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Summer Under Southern Skies

by Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

The State Library of Queensland has initiated a Flickr-based project titled 'Summer Under Southern Skies'. Participating Australasian institutions will be sharing collection items that convey the southern hemisphere experience of summer and our unique celebration of Christmas and the hot holiday season. Share and enjoy!

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Botheration. From the Bathers Progress postcard series
Off for a paddle
Swimmers at Bondi Beach
Competitors and spectators at a yacht race in Watsons Bay
Palm Beach acrobatics
Acrobatics on the beach
Beatrice Kerr her sister and three children
Tourists on a sandy beach, two seated on sea turtles
Filmmaker James Fitzpatrick, a camera crew and a crowd of people at Bondi Beach
Women walking along Stanwell Park Beach
'Boys and their boards', by Ray Leighton
Young woman sitting astride a turtle
Wheelbarrow race during a surf carnival, Sydney
Turtle riding, Great Barrier Reef
Young men by the seaside
Harry B Williams and friends at the seaside
A small boy at the beach, crawling on the sand with a wave crashing on his back
Coogee Beach
Ocean Beach, Manly, Sydney
Rock bath and beach at Bronte, Sydney
Coolangatta Beach, Queensland
Cronulla Beach, Sydney
Surf bathing at Manly, New South Wales
Sutton's Beach, Redcliffe, Queensland
Photographic postcard titled 'The Crowd, Manly'
Photographic postcard of Ocean Beach, Bulli, NSW
Bondi Beach, Sydney. New South Wales
Photographic postcard depicting Dutton Beach, Portland
Swimming Pool and Harbour Beach, Manly
The Water Nymph Miss Pansy Montague
The Life Savers, Manly
Swimmers at Coogee Beach
Manly Beach, NSW
Shell Beach Manly N.S.W
Photographic postcard of Henley Day on the Yarra Melbourne
The Corso, Manly : Christmas Greetings
The Swimming Pool Manly N.S.W.
Man in a swimming costume standing with two trophies
Annette Kellerman, Champion Lady Swimmer and Diver of the World
Cigarette card with photograph of Annette Kellerman in costume from the film A Daughter of the Gods, c 1916
Photograph of Beatrice Kerr diving from a platform
Photograph of Beatrice Kerr standing on a diving board
Photograph of Beatrice Kerr with a collection of personal items
Photograph of Beatrice Kerr standing on a pier
Studio portrait of Annette Kellerman
Coolangatta Beach House
New Baths, Bondi Beach, NSW
Photographic postcard showing the Beach House Coolangatta
Photograph of a young woman sitting on the sand
Murray River Cod Postcard