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REFLECTIONS ON A VISIT TO AUSTRALIA IN THE MID-1990S

Reader Ray Scott who now lives in Portugal recalls a visit which he made to Australia some time ago when he photographed various items of historical interest. The first four photographs were taken in November 1995, the last one during the following month. For photos now approaching some 30 years old, they have seemingly ‘weathered well’.

Pictured at the Mary Kathleen Museum, Cloncurry, Hughenden in Queensland in November 1995,

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