Australian historical building Black & White Stock Photos
RMDRHT6B–Australian troops building trenches, Fleurbaix, France, WW1
RFEH0YNE–Main building of the World's Fair International Exhibition of Arts, in Melbourne, 1880, Australia, historical illustration, circa 1886
RM2CC7X32–Engraving of Melbourne Hospital, Australia, circa 1887
RFC2RWN4–Main building of the World's Fair International Exhibition of Arts, in Melbourne, 1880, Australia, historical illustration, circ
RMRD78F4–Main building of the World's Fair International Exhibition of Arts, in Melbourne, 1880, Australia, historical illustration
RM2H6H36A–A pharmacist working at his chemist shop in Petrie Terrace, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 1950s. From the McKechnie family collection.
RMD869RH–Killing Of Australian Bushranger Morgan
RM2DJ3DH6–Engraving of the excitement of picking up the English mail from the Sydney Post Office, circa 1880
RM2M4FDKB–Collins Street, Melbourne in 1864. Shows view of street looking west, with streetscape including horsedrawn vehicles, pedestrians and Briscoe and Company building.
RM2C459F2–Sydney Australia 1938: Completed in 1934, just four years before this image was published, the ANZAC War Memorial in Sydney's Hyde Park commemorated all members of Australian Defence Forces who took part in World War One.This image was published in a 1938 book by Municipal Council of Sydney to commemorate 'the 150th anniversary of the founding of a nation'
RM2JAPYRR–Australian politician Bertram Stevens, Premier of New South Wales, on the steps of the Treasury Building, Sydney ca. 1934
RM2M3NKWF–The Empire at the Palace: a one-and-a-half mile world's tour. The Festival of Empire at the Crystal Palace (held from May to October 1911), featured the All-Red route, a tour by specially-built electric railway and mechanical boat, around reconstructions of various parts of the British Empire, and past buildings representing the Overseas Dominions. 1. Canadian Building; 2. Indian Building and Bazaar; 3. Australian Building; 4. New Zealand Building; 5. South African Building; 6. Newfoundland Building; 7. Grand Truck Railway Building; 8. Tudor Castle and Street; 9. Part of the Amphitheatre; 10.
RF2F9WP74–Goverment house Melbourne
RFKGH7TX–St Mary's Cathedral, Perth
RMMDKR40–Australian Mutual Provident Society building on the corner of Queen
RM2M4FDKA–Chinese Quarter, Little Bourke Street, Melbourne in 1863.
RMMY0GPH–Burke Street, Julia Creek, c 1953. The Australian Estates & Mortgage Co Ltd was founded in 1894 as wool and produce selling brokers, stock and station agents, pastoralists, raw sugar millers and cane growers. It renamed The Australian Estates Company Limited in 1936 and was taken over by CSR Limited in 1975. As of August 2017, both these building still exist.
RM2HX5HP7–Commonwealth Emblems For The Coronation -- Mrs. Jean Robinson at work on the Australian Emblem. Huge emblems to decorate the great Commonwealth Stand now being erected in Parliament Square for the Coronation now being completed by a team of ***** under the direction of Mr. Kenneth ***** of the Royal College of Arts. April 29, 1953. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency, Limited).
RMMY0G9R–View of the roof of the Government Printer Building, with. Can you make out the stone devils perched at the top of the Government Printing Building? A historical symbol of the printing industry, there are seven devils on the facade of the building, and one statue hidden away inside. There are some unsual - and some far-reaching - theories to explain the notorious printer's devils... The Seven Devils of George Street ...A 'printer's devil' was a nickname given to printer's apprentices, who performed such tas
RF2D9H0MX–The vast interior of the Grand Concourse, Sydney Central Railway Station, Australia. Black and white
RMMY0ET2–Supreme Court building under construction, Brisbane, September 1967.
RM2RBTCN3–Amiens, France: May 22, 1918 Australian troops fire a final volley over the grave of Manfred von Richthofen, the German ace pilot know as the Red Baron. He was shot down on the Western Front, and his body fell behind the British lines. He was buried with full military honors.
RMMY0EAG–South Brisbane Technical College, Allied Trades building - Brisbane, August.
RM2WJ8D6P–Grand organ, Town Hall, Sydney, between 1928-1932
RMMY0KP3–J D Story Administration Building, University of Queensland, St Lucia,. J D Story Administration Building was designed by University of Queensland Staff Architect James Birrell. It is named after John Douglas Story, a prominent Queensland public servant who worked for the establishment of the University.
RM2HX5DFH–Able Seaman Steve Clough of Lakemba, N.S.W. smiles broadly as he tacks up the British Landing Force Headquarters sign on the entrance to the building requisitioned for this purpose in the Yokosuka Naval Base. September 16, 1945. (Photo by Australian Official Photo).
RM2DJ3DH5–Engraving of the Sydney Post Office, circa 1880
RM2HX4GTA–First New Big liner to be built by the P. and O. Company for the Australian trade, the Himalaya (29,000 tons) is the largest vessel ever designed for the Company and will carry 1200 passengers. She is shown here building at Vickers-Armstrong works Barrow-in-Furness. January 07, 1947.
RM2DX1X55–Engraving of several scenes of the Melbourne Library, Victoria, Australia, circa 1880
RM2C459EN–Crowded these days by surrounding roads, mature trees and buildings, St Andrew's Anglican Cathedral, is a cathedral church of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney in the Anglican Church of Australia. Designed by Architect Edmund Blacket the building was constructed between 1837 and 1868 in a Gothic Revival style. This image was published in a 1938 book by Municipal Council of Sydney to commemorate 'the 150th anniversary of the founding of a nation (Australia)'
RM2FA1AN1–Engraving of Murrurundi, Australia, circa 1880
RM2HX5DG4–An Australian N.C.O. gives orders to Japs who have been brought from Timor as a working party. They are building a barbed wire enclosure for Jap war criminals at present on trial in Darwin. March 13, 1946. (Photo by Australian Official Photograph).
RM2CH77J1–A cautious banker waits with a loaded revolver to see what his customers will do if they are bushrangers during the Australian gold rush era.
RM2HX55P5–A banner proclaiming 'Boycott Aussie Goods' outside the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) building at Shentonway. The NTUC has called Singapore workers not to by Australian goods for one month form June 24 to condemn the Season's Union of Australia holding the 3,000 ton Pacific Viking in Sydney since June 10. June 27, 1952. (Photo by AP Radiophoto)
RM2DX1XA3–Engraving of Melbourne University, Victoria, Australia, circa 1880
RM2M4FDK8–Chinese Exchange, Little Bourke Street, Melbourne in 1863.
RM2DHMX6N–Engraving of a crowd gathered at the bandstand and rotunda in Adelaide, South Australia, circa 1880
RM2M4FDNH–German Bazaar, St. George's Hall, Melbourne. Shows men and women inside hall. Paintings and goods dislayed around walls. 1865.
RM2HX56CP–Queen Meets World's Missionaries -- Her Majesty the Queen talking to Australian and New Zealand Church Missionary Society representatives. Left to right - The Right Rev. The Bishop of Nelson, New Zealand, and his wife Mrs. Stephenson; The Rev. R. J. Hewett, Federal Secretary of the Society of Australia and Tasmania; and his wife, Mrs. Hewett; and Her Majesty The Queen.Her Majesty The Queen this evening visited the City of London Head Quarters of the Church Missionary Society in Salibury-Suare, Fleet, Street, when she met officials and staff of the society, and inspected the building from which
RM2M4FDH4–Bourke Street East in Melbourne On A Saturday Night in 1863. Shows a very crowded Bourke Street, with carriages and families.
RM2HX5RM5–Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the dedication of the Anzac Garden atop the British Empire Building in Rockefeller Center on Sunday, April 23, 1950, are: (L. to r.) Lt. Gen. E.K. Smart, Australian Consul General; Miss Nola Luxford, wartime President of the Anzac Club of N.Y.; The Honorable Norman Makin, Australian Ambassador to the U.S.; G.S. Eyssell, Executive Vice President of Rockefeller Center, Inc., and Mr. D.W. Woodward, New Zealand Consul General. During the ceremony a bronze plaque to be placed in the garden was presented to Rockefeller Center. The inscription on the plaque is as
RM2M4FDR6–Jewish Synagogue, Bourke Street West. 1864.
RM2HX5RK0–Australian Consul General Speaks - Lt. Gen. E.K. Smart (at microphone), Australian Consul General in New York, speaks at rededication ceremonies for Anzac Garden atop the British Empire Building in radio city, New York, Apr. 22, as Miss Nola Luxford (left center), wartime President and founder of Anzac Club of New York City who presided at the ceremonies, looks on. Soldiers are members of U.S. Air Force color guard. In background is St. Patrick's (R.C.) Cathedral. The garden is in memory of Australian and New Zealand troops who fell in action during World War I. April 22, 1951. (Photo by
RMMXYN42–Mackay Harbour Board building, c 1964. The Mackay Harbour Board office building was designed by architect Russell Gibbins. It passed into the ownership of North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation Limited in 2009. While it met some of the criteria to be listed on the Queensland Heritage Register, due to being surrounded by bulk petrol, diesel and sulphuric acid tanks the building could no longer be used and a decision was taken in 2011 that it would not be heritage listed.
RM2HX5JDB–Australian Cricket 'Parliament,' the Board of control, in session in the V.C.A. Building today. There have been elaborate preparations for this important meeting which faced an agenda with more than 70 items. From left (round the table): Messrs. Clem Hill (S.A.), R. F. Middleton (S.A.), H. W. Hodgetts (S.A.), K. O. Johnstone (N.s.W.), R. A. Oxlade (N.S.W.), F. M. Cush (N.S.W.), the chairman (Dr. Allen Robertson), the secretary of the Board and Manager of the team (Mr. W. H. Jeanes (S.A..), the acting-secretary, ( Mr. H. Heydon, N.S.W.), Dr. R. L. Morton (Vic.), and Messrs H. A. Bussell (Vic.)
RMMY0M39–Land Administration Building, Brisbane, 1963. From the Queensland Heritage Registerid=600123 ) . This four-storeyed masonry government office building was erected between 1901 and 1905. Initially intended as offices for the Lands and Survey Departments, it was finished and occupied in 1905 as the Executive Building, accommodating both the Lands and Survey Departments and offices of the Premier and Executive Council. It is the most prominent Brisbane example of state building activity associated with the economic recovery of the late 1890s, and with the colony's newly federated status. In 189
RMRFW21D–Natives of Queensland, Australia, Antique Australian Photograph, 1893
RMMY0ENT–Steel structure of State Government Building, Anzac Square, 11 September. From the Queensland Heritage Registerid=600059 ) . The former Queensland Government Offices (Anzac Square Building) was built in stages commencing in 1931 and completed by 1959. It forms an integral part of the design by JS Murdoch, Chief Architect of the Commonwealth, for the block bounded by Edward, Ann, Creek and Adelaide streets and consisting of separate state and federal government offices flanking a memorial square. Prior to the construction of the Queensland Government Offices the site was occupied by the old N
RM2BT8M8W–Looking south along York Street, Sydney, Australia in 1938 with Wynyard Square and the statue of John Dunmore Lang, a founder of the Presbyterian Church in Australia, on left and the new multi storey New South Wales Railways building on the right. Much has changed in the 82 years since this image was taken but the railways building is still in use. This image was published in a book by Municipal Council of Sydney to commemorate 'the 150th anniversary of the founding of a nation'
RMMY0HHF–Family Services Building, George Street, Brisbane, September 1926. From the Queensland Heritage Registerid=600111 ) . Brisbane's first high-rise government office building was constructed between 1914 and 1922. It was intended partly as general public offices, but more importantly as state headquarters for the enormously successful Queensland Government Savings Bank, established in 1864. Bank headquarters had occupied a purpose-designed banking chamber and offices in the second wing of the Treasury Building from early 1893. By 1912 these premises were no longer adequate. In consequence, the
RM2JGXKPR–Various angles of the Sydney Opera House showing the unique tiling and architecture.
RMMY0PKG–Queensland Museum with Dinosaur, 30 April 1985. Old Museum Buildingid=600209 ) ... In 1900 the Brisbane City Council, following the purchase of the Concert Hall's purpose built organ, leased the hall from the Government and organised a program of regular concerts and civic functions. At the same time, the Queensland Museum decided to move to and adapt the Exhibition Hall for a museum, after twenty years in a comparatively smaller purpose built building in William Street. Tenders for altering the Exhibition Hall into a museum were called in March 1899 and involved the construction of a gallery
RM2HX57KM–Don Athaldo - Australian Strongman. August 17, 1949.
RMMXYN41–Mackay West School Additions under construction, 1947 Facing North. Mackay West School 171167936?searchTerm=mackay west school&searchLimits=l-state=Queensland ) In view of the overcrowded condition of the State school at Mackay West, a new school building, with an overall measurement of 82 feet by 23 feet. has just been completed by the Public Works Department. The building embraces three rooms, one measureing 24ft. 6in by 23ft. and two rooms of 21 by 23 ft. each. The building is surrounded by a veranda, at the end of which is a storeroom for sporting material. The building is complete w
RMDRJ800–Pitt Street, Sydney, Australia
RM2DHMWWK–Engraving of the Sydney Post Office, circa 1880
RMMY0HRF–Former Department of Primary Industries Building, William Street, Brisbane, June. From the Queensland Heritage Registerid=601093 ) . The former Department of Primary Industries building, finished in unpainted render and painted brickwork, is built on a steeply sloping site with two storeys and basement fronting William Street and a lower three-storeyed wing at the rear fronting Queen's Wharf Road. with a hipped rib and pan galvanised iron roof. The building was originally built as an Immigration Depot, and construction began in 1865 and completed in 1866. The building was constructed on par
RM2ARBF3W–Post Office, Northam, Western Australia.
RMME2E19–Workmen decorate their building.
RME0KX4X–Leslie Boyce leads cheer for Queen Elizabeth II
RM2M96JAB–Scene at a sports day prizegiving, with British and Australian flags on display.
RME0RWKM–Actor Peter Finch marries Eletha Barrett
RMDB4J0N–military, Australia, Royal Military College, Duntroon, circa 1940, Additional-Rights-Clearences-Not Available
RM2REMD9H–Chicago, Illinois: January, 1943 The Union Station concourse with the flags of various countries hanging from the ceiling.
RM2WJ8D73–Queen Victoria Buildings, looking down George St, Sydney Australia, 1920s
RM2RBTC3A–Amiens, France: May 22, 1918 British troops reverently stand by as Manfred von Richthofen, the German ace pilot know as the Red Baron is buried. He was shot down on the Western Front, and his body fell behind the British lines. He was buried with full military honors.
RMABWPD0–Coach and Horses Sovereign Hill Ballarat Victoria Australia
RM2C459DP–Sydney Australia 1938: The Sydney Town Hall in pre war Sydney with St Andrews Cathedral to its left. Curiously in the lower left corner two men appear to be having a close up (possibly heated) conversation of sorts. This image was published in a 1938 book by Municipal Council of Sydney to commemorate 'the 150th anniversary of the founding of a nation'
RFKM32AF–The Brewery clock tower in what was formerly the Townsville Post office, Flinders St, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
RMEHKAP9–St Andrews Uniting Church - Brisbane Open House
RF2GH7EEJ–Sydney Opera House, Australia, landmark grey icon.
RM2HX57GA–Don Athaldo - Australian Strongman. August 17, 1949.
RM2HX57J2–Don Athaldo - Australian Strongman. August 8, 1949.
RM2DHMWX5–Engraving of the excitement of picking up the English mail from the Sydney Post Office, circa 1880
RM2J72BWW–A jeep negotiates a 'corduroy' road across a swamp. The only successful way of building a road in this type of country. The road is made by placing coconut logs across the swamp, and need constant attention. May 11, 1944.
RMME3KA0–Unidentified building, Stanthorpe, 1872.
RM2HX51EN–Harry Seidler, well known architect (speaking into microphone),lecturing to large crowd on modern architecture at the Building and Housing Exhibition at the Trocadero to-night. Seidler is using a strip film projector to illustrate his lecture. February 09, 1955. (Photo by Leyden).
RM2HX4FXK–Margel Hinder. M11 Mother and Child *****. Ironbark 125.5 X 38.0 X38.0 Exh: Exhibition I. 1939, Private collection, Made from part of an old building. The artist tried to preserve the block. Dr. H. V. Evatt purchased it during Exhibition I. January 01, 1939.
RM2HX5KC1–Oil Australia-Bound as soon as her shake-down runs are completed, the new on tanker 'Stanvac Canberra' leaves the ways at Baltimore, Maryland ***** April 25 destined for service in Australian waters for Vacuum ***** oil Company, Pty. Ltd. Australian Ambassador to the United States Werman J O. Makin attended the launching. The big tanker was ***** by Australian Fuel and Shipping Minister George McLeay ***** congratulations. May 1, 1950. (Photo by Francis Digennaro, Standard-Vacuum Oil Company).
RM2HX5TMH–Douglas B. Snelling -- Snelling studies a model of a house he is building for an Australian businessmen. The layout is dedicated to the climatic conditions in Sydney *****. May 10, 1950.
RM2C459EF–Sydney, Australia 1938: Cars parked in the driveway of Government House in Sydney which was completed in 1847 and constructed in Gothic revival style, it is the residence of the Governor of New South Wales who is the Queen's representative for the state. This image was published in a 1938 book by Municipal Council of Sydney to commemorate 'the 150th anniversary of the founding of a nation'
RM2HX51CF–Harry Seidler's new home. January 03, 1949.
RF2J7JXBD–Kiev, Ukraine - March 1, 2022: Vector Sydney Opera House, Australia, landmark one line icon. Continuous one line illustration.
RFT55MDX–Sydney Opera House, Australia, landmark line icon.
RM2FA1AK8–Engraving of pastoral scenes in Australia - at top, a musterer with a mob of horses, at bottom, a dairy farmer milking a cow by hand
RM2DX1X9J–Engraving of the new law courts of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1880
RMMDTM3R–State Government building Brisbane 1933.
RM2DX1XAE–Engraving of the old law courts of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1880
RMME3P4T–Building the Story Bridge, Brisbane, 1936.
RM2H3X6J8–Two eight horse teams standing in opposite directions, one pulling a tall load of hay. Both loads are on carts standing outside a store in Gladstone, South Australia. May,, 1909. The sign above the store on two sides of the building may say 'James & Co.' & 'We sell...brand'
RM2D6K0KW–Staff of the Charleville Times newspaper pose for the camera, June 22, 1936. Editor John Gillard McKechnie at front left. From the McKechnie family collection.
RM2J65FJ9–Engraving of the mining registrar's office in Ballarat, VIctoria, Australia, 1856
RMME2DDM–Finney's Building in Queen Street, Brisbane.
RM2J65FP2–Illustration of Ballarat, VIctoria, Australia, 1855, showing part of the camp and the logs, where prisoners were bound for want of a prison lockup.
RMMDTM3P–Supreme Court building Brisbane, ca 1891.
RMMDTM9H–Queensland Government Administrative Building Brisbane 1920.
RMME3JFF–Queensland National Bank building at Stanthorpe, ca 1872.
RMMDTN7A–Courier mail newspaper building Brisbane ca 1934.
RMMDTJGT–Road building equipment in Queensland, ca 1933.
RMME29TX–Queen Street, Brisbane with the Gordon and Gotch building in.
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