Uploads from State Library of Queensland, Australia, tagged christmas, with geodata

Section of the main showroom inside F. W. Nissen jewellery store in Brisbane, Queensland, ca. 1950

nobody@flickr.com (State Library of Queensland, Australia) — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 13:45:27 -0800

State Library of Queensland, Australia posted a photo:

Creator: Unidentified

Description: Section of the main showroom inside F. W. Nissen jewellery store in Brisbane, Queensland, ca. 1950. There are Christmas decorations hanging from the ceiling.

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Bush Christmas postcard, ca. 1905

nobody@flickr.com (State Library of Queensland, Australia) — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:19:31 -0800

State Library of Queensland, Australia posted a photo:

Photographer: Unidentified

Location: Queensland, Australia

Description: Unidentified bushmen stop to boil a billy of tea. Caption on photograph reads: 'Smoko' Australian colloquialism meaning any short break such as a rest or a coffee/tea break.

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Group portrait of young girls on Christmas card, Queensland, 1910-1920

nobody@flickr.com (State Library of Queensland, Australia) — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:19:36 -0800

State Library of Queensland, Australia posted a photo:

Photographer: Unidentified

Location: Queensland, Australia

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Nine ladies dancing (many ladies dancing)

nobody@flickr.com (State Library of Queensland, Australia) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:35:01 -0800

State Library of Queensland, Australia posted a photo:

Title: Lowood Show, 1907

Photographer: Unidentified

Location: Lowood, Queensland, Australia

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Eight maids a' milking (just one lovely maiden)

nobody@flickr.com (State Library of Queensland, Australia) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:33:52 -0800

State Library of Queensland, Australia posted a photo:

Title: Gweny Smith demonstrates the first milking machine of its type on the Darling Downs, 1910-1920

Photographer: Unidentified

Location: Allora, Queensland, Australia

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Ten lords a' leaping (one brave German Shepherd)

nobody@flickr.com (State Library of Queensland, Australia) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:35:59 -0800

State Library of Queensland, Australia posted a photo:

Title: Trick dog jumping through a ring of fire

Photographer: George Jackman

Location: Queensland, Australia

Date: Undated

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Two turtle doves (two turtles)

nobody@flickr.com (State Library of Queensland, Australia) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:20:32 -0800

State Library of Queensland, Australia posted a photo:

Title: Sea turtles on the back of a truck, 1934

Photographer: Unidentified

Location: Wynnum, Queensland, Australia

Description: Two large sea turtles on the back of a truck at the Wynnum fish markets in July 1934. A sign ' Phone 101 Wynnum.' is visible on the back of the truck.

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Christmas morning under the Christmas tree, ca. 1935

nobody@flickr.com (State Library of Queensland, Australia) — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:40:47 -0800

State Library of Queensland, Australia posted a photo:

Photographer: Unidentified

Location: Queensland, Australia

Description: Little girl sitting with the Christmas tree holding a doll in her lap. There is a beautiful doll's bassinette on a stand, with a mosquito net attached. A model plane is on the floor, and a boxed tea-set and a small house sit under the tree.

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Twelve drummers drumming (almost twelve)

nobody@flickr.com (State Library of Queensland, Australia) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:43:48 -0800

State Library of Queensland, Australia posted a photo:

Title: Ladie's band playing drums in Leslie Park, Warwick, ca. 1943

Photographer: Unidentified

Location: Warwick, Queensland, Australia

Description: Ladies in military uniforms are playing drums in Leslie Park. A monument can be seen in the background and a gun carriage is in the right corner of the park.

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Eleven pipers piping (just not all in view yet)

nobody@flickr.com (State Library of Queensland, Australia) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:41:44 -0800

State Library of Queensland, Australia posted a photo:

Title: Scottish pipers marching in a ceremony

Photographer: George Jackman

Location: Queensland, Australia

Date: Undated

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Seven swans a' swimming (lead swan and a chorus of cygnets)

nobody@flickr.com (State Library of Queensland, Australia) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:31:14 -0800

State Library of Queensland, Australia posted a photo:

Title: Scene during a performance of 'Swan Lake' at Her Majesty's Theatre, Brisbane, 1953

Photographer: Unidentified

Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Description: His Majesty’s was the largest theatre in Brisbane and it hosted most of the productions by professional touring companies throughout its 95 year history. The Majesty theatre was demolished it on 23 October 1983 and the Hilton Hotel and Wintergarden Shopping Centre were built on the site

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Five gold rings (the betting ring)

nobody@flickr.com (State Library of Queensland, Australia) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:25:50 -0800

State Library of Queensland, Australia posted a photo:

Title: Marooned in the bookmaker's ring at Albion Park after a storm, Brisbane, January 1941

Photographer: Unidentified

Location: Albion, Queensland, Australia

Description: Bookmakers at Albion Park braved the fierce storm which swept over Brisbane on Saturday afternoon, but when the rain abated they were marooned. three races had been run before the storm broke. (Description taken from the Courier Mail, 20 January 1941, p. 8)

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Four calling birds (three callers only)

nobody@flickr.com (State Library of Queensland, Australia) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:24:16 -0800

State Library of Queensland, Australia posted a photo:

Title: Phone orders section in T. C. Beirne's deparment store, 1952

Photographer: Unidentified

Location: Fortitude Valley, Queensland, Australia

Description: Receptionists taking phone orders in T. C. Beirne's department store.

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Three french hens (three boys and five hens)

nobody@flickr.com (State Library of Queensland, Australia) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:21:54 -0800

State Library of Queensland, Australia posted a photo:

Title: Three boys on a farm with a horse and hens, 1900-1910

Photographer: Unidentified

Location: Bundaberg?, Queensland, Australia

Description: Three boys, possibly brothers, on a farm with a horse and hens. The boy sitting may be C. N. Arnold. The image is taken from a Kodak Postcard.

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Six geese a' laying (feeding)

nobody@flickr.com (State Library of Queensland, Australia) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:29:43 -0800

State Library of Queensland, Australia posted a photo:

Title: Feeding the poultry in the farmyard, Queensland, ca. 1915

Photographer: Unidentified

Location: Queensland, Australia

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A partridge in a pear tree (just a pear tree)

nobody@flickr.com (State Library of Queensland, Australia) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:05:56 -0800

State Library of Queensland, Australia posted a photo:

Title: Picking pears on the Granite Belt

Photographer: Unidentified

Location: Stanthorpe District, Queensland, Australia

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Esplanade at Burleigh, Queensland, Christmas ca. 1932

nobody@flickr.com (State Library of Queensland, Australia) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:57:53 -0800

State Library of Queensland, Australia posted a photo:

Photographer: Unidentified

Location: Burleigh Heads, Queensland, Australia

Description: The Esplanade at Burleigh Heads crowded with tents and cars during Christmas holidays. Tents have been erected along the road and on the beach, turning the Esplanade in to a camping site.

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Christmas drinks at the front, New Guinea

nobody@flickr.com (State Library of Queensland, Australia) — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:25:38 -0800

State Library of Queensland, Australia posted a photo:

Location: 1945

Date: Papua New Guinea

Description: Austrian soldiers in New Guinea. The soldier seated in the front row with the hat is Roy Millar.

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