1907

16 October 1907 was a Wednesday ...

Carpet looks in good condition. Is that a hole or a stray leaf under the chair? On closer inspection it may have had a bit editing/scratches.

Why isn't the gentleman standing and one or both of the ladies sitting?

beachcomber australia I though that a bit odd. Older lady I would have expected to be seated. If Miss Nolan is the younger lady, is the man her brother as I do not see an engagement ring on her right hand ?

The ladies only had one pair of shoes between them, that's why they are standing on one foot each.

Merry Christmas All ... 🎄🎅🎄🎄🎅🎄🎅🎄🎅🎄🎅🎄🎅🎄🎅🎄🎅🎄🎅🎄🎅🎅 Mr French / Lawrence was there too on a busy day - maybe a regatta? Looks later than Mr Poole due to the hats - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000316089 EDIT - there is a poster on the concrete slab above the nearby steps with "Tramore Regatta" and an illegible(?) date. See megazoom.

Merry Christmas to everyone.

Yikes! In December 2006 via Gavin Downey no. 2 of 3 -

flic.kr/p/2JRwa3 via Ailish Sullivan

youtu.be/yW-ZTbdeWlw video of harbour

" A pretty scene fresh water", says the writing in the photo.

Henry HACKER (1876-1973) Henry Hacker Born Walthamstow, Essex, England, son of a surgical instrument maker. Early experience at British Museum. Arrived in Australia late 1890s and went gold prospecting and insect collecting in WA, SA, and NQ, often traveling long distances by bicycle. Supplied Coleoptera to many Australian taxonomists. Fought in Boer War 1900-1901. Farmed on Mulgrave River in NQ 1909-10 and was a neighbor to butterfly collector, Conrad Kelsall. Sold 6000 Coleoptera to Berlin Museum in 1910. Appointed insect curator at Queensland Museum 1911. Magnificent collector with great knowledge of habits and life histories. Built the QM research collections and made links with taxonomists around the world. Developed QM's public displays of insects. Skilled insect photographer. Published mainly on Hemiptera and Hymenoptera. Joined many of Perkins' UQ field trips. Seconded in 1929 to the Dept. of Agric. and Stock insect collection and served there until retirement in 1943, working 1-2 days per week at QM. Kept bees at his Herston home and became apiary inspector at the time of the foul brood outbreak in 1931. In retirement sold an extensive collection of Hemiptera to American hemipterous, Carl Drake, whose collection went to the Smithsonian. Hacker was a founding member of the Entomological Society of Queensland in 1923, serving on the first Council for 11 years, President in 1934, and Honorary Life Member from 1943. Source: www.esq.org.au/archive/HIstoricalPages/HackerH.html

If you’re visiting the Cairns and Port Douglas region in summer, you absolutely must check out some of our freshwater swimming spots as well as the iconic Great Barrier Reef. These are where the locals go to cool off and some, like Mossman Gorge, receive large numbers of tourists too. Families visit these jungle swimming holes because they are widely considered safe, there are no crocodiles or marine stingers here, (we hope!), and they are stunningly beautiful. Swimming in crystal clear, freshwater, deep in the jungle rainforest, surrounded by fish, is a bucket list experience. A series of photos and brief words about some of the swimming holes, waterfalls, and swimming lakes near Port Douglas and Cairns, the Daintree and Tablelands, in Far North Queensland Australia. Source: worldtravelfamily.com/fresh-water-swimming-spots-around-c...