Transportation Gallery

Pitt Street, Sydney. Voting in Federal Election, 1984

A colour image of Pitt Street, Sydney. The layout of the street has changed over the decades, as has the direction of the traffic. The image shows the now demolished Ascot Theatre and the old entrance to the Hilton hotel. Waltons department store and Lowe's have been replaced by the Citibank building. The building that is now the Arthouse Hotel on Pitt street can be seen in the image. There are now only two lanes on the street and travel in the opposite direction towards Pitt Street Mall

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A cameleer leads a camel train along a dirt road in the outback

Cameleer Kurt Posel leads a camel train along a dirt road in the outback. The group is in profile heading towards and just to the side of the camera. In the background is a sparsely shrubbed rocky outcrop and a big, blue sky with clouds in the distance.
This colour image was shot in open country near Simpsons Gap (Rungutjirpa) in the West MacDonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, while filming Australian Wildlife Series: Camel 1975: Although not a biological study of this notable contributor to Australia's history, this film corrects some of the popular misconceptions about the camel and its habitat. In addition to showing camels in their rough and risky Australian environment, the film includes the people who work with camels in the Australian outback

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A couple of American tourists sit in the back seat of a small car

A black and white, elevated view of a couple of American tourists (man and woman) in the back seat of small taxi, which has no headrests. The smartly dressed couple are looking away from the camera. The man wears a hat, paisley patterned tie and a tweed jacket. The woman is dressed in a dark blazer with white trim over a turtle neck sweater. Her short hair is immaculately styled. The taxi drives the couple around Bentley, Perth as the driver shows them Perth's tourist sites like Parliament House and King's Park. This image was shot while filming Taxi 1972: A day in the life of an owner-driver of a taxi in Perth

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