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I don't know if this really fits into the spotted category, but I can't see anywhere else to put it and, after all, some people have been posting 1960s pictures in here as well as current ones, so here goes.

I might be telling some of you about something you are already aware of, but there is a really good site for finding old (and not so old) Australian photographs, called PictureAustralia http://www.pictureaustralia.gov.au/index.html
Picture Australia is an Internet based service that allows you to search many significant online pictorial collections at the same time. When you do a search on Picture Australia, thumbnail images are retrieved from participating institutions on the fly and inserted into the search results.

For example, a search on 'St Kilda' will retrieve images from all the agencies that hold relevant material, including the Nolan Gallery, the National Library of New Zealand, the National Archives of Australia, the State Library of Victoria, etc.
Here's a small sample of what they've got:

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(Family group beside car on El Sharana road, South Alligator, Northern Territory)

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(Darwin Railway Station with train carriage and police vehicle in the foreground, 1960 FB Holden registration no. 89563)

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(Show room of Williams Motor Co. Pty Ltd, Currie Street, Nambour, 1961 )

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(Brothers' first car, St Johns College, Lakemba, 1961 )
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Post by Trev »

Nice one franfran :D
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Post by matchew »

i love this these style pics, keep em comin 8)
always a good day for cars
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very good 8) i love the old pics too :D
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Post by Finny »

Very nice.

It really was a different world back then. :D :D :D
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IT's LIKE WATCHING DRUNK MONKEYS TRYING TO HUMP A FOOTBALL.
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Post by FB MAD »

Wish I was born 50 years earlier so I could have experienced those " good 'ole days" but then I'd be an older fart than I already am.......

...... or dead :shock: :lol:
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(Canadian Hell Drivers at the Easter Show 1962, Sydney Showground)

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(Canadian Hell Drivers at the Nambour Showgrounds, May 1962)
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8)
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Awesome! 8)
Speed and Style........... One day I'll get the speed bit.
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Post by Ken »

love the old stuff..
OH&S & road safety wouldnt allow helmetless roof surfing these days :( :(

i guess thats why we gotta do it up the freeway instead

gr8 pics fran thanks!
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Post by Ken »

Some more!

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Wot the?
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How cool would it be to pull into this servo?!!!!!

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Post by Thommo »

franfran wrote:I don't know if this really fits into the spotted category,
This is what spotto is for Fran :D
FB's & EK's found anywhere, print, film, internet, driven, dumped, anything anywhere :wink:

Nice pics too 8)
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Post by Sputzwagon »

Fantastic photos Fran...
8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)

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