Australian children, happy and sad, in good times and bad. These photographs are from the collections of the State Library of New South Wales.
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| Schoolchildren line up for free issue of soup and a slice of bread in the Depression, Belmore North Public School, Sydney, 2 August 1934 |
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| Fort Street schoolboys being shown rabbit fur felt hat-making, 1927 |
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| Uniformed Sydney Girl's High School girls singing near 2GB microphone, 1930s |
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| Gaymour-Ackerman wedding at Penshurst, Sydney, 1936 |
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| Two young schoolboys wave their flags, 1934 |
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| On the see-saw at kindergarten, Alexandria, Sydney, 1934 |
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| School on Maidenhead Station - Bonshaw, NSW |
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| Scrub School - Tenterfield area, NSW, 1923 |
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| Children's Day, Royal Easter Show, Sydney, 1935 |
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| Children's Day, free milk straight from the cow! Royal Easter Show, Sydney, c.1930s |
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| Anzac Day, 25 April 1917, Belubula School |
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| Views in Sydney and New South Wales, 1930-40 |
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| Boy with pigeons at [Circular] Quay, Sydney, 1935 |
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| Child performers, Sydney, c. 1930s |
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| Child performers, Sydney Showground, c. 1920s-30s |
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| Child performers, c. 1920s-30s |
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| Patriotic concert, WW II |
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| Cary Bay Zoo, Lake Macquarie, NSW, 1954 |
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| Adelaide Boys' Band at Koala Park, 15 January 1937 |
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| Cats' food didn't come out of a can and it was nothing but the best fish - Pt Perpendicular, c 1936 |
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| Bow Wow Parade (taken for Acme Theatres), 1946 |
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| Little cowboy on horse, 1935 |
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| Margaret Shaffhauser with bull terrier dog at the Canine Association Show, 3 Nov 1934 |
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| Study of a small girl with a prize Scottish terrier dog, c. 1935 |
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| Study of a girl with ringlets teaching her dog to sit up, 1930s |
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| Baby elephant, Taronga Zoo, ca. 1925-ca. 1945 |
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| Kangaroo & girls, ca. 1925-ca. 1945 |
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| Santa Claus, Grace Bros, Broadway, Sydney, 27 November 1946 |
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| Christmas party at works, 1937 |
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| Kids with their presents, ca. 1934 |
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| Methodist Mission's Christmas visit to poor, Woolloomooloo, 1938 |
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| Brownie (Muriel Long) with bicycle decorated for street procession - Deniliquin, NSW |
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| Methodist Mission's Christmas visit to poor, Woolloomooloo, 1938 |
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| RPA Hospital Christmas, December 1944 |
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| Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Christmas tree and party, Matron Dunn, 1940 |
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| Radio station 2CH's Children's Christmas party, Trocadero, Sydney, 1936 |
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| Norland Nursing Home Christmas tree, 1939 |
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| Santa Claus and children at the I.O.O.F. Christmas party, Bexley, 22 Dec 1934 |
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| Four unemployed men of Randwick and Coogee with toy wooden aeroplanes made for Christmas 1934, 18 Dec 1934 |
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| Children's Christmas party and Christmas tree, St. Anthony's House, Croydon, 15 Dec 1934 |
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| Lucky customers, 25 December 1934 |
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| Santa in a jalopy |
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| Children in Sydney slums, mainly Surry Hills, Woolloomooloo, Redfern, 1949 |
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| Children in Hills Reserve (Frog Hollow),Surry Hills, 1949 |
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| Fancy dress Christmas party |
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| Man and boys at the NSW-Victoria 2nd XI cricket, 1937 |
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| Armistice at the Cenotaph, Martin Place, Sydney, 1934 |
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| Armistice at the Cenotaph, Martin Place, Sydney, 1934 |
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| Bridesmaid and two flowergirls enter the church, St. Marks, Darling Point, c. 1930s |
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| Spectators on the lawn of Government House view the arrival of the first Royal Australian Navy, Sydney, Oct 1913 |
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| Perier family in de Dion voiturette, c.1903 |
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