Here below is a set of beautiful pics from Janette Asche taken by her father that shows wonderful life of Australia (mostly in New South Wales and Tasmania) in the early 1950s.
New South Wales. Kanangra Walls, 1952 |
New South Wales. Kayaking on the Wollondilly River, in Burragorang Valley (now flooded) in November, 1952 |
New South Wales. Frank Carrick signing the Pledge, Blue Gum Forest, November 1952 |
New South Wales. Uncle Ross Webb at Yarramundi, 1952 |
New South Wales. Kanangra Deep, 1952 |
New South Wales. Mt Solitary where Chinaman's Creek falls away, 1952 |
New South Wales. The first drop, Arethusa Canyon, November 1952 |
Tasmania. "New" Pelion Chalet, December 1952 |
Tasmania. Lake Will and Mt Pelion West in the distance from Barn Bluff, December 1952 |
Tasmania. Narcissus Hut, December 1952 |
New South Wales. Hampton Bridge, Kangaroo Valley, 1953 |
New South Wales. Kiama, 1953 |
New South Wales. Mum and bushwalking friends having fun at Newnes, 1953 |
New South Wales. My mother and grandmother at Jervis Bay, 1953 |
New South Wales. Newnes Hotel, 1953 |
New South Wales. Newnes, a former shale oil mining area, in the Blue Mountains, had quite a lot of metal items such as this train, August 1953 |
New South Wales. South Era Beach with its many little holiday cottages, is within Royal National Park, south of Sydney, 1953 |
New South Wales. South Era, 1953 |
Tasmania. Buses at Derwent Bridge, 1953 |
Tasmania. Crossing the Franklin River, January 1953 |
Tasmania. Damper Inn, 1953 |
Tasmania. Frankland Range, December 1953 |
Tasmania. Motorbikes, January 1953 |
New South Wales. Araluen Hotel, January 1954 |
New South Wales. Bateman's Bay ferry, 1954 |
New South Wales. Bushwalkers climbing old coal chute near RedLedge Pass, April 1954 |
New South Wales. Campsite at Jews Creek, October 1954 |
New South Wales. Clear Hill, 1954 |
New South Wales. Cooleman Caves, March 1954 |
New South Wales. Footbridge over Page River at Murrurundi, October 1954 |
New South Wales. FX Holden 1954 at Capertee Valley, October 1954 |
New South Wales. Pinchams Farm, October 1954 |
New South Wales. Splendour Rock, April 1954 |
Tasmania. Lake Dobson Hut in Mt Field National Park, 1954 |
Tasmania. Lake Surprise on the Frankland Range, 1954 |
Tasmania. Russell Falls in Mt Field National Park, 1954 |
Tasmania. The bridge, 1954 |
Tasmania. Twilight Tarn Hut on the Tarn Shelf, Mt Field National Park, 1954 |
New South Wales. Bushwalkers in a shepherd's hut, Wingecarribee River, January 1955 |
New South Wales. Paddington and Moore Park, 1955 |
New South Wales. Sydney's Circular Quay and Harbour Bridge, 1955 |
New South Wales. Sydney's Circular Quay, 1955 |
New South Wales. Sydney's north shore, 1955 |