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“Frank B. (Bagot) Smith was an agent for the Richfield Oil Company of California, with an office in Bridge Street, Sydney, from 1928 to 1932. Before being involved in the oil industry, he was a former secretary to Victorian Railways Commissioner and a licensed shorthand writer for the Supreme Court of Victoria. “Mr Smith's secretary was his wife Pearl (née Earle), they married in 1926. The photographs on the wall; (at left) Australian gunners in action at Gallipoli titled `The bruvver' refers to Frank B. Smith's younger brother, who fought at Gallipoli; and (at center) a portrait of Smith's other brother with his jazz band, the Lin Smith Jazz Band.”—Record Details Biography of Australian photographer William J. Hall (Hall & Co.) (1877–1951) here.

brilliant.

The man on the left is using a small dolly pot for crushing gold bearing specimen rocks to release the gold. Once exposed the gravel can be panned off by the gent on the right, leaving the gold behind (hopefully). www.araratgold.com.au/products/dolly-pot

Blue Mountains Library, Local Studies 👍

It isn't the train that interests me; it is the guy on the roller-skates!

I got arrested last time I tried to roller skate across the bridge. :(

The lead carriage is C3426, and has been restored in operational condition.

The lines are amazing!

excellent work

LOL how interesting the men are half naked and the women are dressed in full length formal ware. My how times have changed. What was brewed?

"Tooths" is one of Australia's major brewers of beer

What Catch Me Now said! Talk about a time warp.