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Vacuum Museum
You can find a museum for anything — which is a good thing if you’re writing steampunk and are clueless on how things work. VacHunter has marvellous photos and descriptions of vacuum cleaners. Absolutely delightful.
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Australiana and Family
Dad gave up farming before I was born, but back in the ’30s this was the family farm. I think my great-granddad built it. He was a joiner/builder by trade. You can’t always trust my Dad’s memory — well, you can trust it to be wrong, but on the off chance he’s right — the…
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Women’s History Network
Call me slow, but I’ve only just discovered the Women’s History Network blog. October is Black History Month. I’m Australian and born in the ‘seventies, but I’m completely intrigued by the post on Career Novels in the 1950s. I read a number of these as a kid and thoroughly enjoyed them.
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Picture Australia
Following on from yesterday and talking about old photos, the photo archive for Australia is Picture Australia. Quite apart from their search function — if you know what you’re looking for — they have slideshows on various topics that link in a range of images. They call them picture trails. Topics include cartoons and caricatures.
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Old Photos
A while ago I started going through family photos to see if there was anything I could use to support my steampunk posts…any Australian history…any weird hats, who knows what goodies. I found this photo showing how much kangaroos were part of life. Moey, you’ll be glad to know, ended his life (happily, I hope)…