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Paddling in Sydney Harbour. Source: Tumblr.com.
Construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1930. Source: National Museum of Australia.
Hunt Street in The Rocks in Sydney during cleansing operations for the Bubonic Plague outbreak in 1900. Source: Pinterest.com.
Bondi Beach in 1894. Source: National Archives of Australia.
What Grandma was up to. A 1950’s beauty. Source: Tumblrgallery.com.
Source: Tumbral.com/blog/knl69.
Life is made of encounters. Source: Facebook.com/photos/la vita e fatta d’incontri.
Morning coffee. Source: Tumblr.com.
Sailing off Mooloolaba, Queensland. Source: Aussienaturists.com.
A nice day out. Source: Tumblr.com.
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In the clear waters of the west coast of Turkey. Source: Dogwood Images.
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Norman Lindsay (1879 – 1969) was one of Australia’s most prominent artists. His works were both lauded and condemned, and some were deemed to be blasphemous. He is posing here with Rose Soady. Rose (1885 – 1978), who was his model and business manager, and who later became his second wife.
Small pencil/ink sketch by Norman Lindsay (1933). Pinterest.
The Descent of Calliope. Norman Lindsay (1994).
The movie Sirens was released in 1994, based loosely on Norman Lindsay’s life. With interwoven themes of religion and sexual awakening it starred Portia De Rossi (left) as a maid and Elle McPherson (centre) and Katie Fischer (right) as Lindsay’s nude models. Sam Neil starred as Lindsay.
1940’s model. Source unknown.
Coffee time. Source: Tumblrgallery.com.
“Ruby” by David Uhl (1998). Uhl is a contemporary American artist (particularly of Harley-Davidson motorcycles). See uhlstudios.com.
This is freedom. Tumblr.com.
Shed fashioned from a disused work boat. Source: unknown.
A street in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Architecturehub Dubrovnik.
Cape Leeuwin lighthouse in Western Australia. Cape Leeuwin is the most south-west point of the Australian mainland and the point where the Indian Ocean (on the right) and the Southern Ocean (on the left) meet. The lighthouse is the tallest on the mainland at 39 metres (128 feet). It flashes a white light every 7.5 seconds. Source: margaretriver.com.