World War 1 Archives ~ Photo Time Tunnel

“Enemy aliens” in Australia in World War 1

Post Author:Greg Ray
Post published:September 3, 2020
Post Category:History / Vintage Photographs and Photography
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It was not a good thing to be German in Australia in 1914. The outbreak of the First World War meant that anybody with German heritage was instantly under suspicion…

Kodak’s “autographic” vest pocket camera: a hit with Great War soldiers

Post Author:Greg Ray
Post published:August 5, 2020
Post Category:History / Vintage Photographs and Photography

From time to time, in my search for interesting old photos and negatives, I used to find negatives with writing on one edge that, when scanned, looked like this: .…

Newcastle's Christ Church Cathedral in June 1979. Photo by Doug Brown

Great War treasures of Newcastle’s Christ Church Cathedral

Post Author:Greg Ray
Post published:June 26, 2020
Post Category:History / Militaria / Miscellaneous / Newcastle, NSW, Australia

From our book, The Hunter Region in The Great War The Church of England played an important role in Australia and no less in Newcastle at the time of the…