Fascinating Historical Photos Of Queensland From The 1930s That Offer A Glimpse Into Everyday Life

#1 Five women at the races, Brisbane, Queensland

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#2 Card players in Centenial Place, Brisbane, Queensland

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#3 Gathering at the Muttaburra races, Queensland

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#4 Inside the Regent Theatre Milk Bar, Brisbane, Queensland

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#5 The Duke and Duchess of York leaving a reception in Brisbane, 1930.

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#6 Animal taming goats races in Queensland, 1930.

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#7 Australia- Miss Amy Johnson, the 19-year-old British aviatrix, is beside herself with joy after landing in Brisbane, 1930

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#8 Transporting sugar at the Mulgrave Mill at Gordonvale, near Cairns, Queensland, 1930.

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#9 Steam train loaded with sugar cane at a station in Queensland, 1930.

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#10 Christmas gift boxes of Queensland dried fruit being unloaded at Tilbury Docks from the Orient liner ‘Orontes’, 1931

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#11 View at the intersection of Queen and Eagle Street in Brisbane, Australia in 1933.

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#12 Vast crowds attended the Ashes series between Australia and England in Brisbane, 10th February 1933.

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#13 Members of the Gold Coast Bar, 1935.

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#14 A view of islands in the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Queensland in northeast Australia, circa 1935.

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#15 Australia, transport of walnut trees with oxcart in Queensland – 1936

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#16 A wood chopping contest in Brisbane, Queensland, 1937.

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#17 A woman is posed sitting on the boom of a sailing vessel, Queensland

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#18 Bathers on the beach at Burleigh, Queensland

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#19 Beach girl on the Sunshine Coast, Caloundra, Queensland

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#20 Beachgoers at Burleigh Heads, Queensland

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#21 Checking the form guide at Ascot races, Brisbane, Queensland

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#22 Couple on a motorcycle, Blackall, Queensland

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#23 Enjoying a ride on the back of a truck, Ayr, Queensland

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#24 Enjoying the sunshine on the deck of the cruise ship Orion, Brisbane, Queensland

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#25 Friends posing on Kirra Beach, Gold Coast, Queensland

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#26 Group of mates riding in a Model T Ford, Double Island Point, Queensland

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#27 Group of young people enjoying a day at the beach with their dog, Queensland

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#28 Group of young people enjoying a day at the beach, Gold Coast, Queensland

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#29 Group of young people socialising on the beach at Magnetic Island, Queensland

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#30 Judging of the Sirens of the Surf competition, Gold Coast, Queensland

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#31 Ladies attending the theatre in Brisbane, Queensland

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#32 Men sitting in the stands at the races, Queensland

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#33 Models posing for a fashion shoot in front of a Qantas biplane, Queensland

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#34 Picnic in the bush in Mount Isa, Queensland

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#35 Stepping out for a Spring fashion parade, Brisbane, Queensland

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#36 Two ladies enjoying a day out at the races, Ascot racetrack, Brisbane, Queensland

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#37 Two ladies posing inside a Qantas aircraft, Queensland

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#38 Two ladies walking on street in Toowoomba, Queensland

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#39 Two women picking a winner at the Ascot Races, Brisbane, Queensland

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#40 Two young beautiful ladies in swimsuits at Southport, Gold Coast, Queensland

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#41 Two young ladies picking a winner at Albion Park racecourse, Brisbane, Queensland

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#42 Watching a tennis game at Milton, Queensland

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#43 Women attended the Ascot Races, Brisbane, Queensland

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#44 Young lady in a low backed dress and cloche hat at the races Brisbane, Queensland

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#45 Young people enjoying a day at the beach, Queensland

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#46 Young women at a military ball, Queensland

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#47 Young women taking a walk along the beach, Queensland

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#48 Joan Grimes, Australian Women’s Emergency Legion, learns to ride a motorcycle, to fit her for the job as a dispatch rider, if needed, 1939.

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#49 Three Blackall residents on a motorcycle, 1930

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#50 A young man is at the top of a small ladder attached to his motorcycle, 1955.

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#51 Officials cutting the starting ribbon at a speedway motorcycle race in Brisbane, 1930.

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#52 Motorcyclists lined along Bourbong Street, Bundaberg, 1937.

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#53 Man dressed in a long dustcoat, hat and goggles with a motorcycle standing in front of a painted backdrop in a studio, 1935.

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#54 Motorcycle racing at the Mareeba Speedway, 1930.

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#55 Motorcycle race on the beach at Bundaberg, Queensland, 1947.

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#56 Motorbike and sidecar with rider and passenger, ca. 1922.

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#57 Motor Cycle stunt team, Thrills and Spills, Bundaberg, 1937.

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#58 Motor bike racer getting a push start at the track, Brisbane, 1955.

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#59 Members of the Brisbane Motorcycle Fishing Club, Adelaide Street, Brisbane, 1938.

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#60 Herb Beecher and his Waratah motor bike, ca. 1940.

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#61 Harley Davidson motorbikes with sidecars outside Mackenzie’s Newsagency, Bulimba, Brisbane, 1953

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#62 Possibly a despatch rider, 1915.

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#63 First meeting of the Cairns Motor Cycle Club at the Woree Speedway, 1930.

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#64 Solicitor from the Toowoomba district, wearing driving gloves and a dust jacket, on a Harley Davidson motorbike, 1930.

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#65 Don McPherson on a 350cc Harley Davidson Peashooter, Townsville, 1930.

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#66 Cousins Eric and Henry Beck on their Indian motorcycle, Cribb Island, 1926.

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#67 Cec O’Mara and Ben Unwin on their motocycles at a speedway race at Davies Park in Brisbane, 1930.

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#68 A boy, wearing a long coat and a hat with the brim turned up, is sitting on a early model Douglas motorcycle, 1915.

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#69 Barbara Davies and Billy Gall on a motorcycle, 1938.

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#70 Two women posing with a motorbike and sidecar, 1922.

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