Dance in Port Douglas

Aboriginal man dancing surrounded by small crowd, Port Douglas, Queensland, April 1957

Aboriginal man dancing surrounded by small crowd, Port Douglas, Queensland, April 1957

“Visited his native land”

Aboriginal man and child at memorial for F.D.A. Carstens, Port Douglas, Queensland, April 1957

Aboriginal man and child at memorial for F.D.A. Carstens, Port Douglas, Queensland, April 1957

Outpost of futurism

Alice Springs Hotel [Northern Territory]

Alice Springs Hotel [Northern Territory]

Salt bush

Dirt road bordered by pale purple bushes, grey Holden station wagon in foreground, Central Australia

Dirt road bordered by pale purple bushes, grey Holden station wagon in foreground, Central Australia

Manly fish fry

Man, woman and child, with fresh fish and frypan, boat in distance

Man, woman and child, with fresh fish and frypan, boat in distance, Manly

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