Scott Bird Heritage Photography

Documenting Australia's rich Aboriginal and European history.

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Signs of the Times

I photograph signs almost everywhere I go - great way to get a feel for the place. Street signs, shop awnings, warnings messages, graffiti and so on.
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Former ferry docks. A private ferry service operated here from 1844-1887 (when the railway arrived). In 1930 the Main Roads Board commissioned two new ferries, the 'George Peat' and the 'Frances Peat' to serve a similar route. They were operational until the road bridge was completed in 1945.
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Former ferry docks. A private ferry service operated here from 1844-1887 (when the railway arrived). In 1930 the Main Roads Board commissioned two new ferries, the 'George Peat' and the 'Frances Peat' to serve a similar route. They were operational until the road bridge was completed in 1945.

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  • Site 8 of 12 on the 'Hawkesbury Artists Trail' - the approximate point where Arthur Streeton painted 'Summer Noon, Hawkesbury River'.
  • Construction started around 2003.
  • Hanna sponsors a number of the council's initiatives, including this park and the nearby North Richmond Skate Park.
  • St Andrews, Scotland<br /> On the edge.
  • St Andrews, Scotland<br /> Beware of tramps.
  • St Andrews, Scotland<br /> This marks the site where Protestant Preacher George Wishart was put to death (burnt at the stake) for heresy; 1546.
  • Morpeth, NSW, Australia<br /> St James Anglican Church, consecrated in 1840.<br /> <br /> Original design by Edward Close, later work by Edmund Blacket and John Horbury Hunt.
  • The Commercial Hotel took over from the Farmers United Home Hotel which traded from 1865.
  • Commemorating Morpeth's founder, Lieutenant Edward Charles Close.
  • Vacy, NSW, Australia<br /> The Bridge over Paterson River, built 1898.
  • Hinton Bridge over the Paterson River. Dating to 1901, the Hinton Bridge is a fantastic example of a timber Allan truss with a lift span.
  • Kiama, Australia<br /> Near the Blowhole.
  • The former 'Food Bar' (originally 'Brooklyn Roadhouse'?). Demolished 2012.
  • Kangaroo Point, Brooklyn, Australia<br /> Former ferry docks. A private ferry service operated here from 1844-1887 (when the railway arrived). In 1930 the Main Roads Board commissioned two new ferries, the 'George Peat' and the 'Frances Peat' to serve a similar route. They were operational until the road bridge was completed in 1945.
  • Former ferry docks. A private ferry service operated here from 1844-1887 (when the railway arrived). In 1930 the Main Roads Board commissioned two new ferries, the 'George Peat' and the 'Frances Peat' to serve a similar route. They were operational until the road bridge was completed in 1945.
  • Wilberforce, Australia<br /> Graffiti beside Macquarie School House (1819), near St Johns Anglican Church.
  • Edinburgh, Scotland<br /> The New Scottish Parliament building under construction.
  • Edinburgh, Scotland<br /> Started in 1996, in 2003 the Bongo Club moved from premises in New Street to beautiful new location in Holyrood Road.
  • Looking up St Mary's St.
  • Edinburgh, Scotland<br /> Cleaner Required.
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