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Found slide: Australian War Memorial, Canberra, Ngunnawal and Ngambri Country, circa September 1964 (photographer unknown)

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Found slide: Shrine of Remembrance, Meanjin Brisbane, Turrbal Country, 26 April 1967 (photographer unknown)

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Found slide: War Memorial, Dubbo, Wiradjuri Country, March 1957 (photographer unknown)

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Found slide: Fifty years ago: New South Wales Government Railways steam locomotives 3526 and 3820 wait just east of Tarana railway station for a diesel locomotive to take over on the last stage to Oberon, on 21 April 1974. The “last” steam train excursion in New South Wales had come to a premature end. We were sitting on that bridge forever, I remember only one car (a white Holden) passed under us. I watched it driving away for what seemed like eternity… (photographer unknown)

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Found slide: Fifty years ago: New South Wales Government Railways steam locomotive 3203 leads 3526 and 3820 on the climb up the Blue Mountains, Dharug and Gundungurra country (I think they’re approaching Valley Heights), on 21 April 1974. I remember the heavy rain and, for some reason, the pale green car leading a small motorcade of other rail buffs along the Great Western Highway, to the obvious frustration of other motorists (photographer unknown)

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Found slide: Fifty years ago: New South Wales Government Railways steam locomotive 3526 leads 3820 into Parramatta railway station, Burramattagal country, on 21 April 1974, during what was prematurely announced as the final main line steam train excursion in the state. Public Transport Commissioner Philip Shirley was in full “Beeching” mode at the time but steam train excursions had restarted even before his resignation in late 1975. This is empirical knowledge: if you’re thinking “why, that light-haired kid leaning out the window of the first carriage looks a bit like the ‘Slides Worth Seeing’ profile picture”, you’re on the right track, so to speak (photographer unknown)

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Found slide: Seventy years ago: the MV Kista Dan moors alongside North Quay, Naarm Melbourne, on the morning of 31 March 1954, bringing the team who established Mawson Base in Antarctica back to Australia. Photo by French explorer André Migot, who had been observing the establishment of Mawson Base

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Found slide: Hotel Canobolas, Orange, Wiradjuri Country, New South Wales, October 1957. I’m guessing that Orange was a Holden town: what with the two taxis at left, almost every parked car and the spontaneous parade of an FE, FJ and 48-215/FX along Summer Street (and the anonymous photographer’s car, not in shot, was also an FE Holden)

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Found slide: The corner of Adelaide and Albert Streets, Meanjin Brisbane, as it was meant to be seen: in breathtaking CinemaScope™️, from Brisbane City Hall, circa August 1961. Photo by John W Smith

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Found slide: Waterskiing display on the Birrarung Yarra River, Naarm Melbourne, during the Moomba Festival, circa 1983 (photographer unknown)

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Found slide: Puff the Magic Dragon among the Moomba Parade floats marshalled in the Domain, Naarm Melbourne, 9 March 1964 (photographer unknown)

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Found slide: Elizabeth Street, Naarm Melbourne, decorated for the 1959 Moomba Festival. Photo by a member of the Radford family

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Found slide: Trevor Moss Davis Memorial Fountain lit up under a full moon, Mission Bay, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand, circa 1953 (photographer unknown)

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Found slide: The Bodgie from Coogee versus the Queen: Looking towards the Queen Victoria Building from outside the Town Hall, Warrane Sydney, with a view of George Street’s decorations for the Royal Visit slightly photobombed by a brill-creamed, leather jacket-wearing “bodgie*” waiting for the next bus to Coogee, February 1954 (photographer unknown)

[*Bodgie = a rebellious young man in 1950s Australia and New Zealand]

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Bauhaus, in the middle of our street… Found slide: Stanhill Apartments, Frederick Romberg’s modernist landmark between Albert Park and St Kilda Road, Naarm Melbourne, circa March 1954. Photo by French explorer André Migot, on his way home from witnessing the establishment of Mawson Base in Antarctica

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Found slide: Taxi rank outside Frank Griff’s Barrier Supply Stores, Broken Hill, Wilyakali Country, circa 1958 (photographer unknown)

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Found slide: Peekaboo! Naarm Melbourne from the Swan Street Bridge over Birrarung Yarra River, through a narrow lens, circa February 1959. Photo by a member of the Radford family