Bushfires in Australia started in September 2019 and burnt out 46 million acres of land before the flooding rains came in January 2020. Picture by David Gray.Staff in full protective gear respond to the Spanish flu epidemic in Parramatta, NSW, in 1919.The Jolie Brise passing Fastnet Rock in Ireland. Jolie Brise is a celebrated French pilot cutter built in 1913. When steam replaced sail in pilot boats, Jolie Brise became a fishing boat, then a racing yacht and a sail trainer. She won the inaugural 1925 Ocean Race, now known as the Fastnet. Photo by Brian Carlin.
