An Imperial Airways short c class flying boat being tied up to a moori...
An Imperial Airways short c class flying boat being tied up to a mooring buoy. The plane was carrying captain Frank Hurley, an Australian official photographer attached to the department of information, and all... More
Beersheba Palestine, a veiled Arab woman
A veiled Arab woman in Bersheeba, Palestine.Français : Une femme voilée à Beer-Sheva en Palestine.
Cockatoo Island aerial view 1951
Aerial photograph of Cockatoo Island, Sydney Harbour. Ships in this photograph, are (from bottom left corner): 1. At Plate Wharf: HMA Ships Queenborough (inboard) and Quiberon (outboard) at an early stage of co... More
FrankHurleyAustralian9.2inchHowitzerFiring - A black and white photo o...
THE THIRD BATTLE OF YPRES (PASSCHENDAELE) 31 JULY - 10 NOVEMBER 1917 Description: The 55th Australian Siege Battery in action with 9.2 inch howitzer Mk I near Voormezeele. Camouflage netting screens the emplace... More
FrankHurleyAustralian9.2inchHowitzerFiring1917 - A group of men standi...
THE THIRD BATTLE OF YPRES (PASSCHENDAELE) 31 JULY - 10 NOVEMBER 1917 Description: The 55th Australian Siege Battery in action with 9.2 inch howitzer Mk I near Voormezeele. Camouflage netting screens the emplace... More
Looking from a window in the Hotel Feast. 1940. 004064
Jerusalem English: 1940-11-14. JERUSALEM - LOOKING FROM A WINDOW IN THE HOTEL FAST, NOW THE AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS CLUB AND H.Q. OF THE COMFORTS FUND, A GROUP OF N.Z. SOLDIERS IS SEEN STARTING OFF ON A TOUR OF TH... More
Members of the scientific expedition on board the Discovery arriving i...
Members of the scientific expedition on board the Discovery arriving in Adelaide, South Australia, 1930. Sitting in front, A. Howard. First row, Left to right:, G. Eric Douglas, J.W.S. Marr, Prof. T. Harvey Joh... More
Robert Falla, assistant zoologist with the B.A.N.Z. Expedition, ca. 19...
Robert Falla, assistant zoologist with the B.A.N.Z. Expedition, ca. 1930
Scientific staff on the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic ...
Scientific staff on the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research. From left to right, top row: T. Harvey Johnston, Morton H. Moyes, Robert Falla; Middle row: R. G. Simmers, Alfred Howard, James W.... More
RMS Strathaird, Sydney, Australia
RMS Strathaird, beneath the Sydney Harbour Bridge Public domain photograph of Australian city, cityscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
William R. Colbeck - Australia in World War Two
William Robinson Colbeck was the son of William Colbeck (1871–1930) a British seaman who distinguished himself on two Antarctic expeditions
William Street Sydney from air, Sydney, Australia
William Street branching out to Kings Cross, Victoria Street, etc., Sydney.
A dreamy Venice in seal-land, from (Exhibition of pictures taken durin...
Format: Photograph Find more detailed information about this photographic collection: 17775 Search for more great images in the State Library's collections: From the collection of the State Library of New S... More
A Sub-Antarctic sunrise. South Georgia, 1915 - photographed by Frank H...
Format: Glass Paget plate phototransparency Notes: Frank Hurley colour Paget plates of Ernest Shackleton's 'Endurance' expedition to Antartica, 1915 Frank Hurley visited the Antarctic six times between 1911 a... More
Wreck of the 'Gratitude', Macquarie Island, 1911 (3769933479)
Format: Silver gelatin photoprint Notes: First Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 From the collections of the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales Information about photographic collect... More
(An Armenian priest reading from the scriptures, Church of the Holy Se...
Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 Part of the Hurley negative collection. an23565859
(Apple orchards, trees in full bloom, wooden fence posts in the distan...
Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 Part of the Hurley negative collection.; Hurley series: Tasmania. an23998700
(Bouquet of native flowers, 2) (Frank Hurley) (9714546974)
Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 Title devised by cataloguer.; Part of the Hurley negative collection. an24156342
(Children wearing daisy chains in front of apple blossom, Warners orch...
Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 Title devised by cataloguer from Hurley index.; Hurley series: [Tasmania]; Part of the Hurley negative collection.; Hurley no. B8.; Condition: silvering. an23378426
(Lady holding a flower pot, standing outside a house, 2) (Frank Hurley...
Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 Title devised by cataloguer.; Part of the Hurley negative collection. an23753517
(The abode of science on Heard Island, BANZARE, 1929) (6173425701)
Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962. Part of the John George Hunter collection of photographs of Antarctica, 1911-1914. The tiny old Norwegian hut in which eight scientists of the Mawson Antarctic Expedition dwelt during ... More
(Two women walking up a hill, a 1930s Vauxhall car 211- 651, spring bl...
Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 Part of the Hurley negative collection.; Condition: silvering.; This may have been taken when Hurley was filming "A nation is born", commemorating Australia's sesquicentenary.; Hurley s... More
(Unidentified woman standing between branches with blossoms on) (Frank...
Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 Title devised by cataloguer.; Part of the Hurley negative collection.; In box labelled "Lord Howe Island". an23567501
(Unidentified woman standing in front of an aqua van with the words 'L...
Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 Title devised by cataloguer.; Part of the Hurley negative collection.; Condition: scratched. an23924541
(Unidentified woman standing next to a bush of flannel flowers holding...
Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 Title devised by cataloguer.; In box labelled "Sundries Queensland, various scenes, Hurley Collection".; Part of the Hurley negative collection.; Condition: emulsion surface - silvering... More
Conway shovel in operation No.4 P.S. (power station, and men, Kiewa, D...
Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 Part of the Hurley negative collection.; Condition: silvering.; Hurley no.: 113.; See SECV index.; Hurley series: State Electricity Commission of Victoria. an23503842
Joan Pernell wattle Crowning glory (golden wattle, Australia's nationa...
Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 Part of the Hurley negative collection.; Hurley no.: S210.; See Index, Sydney, p. 79 and Sydney, p. 34.; Hurley series: Sydney. an23478373
Portrait of Antoinette Hurley holding her daughter Yvonne in the air, ...
Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962. Title devised by cataloguer from acquisition information.; In collection: Hurley collection of family, industrial, pastoral and scenic images, 1910-1950.; Condition: Yellowing, silveri... More
River Cave, Margaret River (Western Australia, 2) (Frank Hurley) (9781...
Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 Title based on inscription in Hurley's hand on accompanying documentation.; Part of the Hurley negative collection.; Hurley no. 146.; Hurley series: [Western Australia]. an23166709
This plate commemorates James Carvosso Wiburd, who retired in 1932 aft...
Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 Part of the Hurley negative collection.; Caption from 'The Blue Mountains and Jenolan Caves' (1952) by Frank Hurley, p. 78.; Hurley series: Copied negatives Jenolan. an23816742
Tunnellers going on shift No.4 P. S. (men in underground tunnel on tra...
Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 Part of the Hurley negative collection.; Condition: silvering.; Hurley no.: 111.; Duplicate of no. 110, see SECV index.; Hurley series: State Electricity Commission of Victoria. an23503852
Young Moslem of Nablus among the almond blossoms of early spring (Fran...
Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 Part of the Hurley negative collection.; Condition: silvering.; See cover.; Hurley series: Palestine, World War II.; Other number: 11, P84. an23565337
(Man wearing head dress), Darnley Island (Erub), Torres Straits - Fran...
Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 http://nla.obj-149360186 Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Machines of the Australian Flying Corps photographed from inside a han...
ID Number: P03631.018 Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank) Place made: Palestine Date made: c 1918 Machines of the Australian Flying Corps photographed from inside a hangar. [Bristol fighter F.2B ser... More
Taking a break from the battlefield, chatting around the campfire (176...
Creator: Hurley, James Francis (Frank). Location: Steenvoorde, France; Lat/long: 50.80944,2.582375 Date: 1917. Description: A group of servicemen sitting around a fire, talking. Number 18 in the 'Our Boys at t... More
Cape Petrels afloat off South Georgia, 1914 (4792719773)
Reproduction ID: P00005 Maker: James Francis Hurley Date: November - December 1914 Materials: Gelatine dry plate Henley Collection
A scene in the Flinders Ranges about 1935 – Frank Hurley photograph (H...
Note: This is a carefully repaired version of the original (A scene in the Flinders Ranges about 1935 – Frank Hurley photograph (History Trust SA GN05638).jpg), which has a bright flare caused by a crack in th... More
Mosman Bay ferry is likely Kirawa if not Kanangra
Mosman Bay. Ferry is likely Kirawa (1912 - 1952) if not Kanangra (1912 - 1985) Mosman Bay (close up shot) [Sydney Harbour, New South Wales] (Hurley negative collection.)[1], 1932 - 1952, nla.obj-158893367, 1 ... More
Sydney ferry KIRRULE approaching Mosman Bay Wharf
Sydney ferry KIRRULE (1910 - 1953) Mosman Bay. Mosman Bay (wider angle) [Sydney Harbour, New South Wales] (Hurley negative collection.)[1], 1930s or 1940s, nla.obj-158894042, 1 negative : glass ; full plate.
Sydney ferry likely KIRAWA maybe KANANGRA in Mosman Bay
Sydney ferry likely KIRAWA (1912 - 1952) or maybe KANANGRA (1912 - 1985) in Mosman Bay. Kirawa and Kanangra were almost identical ferries and in photos can sometimes be distinguished by their wheelhouse roof shape.
Sydney Showboat Ferry KALANG passes through old Spit Bridge
Sydney Showboat Ferry KALANG (1926 - 1972) passes through old Spit Bridge late 1940s or early 1950s. Detail from larger Frank Hurley image. [The Spit Bridge, central section open with the showboat Kalang pass... More
A view along the shore with penguins in the foreground, South Georgia ...
Reproduction ID: P00010 Maker: James Francis Hurley Date: 1917 Materials: Gelatine dry plate Henley Collection
Cape Pigeons afloat off South Georgia (4792719773)
Reproduction ID: P00005 Maker: James Francis Hurley Date: November - December 1914 Materials: Gelatine dry plate Henley Collection
Hamberg Glacier, Moraine Fjord, South Georgia (4793353614)
Reproduction ID: P00003 Maker: James Francis Hurley Date: November - December 1914 Materials: Gelatine dry plate Henley Collection
The ice cliffs of the snout of Hamberg Glacier, Moraine Fjord, South G...
Reproduction ID: P00009 Maker: James Francis Hurley Date: November - December 1914 Materials: Gelatine dry plate Henley Collection
The snout of Hamberg Glacier, Moraine Fjord, South Georgia (4792720385...
Reproduction ID: P00006 Maker: James Francis Hurley Date: November - 5 December 1914 Materials: Gelatine dry plate Henley Collection
Almond Orchard, Brighton South Australia(GN05648)
A girl is sitting on a car, presumably belonging to Hurley, amongst an almond orchard at Brighton. This image is part of a series of photographs taken by Captain Frank Hurley in 1935.
Botanic Gardens(GN05675)
One of the many lakes situated at the Botanic Gardens in Adelaide, South Australia. The Adelaide Botanic Garden is a 51-hectare (130-acre) public garden at the north-east corner of the Adelaide city centre, in ... More
Creswell Gardens(GN05679)
Sheep are seen in the Creswell Gardens grazing. The gardens are between the Adelaide Oval, War Memorial Drive, King William Road and St Peter's Cathedral. They were established in 1909 and named after South Aus... More
Government House(GN05671)
An aerial view of Goverment House and King William road in Adelaide, South Australia. The Torrens Parade Ground in the background, as well as North Adelaide, Saint Peters Cathedral and the River Torrens. This i... More
King William Street(GN05630)
The building on the right is the Colonial Mutual Life Building. This building was built in 1934 during the Great Depression and gave hundreds of men work during this period. The building is made with manmade co... More
King William Street(GN05739)
A view of a bustling King William Street. The building on the right is the Colonial Mutual Life Building. This building was built in 1934 during the Great Depression and gave hundreds of men work during this pe... More
King William Street(GN05616)
King William Street, looking south west from the Shell Building. In the background is the western part of Adelaide City. This photograph is apart of a series of photos taken by Captain Frank Hurley in 1935.
Millbrook Reservoir(GN05852)
A man and a woman view the landscape of Millbrook Reservor. Millbrook Reservoir is a 16,000-megalitre artificial water storage reservoir in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia. It was built from 1914 to 1918 du... More
Morialta Falls(GN05747)
Man climbs a set of stairs at Morialta conservation park. Morialta Conservation Park is a protected area 10 km north-east of Adelaide city centre, in the state of South Australia, Australia. The park is in a ru... More
Mount Gambier(GN05658)
Six men overlooking Valley Lake at Mount Gambier. The Valley Lake is a monomictic crater lake in the Australian state of South Australia situated in the south of Mount Gambier, near the Blue Lake. This image i... More
Mount Gambier(GN05774)
A scenic drive on Lake Drive in the township of Mount Gambier in South Australia. This image is a part of a series of photographs taken by Captain Frank Hurley in 1935.
Mount Gambier(GN05777)
The town of Mount Gambier in South Australia has a volcanic landscape which houses the renowned Crater Lakes. As one of the most popular tourist attractions in Mount Gambier, the Crater lakes draw numerous visi... More
National War Memorial(GN05618)
The National War Memorial on the corner of North Terrace and Kintore Avenue., taken at sunset. This photograph is apart of a series of photos taken by Captain Frank Hurley in 1935.
Orange Pickers(GN05720)
Three men pick oranges in Renmark a small river town next to the River Murray in South Australia. The area is known for its cultivation of many different fruits and nuts. This image is part of a series of phot... More
Port Pirie Smelters(GN05667)
The Pillars of Industry taken at the Port Pirie Smelters. A man and three horses stand by one of the Port Pirie smelters. The BHP smelter was built in 1889. A smelter in Broken Hill was closed down and all smel... More
River Murrary(GN05718)
Two women stand next to a car by the banks of the River Murray in South Australia. This image is part of a series of photographs taken by Captain Frank Hurley in 1935
Robe South Australia(GN05700)
A man stands on a crevasse in Robe South Australia. Robe is a town and fishing port located in the Limestone Coast of South Australia. The town's distinctive combination of historical buildings, ocean, fishing ... More
Simpson's Gap(GN05622)
Cattle are grazing at Simpson's Gap, Northern Territory. This image is part of a series of photographs taken by Captain Frank Hurley in 1935.
St Peter's Cathedral(GN05721)
St Peter's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Adelaide and Metropolitan of the Province of South Australia. The cathedral, a sign... More
Swan Reach(GN05724)
A car is parked along Greiger's Landing approximately 10km upstream from Swan Reach. Swan Reach was first settled in the 1850s and was originally the largest of five sheep and cattle stations in the area. it so... More
The Bluff(GN05707)
Two women look over The Bluff in Victor Harbor, South Australia. The Bluff is still to this day one of Victor Harbours favourite tourist destinations as it offers 360 degree views of the South Australian coast.... More
Torrens Gorge Bridge(GN05627)
The Torren's Torrens Gorge Bridge, South Australia. Torren's Torrens Gorge Bridge passes over the Torren's Torrens River in the Adelaide Hills. The Road that it is on is the Torren's Torrens Gorge Road. This im... More
Wattle Blossom(GN05862)
Photograph of a woman with wattle blossom, possibly taken at Montacute. All the photographs in the South Australian Government Photographic Collection by Capt Hurley were taken in 1935 for the 1936 Centenary Ye... More
Women Picking Blossoms(GN05799)
Two women are picking blossoms from almond trees near Montacute, South Australia. This image is a part of a series of photographs taken by Captain Frank Hurley in 1935.
A view along the shore with penguins in the foreground, South Georgia ...
A view along the shore with penguins in the foreground, South Georgia Looking along the coast across a snow covered beach towards a high cliff. In the foreground penguins can be seen on the slope and snow fiel... More
Allan Riverstone McCulloch and a Dukoif man on board the Eureka
Allan Riverstone McCulloch and a Dukoif man aboard the Eureka on Lake Murray, Western Province, Papua New Guinea
Allan Riverstone McCulloch surrounded by souvenirs cropped
Deutsch: Allan Riverstone McCulloch mit Souvenirs in Papua-Neuguinea English: Allan Riverstone McCulloch surrounded by souvenirs in Papua New Guinea Svenska: Allan Riverstone McCulloch på Papua Nya Guinea, o... More
Allan Riverstone McCulloch surrounded by souvenirs
Allan Riverstone McCulloch surrounded by souvenirs in Papua New Guinea
Allan Riverstone McCulloch using a cine camera on Lord Howe Island
Allan Riverstone McCulloch using a movie camera on Mount Gower, Lord Howe Island
Allan Riverstone McCulloch with Frank Payten making a film
Allan Riverstone McCulloch with Frank Payten using a movie camera on Mount Gower, Lord Howe Island
Allan Riverstone McCulloch with two-way radio on Eureka
Allan Riverstone McCulloch using a two-way radio on the Eureka while on the Fly River to Lake Murray, Western Province, Papua New Guinea
Men around Eureka, Kaimare village, Gulf Province
Kaimare men gathered around the Eureka at Kaimare village, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea. Allan Riverstone McCulloch is on the right side of the shot trading with a local.
Shakleton by Hurley, 1916 - Public domain portrait photograph
Portrait photograph, signed by the sitter, of Shackleton as leader of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, taken by the Expedition's official photographer Frank Hurley probably in South America after the re... More
'Endurance' (1912) in the ice RMG L7806
'Endurance' (1912) in the ice A port bow view of Endurance' (1912), a wooden auxiliary Discovery vessel, in the ice with a list to starboard. The ship can be seen with a covering of ice on the masts, yards and... More
'Endurance' heeled to port by the ice RMG P00004
'Endurance' heeled to port by the ice A stern view of 'Endurance' (1912), a wooden auxiliary Discovery vessel, heeled over to port in the ice. The pressure and movement of the ice floes pushed the starboard si... More
A distant bow view of 'Endurance' (1912) frozen into the ice floe RMG ...
A distant bow view of 'Endurance' (1912) frozen into the ice floe A view from the ice hummocks towards the bow of 'Endurance' (1912), a wooden auxiliary Discovery vessel, in the distance. The ship has taken on... More
A seven-dog sledge team on the ice with unidentified crew member RMG P...
A seven-dog sledge team on the ice with unidentified crew member A seven-dog sledge team resting on the ice, with an unidentified crew member standing beside the upturned sledge. This is believed to be Hurley'... More
A very distant broadside view of 'Endurance' (1912) beset in ice RMG P...
A very distant broadside view of 'Endurance' (1912) beset in ice A view across the broken hummock-strewn floes towards the port broadside of 'Endurance' (1912), a wooden auxiliary Discovery vessel, on the hori... More
Captain Worsley standing by a large pressure ridge RMG P00008
Captain Worsley standing by a large pressure ridge A view of one of the many pressure ridges lifted above the level of the ice floe. Captain Frank Worsley can be seen standing to one side looking up that ridge... More
Hussey and James working in the laboratory onboard 'Endurance' (1912) ...
Hussey and James working in the laboratory onboard 'Endurance' (1912) Leonard Hussey (meteorologist) and Reginald James (physicist) [left & right] in the laboratory (known as the 'Rookery') onboard 'Endurance'... More
King Penguin with young RMG P00002
King Penguin with young A King penguin with two young chicks in foreground on the ice. Part of the colony of penguins can be seen out of focus in the background. Emperor [King?] Penguin with young
Looking across newly formed ice with 'Endurance' (1912) on the distant...
Looking across newly formed ice with 'Endurance' (1912) on the distant horizon A view across newly formed ice in a lead with Endurance' (1912), a wooden auxiliary Discovery vessel, on the distant horizon. The ... More
The ice floes, looking forward from the port bow of 'Endurance' (1912)...
The ice floes, looking forward from the port bow of 'Endurance' (1912) A view of the huge consolidated ice pack blocking the progress of Endurance' (1912), a wooden auxiliary Discovery barquentine. The photogr... More
The snout of Hamberg Glacier, Moraine Fjord, South Georgia RMG P00006
The snout of Hamberg Glacier, Moraine Fjord, South Georgia A close-up view of part of the ice cliff at the snout of Hamberg Glacier, Moraine Fjord, South Georgia. The snout of Hamberg Glacier, Moraine Fjord, ... More
Two crab-eater seals on the ice, Weddell Sea RMG P00017
Two crab-eater seals on the ice, Weddell Sea Two crab-eater seals lying on the ice. Scars can be seen on the side of the furthest seal, possibly from killer whales. Both seals were later killed and added to th... More