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Two women with a flathead, probably at Lake Macquarie. Photo by Milton Merrilees.

Ones that didn’t get away: people with fish.

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:July 22, 2020
Post category:Miscellaneous Vintage Photographs and Photography
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Rummaging around collections of old amateur and family photos and negatives I find certain themes recur. One of these themes is fish and fishing. People love fishing, and taking photos…

Thornthwaite, via Scone. Some of the Hunter’s earliest photographs

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:July 21, 2020
Post category:History Vintage Photographs and Photography
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All the images and most of the information in this post were supplied by members of the Docker and Brougham families, via Malcolm Docker. . Among the earliest photographs known…

Our Town Revisited: Newcastle in colour with a focus on the 1970s

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:November 12, 2019
Post category:Greg Ray's Writing History Newcastle, NSW, Australia Vintage Photographs and Photography
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This is the Newcastle that I remember from my own younger days. And this is the most personal of our books to date, peppered with fragmentary anecdotes of my memories…

Setting the scene for recession and World War 3 July 4, 2022
The Goldsmith’s shoe store fire in Newcastle June 13, 2022
On the road in the ’40s, with batteries, steam and gas June 2, 2022
A trip to “Town”: Newcastle as I remember it June 1, 2022
Motor buses in Newcastle, by Ken Magor May 29, 2022