McNeece’s Cottage, Greenough, Western Australia, c. 1970
(via savage-america)
Underwater Archaeology with AutoCAD
The Wreck of HMS Pandora, 1984 Expedition, Queensland Museum
John Walker
http://www.fourmilab.ch/autofile/images/applications/pandora/
The Djulirri Rock Shelter holds a wealth of Australian aboriginal art and heritage. Among the many spectacular rock art paintings are these images of 19th century vessels, documenting historical interactions with European colonists and Makassarese traders.
Nick Cave & Blixa Bargeld
(Source: mysteriuminiquitatis, via coumtransmissions)
Man and woman on a Malvern Star abreast tandem bicycle, c. 1930s, by Sam Hood
(Source: nemonobody0, via circlesofcircles)
Flaked Bottle Glass, National Museum of Australia in Canberra
photo: Alessandro Zambelli
Billie Samuels, kick-ass girl cyclist, 4 July 1934.
Via The Sydney Morning Herald, Thursday 5 July 1934:
CYCLING.
GIRL’S RECORD ATTEMPT.
Miss Billie Samuels started on her attack on the women’s record from Sydney to Melbourne, held by Miss Valsa Barbour, at 10 o’clock yesterday morning. She will ride to a schedule which will bring her to the Melbourne G.P.O. at 2 p.m. on Saturday, a total time of 3 days 7 hours. This is about three hours faster than the present record. Miss Samuels provides for stoppages of about four hours in Goulburn (132 miles), five hours in Holbrook (333 miles), and five hours in Seymour, Victoria (501 miles), in addition to regular meal stoppages of about 30 to 40 minutes every 40 or 50 miles.
Miss Samuels arrived at Moss Vale at 4.39 p.m., almost 2 hours ahead of schedule time. She encountered rain from Camden to Moss Vale, but is looking fit. Miss Samuels resumed her ride three-quarters of an hour later.
Images via the State Library of New South Wales.
Previous Persons of the Hour:
Photographer Gerda Taro
Race car enthusiast, sailor and playboy Briggs Swift Cunningham II
Pamela Langdon
Cracked 2011 - Visual Arts and Jewellery Design Grad Show at;
Central Gallery, Central Institute of Technology, Perth, Western Australia
Pamela Langdon
Cracked 2011 - Visual Arts and Jewellery Design Grad Show at;
Central Gallery, Central Institute of Technology, Perth, Western Australia
Pamela Langdon
Cracked 2011 - Visual Arts and Jewellery Design Grad Show at;
Central Gallery, Central Institute of Technology, Perth, Western Australia
Flaked Bottle Glass
National Museum of Australia, Canberra
Photo: Alessandro Zambelli
Hutt Lagoon, Western Australia, 2003
Photo: Eleanor Suess
Hutt Lagoon is a pink lake, a salt lake with a red or pink hue due to the presence of carotenoid-producing algae, in this case Dunaliella salina. About 50 hectares of Hutt Lagoon have been converted to ponds for growing and harvesting this algae, which is of commercial importance as a source of beta carotene. [Wikipedia]
![Hutt Lagoon, Western Australia, 2003
Photo: Eleanor Suess
Hutt Lagoon is a pink lake, a salt lake with a red or pink hue due to the presence of carotenoid-producing algae, in this case Dunaliella salina. About 50 hectares of Hutt Lagoon have been converted to ponds for growing and harvesting this algae, which is of commercial importance as a source of beta carotene. [Wikipedia]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvpxn8Tkky1r73js9o1_1280.jpg)
