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People and their pets

by National Library of Australia Commons

From kittens and dogs, to monkeys and cockatoos, people have been capturing their beloved two or four legged, furry and feathery friends since the birth of photography.

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A German dressed in a suit holding a cat, Brisbane / Carl Schiesser
Dog nipping soldier's ankle, Egypt / Noel Minchin
Vada's tombstone, dog's cemetery, Morant Gardens, part of the WWI New Zealand First General Hospital at Brockenhurst, Hampshire, UK / Rex Nan Kivell
A resident of Alice Springs displays four pet moloch horridus lizards, [Northern Territory] Arthur Groom
Nurse holding a monkey on a dog's back outside nurses' quarters of new hospital, Gundagai, New South Wales, ca. 1904 / Charles Gabriel
Mr. David Bruce, Sister Cross and Alice Bruce, with a dog in front of a house, Gundagai, New South Wales / Charles Gabriel
A woman with a dog jumping in the air, Gundagai, New South Wales, 1 / Charles Gabriel
Flo Marshall with Dr Gabriel's cockatoo behind Marshalls house in Sheridan Street, Gundagai, New South Wales / Charles Gabriel
Woman with a bird near a timber shed, Gundagai, New South Wales / Charles Gabriel
Woman feeding a poddy lamb at Kimo, Gundagai, New South Wales / Charles Gabriel
A woman holding a cat, standing beside a man, Gundagai, New South Wales / Charles Gabriel
Matron Young with Dr Gabriel's pet monkey at the new hospital, Gundagai, New South Wales, ca. 1905 / Charles Gabriel
Elsie Ferguson [?] holding a cat in a garden, Gundagai, New South Wales, 1 / Charles Gabriel
[Pearl, Norman and Edith Corkhill with kittens] [William Henry Corkhill]
[Young woman holding a puppy] [William Henry Corkhill]
[Milos Ristic from the Monte Carlo Russian Ballet, sitting on a ledge holding a cat, between 1936-1937]
Vigilance, pug dog sitting on a balcony / J. Chester Jervis
[Portrait of Dame Clara Butt, Mr. and Mrs. Rumford and Constance Collier sitting outdoors with their pets]
One of the many pets, Feisal & Prince Regent call on Bunny, Feisal built the hutch [Iraq, World War II] / [Frank Hurley]
R.G. Casey seated playing with pet dog Mizr, Washington, United States ca. 1941
Rita and her pet pony, Dick, 1908
Portrait of Anna Pavlova with her Siamese cat in her London home, Ivy House / portrait by Lafayette Ltd. London