Whether good or bad, Australia has always been an automotive nation, and now has more cars than people.
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| Elephants and a pony at Bridge toll bar, 3 April 1932 / photographed by Sam Hood |
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| First “Miss Australia”, Beryl Mills of WA, 1927 / photographed by Sam Hood |
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| Amy Johnson motorcade in Sydney, 1930 / photographed by Sam Hood |
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| Opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge; the first cars at the toll bar, 1932 |
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| Perier family in de Dion voiturette, c.1903 |
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| Start of the Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race, 1971 |
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| Tram and taxi smash in Pitt Street, 25/6/1937 / Sam Hood |
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| Poppy seller pins the flower on cricketer Don Bradman’s lapel outside the State Theatre, Sydney, Remembrance Day, early 1930s / photograph by Sam Hood |
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| Mrs Rose Splatt and family celebrating the Armistice, Melbourne, 1919 / unknown photographer |
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| A wet Angel Place, Sydney, 1930s / Sam Hood |
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| A dray, a Ford and a Morris Oxford Roadster, both 1932 models, in summer rain, Railway Square, Sydney, Jan 1935 / by Sam Hood |
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| Rain, Martin Place, Sydney, 1937 / by Sam Hood |
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| Gladys Moncrieff rides a poppy-laden float, donated by Holeproof Hosiery Company, 11 Nov 1927-1930 / by Sam Hood |
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| Coogee Pier, Sydney, between 1928-1932 / Samuel Wood |
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| 1935 Plymouth sedan, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, February 1937 / Sam Hood |
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| Film actor Helen Twelvetrees and her 1935 Pontiac, Cinesound Studios, Sydney, 1936 / Sam Hood |
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| Baby Austin 7, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 29 April 1937 / Sam Hood |
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| Film actor Helen Twelvetrees and her 1935 Pontiac, Moore Park, Sydney, 1936 / Sam Hood |
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| [Holden crosses at the] opening of the Hexham Bridge, Newcastle, 17 December 1952 / Sam Hood |
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| Motor bus being towed to Queensland, 1929 Cadillac towtruck, Sydney, 1 December 1938 / Sam Hood |
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| Prince of Wales, Sydney, 1920 / Sam Hood |
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| Bugatti Type 40, belonging to R.C. Thomas, probably Parramatta, NSW, 1933 / G.A. Schofield |
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| A sales promotion car done up as a packet of peppermint “Lifesavers”, Sydney, 27 October 1934 / Sam Hood |
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| Young boy with dinky in car workshop while his father (?) services a car, Bondi, 6 October 1955 / Ern McQuillan |
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| Pontiac showroom, York St, Sydney, January 1940, by Sam Hood |
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| Ford car showroom, Sydney, c. 1950, by Sam Hood |
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| Probably Arch Tuckett’s Midget speedcar with Henderson motorcycle engine, having engine work, in lane behind William Street, East Sydney/Woolloomooloo, next to C.A. Martin, decorator, late 1934 / Sam Hood |
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| Royal Price Alfred Hospital Christmas kiss, Sydney, December 1944 / Sam Hood |
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| Car crash, n.d. by Sam Hood |
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| [“Don’t depend on luck. This driver did.” Wrecked car used for NRMA advertisement], c. 1930 by Sam Hood |
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| Humber car, Shoalhaven, ca. 1906 / photographer Cyrus S. Moss |
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| Woman with her new Maxwell car and dog, Shoalhaven, ca. 1920 / photographer Cyrus S. Moss |
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| Francis Birtles, his wife of less than two months, Nea, and his touring car in front of the Public Library of New South Wales, Sydney, 9 May 1935 / photographer Sam Hood |
(via State Library of New South Wales)
