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Motorcycle rider posing with a Coventry Eagle racing bike, No. 116, city street setting, ca. 1935 from State Library of New South Wales uploaded May 2021
Jack Murray driving his Bugatti Ford racing car, Grand Prix, Bathurst, October 1946 from State Library of New South Wales uploaded October 2019
Warning flag, Grand Prix Bathurst, October 1946 from State Library of New South Wales uploaded October 2019
Ted Gray in his Alfa Romeo Ford in front of Frank Kleinig in a Hudson Eight Special, Grand Prix Bathurst, October 1946 from State Library of New South Wales uploaded October 2019
Spectators on the hill, Grand Prix, Bathurst, October 1946 from State Library of New South Wales uploaded October 2019
No. 8, Alec Mildren in His Ford V8 Special, cornering next to Jack Nind in his MG TB Special, Grand Prix, Bathurst, October 1946 from State Library of New South Wales uploaded October 2019
Belf Jones in a Buick Special in front of Bill MacLachlan in a modified MG TA, Grand Prix, Bathurst, October 1946 from State Library of New South Wales uploaded October 2019
Working on Frank Kleinig's Hudson Eight Special,Grand Prix, Bathurst, October 1946 from State Library of New South Wales uploaded October 2019
John Crouch in a Delahaye 135 followed by Alby Johnson in a an MG TC, Grand Prix, Bathurst, October 1946 from State Library of New South Wales uploaded October 2019
Grand Prix, Bathurst, October 1946, from State Library of New South Wales uploaded October 2019
Working on racing cars, Frank Kleinig's No. 1 Hudson Eight Special in the foreground, Grand Prix, Bathurst, October 1946 from State Library of New South Wales uploaded October 2019
Alf Najar, Grand Prix winner at Bathurst, October 1946 from State Library of New South Wales uploaded October 2019
No. 21, Alf Najar next to No. 22, Jack Nind, Grand Prix, Bathurst, October 1946 from State Library of New South Wales uploaded October 2019
Grand Prix Bathurst from State Library of New South Wales uploaded October 2019

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Motorcycle rider posing with a Coventry Eagle racing bike, No. 116, city street setting, ca. 1935

from State Library of New South Wales

State Library of New South Wales said:
Doe anyone have any ideas about where this might have been taken?
Simon Dodd said:
Looks like No 119 to me! 😂
covid convict said:
trove.nla.gov.au/work/184210393 - this NLA Fairfax aerial pic shows the location... Also see www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryofnsw/50752729658/

Grand Prix, Bathurst, October 1946,

from State Library of New South Wales

Peter Kelaher said:
Pity help them if a car swerved off the track! Can anyone explain how this lap-counting(?) system worked?
aussiejeff said:
Peter Kelaher Simples! Rather than rely on fiddly computers, electronics & sensors to record lap times & laps completed, "back in the day" they relied more on the old multi-purpose eyeball, flip-cards, stop-watches & GP Pen & Paper!! ;o). I suspect Car No. 20 was/is undergoing running repairs in the "pits" for a number of laps, but is still capable of finishing. Presumably, the cars with no laps showing have been retired/crashed out :0)
Peter Kelaher said:
Thanks aussiejeff! Explanation much appreciated! And what a system it was!

No. 21, Alf Najar next to No. 22, Jack Nind, Grand Prix, Bathurst, October 1946

from State Library of New South Wales

Peter Kelaher said:
Love the start/finish podium!