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Transport and technology in Australia

by State Library of NSW

Techological and transport innovations in Australia

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Mr C.J.Melrose at Mildenhall Aerodrome at the start of the Centenary Air Race, 1934; this is one of the first three photographs digitally transmitted by radio, in the world
Sound technicians setting up the turn-table and amplifiers for the first "talkies" in Australia, 1927-1928
Assembling Sydney's first double-decker bus bodies onto AEC bus chassis, 1937
Assembling the bodies on AEC bus chassis, Nov. 1937
Building Sydney's first double-decker bus bodies; the almost finished product
Start of the Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race, 1971
Silver City Comet: diesel train on trial run from Sydney to Moss Vale, 1937
Centenary of No. 1 engine and 3rd class carriage, Central Station, Sydney, 1955 / Ern McQuillan
Crew of the royal train for the Duke of Gloucester and 36 class locomotive, Orange, 27 November 1934 / Sam Hood
Building goods locomotive 5801, Eveleigh Workshops, Redfern, Sydney, 1949 / R. Bean
Brisbane-Singapore air service (DH 86) advertisement, ca. 1935 / H.B. Green & Co.
HMT Queen Mary, Sydney Harbour, between 1940-1945
HMT Queen Elizabeth, Sydney Harbour, between 1940-1945
"Dirigible" over Tamarama, 1908, Hall & Co.
"Driver" of Pyrmont Opening Bridge, n.d., by Ted Hood
Female motor cyclist, Railway Square, Sydney, n.d., by Ted Hood
Sydney "toastrack" tram no. 1511, Moore Park, June 1938 / Sam hood
20 class tank engine and suburban passenger train, Camden, ca. 1930 / photographer unknown
Derailment of NSWGR engine no. 246, Lithgow Zig Zag, 4 April 1901
Alfred Lee and penny farthing, Glen Street, North Sydney, undated / photographer unknown
Glaciarium garage, Little Regent Street, off George Street, Sydney, ca. 1934 / photographer Hall & Company
Mr Waterhouse had the first motorcycle that came to Singleton and he built the front carrier for passenger - Singleton, NSW, n.d.
["Don't depend on luck. This driver did." Wrecked car used for NRMA advertisement], c. 1930 by Sam Hood
Car crash, n.d. by Sam Hood
[Motor traffic and pedestrian traffic lights], n.d. by Sam Hood
[Looking north along George Street (with tram, T-model Ford and hansom cab) from Union Line Building (incorporating the Bjelke-Petersen School of Physical culture), corner Jamieson Street], n.d. by Sam Hood
Two new police women for school safety lecturing staff: Special Constables E.M. Elliott (left) and V. Jenkins, 3 November 1952
Traffic policemen on point duty, corner of Park and College Streets, 17 August 1934, by Ted Hood
Safety device for children crossing the road, Newtown Public School, 5 August 1938, by Sam Hood
Jack Galloway and Lizzie, Wilcannia, NSW, between 1935-1937 / photographer Reverend Edward ("Ted") Alexander Roberts
Commuters for the office off the South Steyne, Sydney, 1940 / Pix magazine
Disembarking South Steyne, Sydney, 1940 / attributed to Dennis Rowe
Refreshments on the ocean cruise to Broken Bay, South Steyne, December 1953 / Australian Women's Weekly photograph
Chief officer George Todd, right, and his asistant Bob Luther explain the engine to John Rae, Jim Swan and James Wilton, on the ocean cruise to Broken Bay, South Steyne, December 1953 / Australian Women's Weekly photograph
Ferry Dee Why and Manly Harbour pool, 193-
Humber car, Shoalhaven, ca. 1906 / photographer Cyrus S. Moss
Woman with her new Maxwell car and dog, Shoalhaven, ca. 1920 / photographer Cyrus S. Moss
"Auto Servitorium" (Glover's garage), Richard & Anson Sts - Bourke, NSW, c. 1930
Royal Service Station, Anzac Pde, Kensington. 30 May 1937, by Sam Hood
Purr-Pull, All-British Service Station, c. 1930s, by Sam Hood
Steam tug Pluvius taking passengers who usually travelled by ferry - ferry strike, 1910 on Sydney Harbour from Royal Australian Historical Society : Sydney photographs, ca. 1879-1956
From left, supercharged 1924 Alvis of Fred Braitling, no.4 (registration no. 226-276) is the Fronty Ford Special of Charlie Spurgeon and no.3 is the Rajo Ford Special of Don Shorten, taken for Cinesound, Wentworth Autodrome, Nov 1933, Ted Hood
From right, supercharged 1924 Alvis of Fred Braitling, no.4 (registration no.226-276) is the Fronty Ford Special of Charlie Spurgeon and no.3 is the Rajo Ford Special of Don Shorten, taken for Cinesound, Wentworth Autodrome, Nov 1933, Ted Hood
Morning passengers leave the Manly ferry with wharves and Harbour Bridge in the background, Circular Quay, ca. 1946-1949 by Australian Geographical Society
Traffic and line of telegraph poles approach the Gladesville Bridge, Oct 1966
1940 Ford V-8 or Mercury car crossing Woolooma-Balpool bridge - Deniliquin, NSW, 1930 by Garry Daly
Adelaide Boys' Band arriving at Central Railway, Sydney, 14 January 1937 / photographer Sam Hood
An early Leyland double-deck omnibus, MO 1320, 192- ? /
Stage coach & double-decker bus in procession, Sydney Harbour Bridge Celebrations, 1932 / photographer Hall & Co.
Francis Birtles, his wife of less than two months, Nea, and his touring car in front of the Public Library of New South Wales, Sydney, 9 May 1935 / photographer Sam Hood
Pavlova ballet tour of Australia, 1926 / Wentzel collection
Pavlova ballet tour of Australia, 1926 / Wentzel collection
HM Troopship Queen Mary in Sydney, World War II / photographer unknown
Arnotts' Biscuits Albion van, Sydney, ca. 1935-1940 / photographer Milton Kent
World's First Auto-Gyro Plane (helicopter 1909-12) in the Sydney Harbour Bridge Celebrations, 19 March 1932, By Hall & Co.
Patent golf machine (taken for Conimatti), 2 April 1938, by Sam Hood
A.P.A. Building. The inventor demonstrates the detail of a new steel frame demountable window for cleaning, Nov. 1937, by Sam Hood
Vincent P. Taylor [in inflatable rubber suit] floating on San Francisco Bay, Sept. 29th, 1926 / Taylor Family photographs
A flight of bombing planes, 1st Australian Flying Corps, Palestine, 1914-1918 / Frank Hurley
K. Davis - Tramwoman at work [and other tram photographs], 1933-1942
K. Davis - Tramwoman at work [and other tram photographs], 1933-1942
K. Davis - Tramwoman at work [and other tram photographs], 1933-1942
K. Davis - Tramwoman at work [and other tram photographs], 1933-1942
K. Davis - Tramwoman at work [and other tram photographs], 1933-1942
K. Davis - Tramwoman at work [and other tram photographs], 1933-1942
K. Davis - Tramwoman at work [and other tram photographs], 1933-1942
K. Davis - Tramwoman at work [and other tram photographs], 1933-1942
K. Davis - Tramwoman at work [and other tram photographs], 1933-1942
Traffic during tram and bus strike, North Sydney, 20 December 1951, PIX magazine
Sun Tiy Sang, gardener, Burgess Street, Kogarah, truck with Sam Wright body, ca. 1925
Maintenance work, Norah Head lighthouse, New South Wales, 13 April 1939, by Ray Olson
Gentleman being assisted into horse-drawn cab, Sydney, c. 1900, Frederick Danvers Power
Linotype machines, Anthony Hordern and Sons department store, c. 1935
View of the North Richmond River bridge undergoing repairs, Sydney, ca. 1871, American and Australasian Photographic Company
Trucks transporting goods, Hickson Road, Sydney, 26 August 1935, by Ray Olson
Family with car, Sydney, 1890-1910,
Perdriau's Balmain ferry `Leipoa' 1880-1889
Circuits and electronic components of an AWA radio, Sydney, Australia, 1948 - 1953, by Max Dupain
Portrait of aviator Jean Batten, Sydney, 30 May 1934
Men working on locomotives in railway workshops, November 1941
Car sales auction, Sydney, 1950
Motorcycle with mobile tank used by Union petrol, Sydney c. 1935
Motorcyclists, Wollongong City, 1950
Noel Coward disembarking from a Qantas airplane, Singapore, 1935
Sydney tram, City of Sydney series, 20 June 19440
Buick 8 Road test 1939
Frank Delandro Authorised Ford dealer, Crows Nest, Sydney, 1936
Fire engine at Robson House (Saturday night), Pitt Street, Sydney, 1937
Morris van and Messerschmitt KR200, Kings Cross, Sydney, c. 1955
La Perouse tram departing from the city, Sydney, 1949