I don’t know about you, but large Australian mammals and marsupials have got a special place in my heart. However … More
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Ancient Australian Megafauna: Diprotodon optatum
Diprotodon optatum was the largest marsupial to ever roam Australia, weighing over two tonnes. We rarely find its whole skeleton preserved … More
Train and tram-spotting in Melbourne back in the olden days
Here are two handsome maps of Melbourne’s public transport from the previous century. In equal parts loved and loathed by … More
Documentary: Australia in the year 2020 (as envisaged in 1990)
This documentary from the late 80’s/early 90’s Australia offers fascinating insights into what the pre-internet world thought the new century … More
Every Picture Tells A Story: William Stanley Moore (1925)
William Stanley Moore according to his official police record was an “opium dealer/ Operates with large quantities of faked opium … More
The Iconic & Subversive Oz Magazine – In all its Psychadelic Glory
OZ magazine was published in Australia and London between 1963 and 1973 and under the stewardship of Richard Neville and … More
A brief and enchanting history of Australian milk bars
Originally the concept of the milk bar in America was also a spin-off from the ever-popular apotheke-style pharmacists who dispensed … More
Every Picture Tells A Story: An Elephant in the Tea Room (1939)
At Robur Tea Room in Sydney in 1939, an elephant made a visit and majestically trumpeted in front of photographer Sam … More
Every Picture Tells A Story: Stout Dogs on Antarctic Expedition (1911)
Photographer Frank Hurley snaps his whimsical and wise looking Greenland esquimaux dogs named Basilisk and Ginger-bitch during an Antarctic expedition … More
Every Picture Tells A Story: Cracking Open a Keg on Cockatoo Island, 1925.
Here’s the auspicious launching of the HMAS Warrego II a Cockatoo Island Dockyard in Sydney Harbour circa 1925. Trainspotters here will … More
