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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Sign on the Convict Road Kiosk, showing the height of the 1990 Hawkesbury River flood.
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Sign on the Convict Road Kiosk, showing the height of the 1990 Hawkesbury River flood.

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  • Springbrook National Park, QLD, Australia<br /> The Natural Arch.
  • Springbrook National Park, QLD, Australia<br /> The Natural Arch.
  • Lamington National Park, QLD, Australia<br /> O'Reilly's Guesthouse, founded 1926 by the O'Reilly brothers.
  • Lamington National Park, QLD, Australia<br /> O'Reilly's Guesthouse, founded 1926 by the O'Reilly brothers.
  • Russell Crowe's Museum of Interesting Things<br /> Opened (as a museum) in 2009. The building itself dates to 1905.
  • Ferry closed (high water - the Hawkesbury River is in flood).
  • Sign on the Convict Road Kiosk, showing the height of the 1990 Hawkesbury River flood.
  • Warning Sign, Sackville<br /> Near the ferry crossing, south side.
  • Sackville Ferry, Australia<br /> Operating since at least 1883, and possibly the 1870s.
  • Near the ferry crossing, south side.
  • Site of First Church, Sackville Reach<br /> The original church was destroyed by flood in 1867, construction of a replacement (on higher ground, a little further up the Hawkesbury) commenced in 1870.
  • Tizzana Winery, Sackville<br /> Beginning in 1882 as a grape-growing experiment, the vineyard proper was established in 1887 and has carried on continuously since then.
  • Kangaroo Point, Brooklyn, Australia<br /> Property of Peats Bite.
  • Edinburgh, Scotland<br /> The New Scottish Parliament building under construction.
  • Untitled photo
  • Glebe, Sydney, NSW, Australia<br /> Rozelle Tram Depot, Glebe. Opened in 1918; closed in 1958.
  • Sydney, Australia<br /> Auburn Botanical Gardens.
  • Sydney, Australia<br /> Auburn Botanical Gardens.
  • Sydney, Australia<br /> Auburn Botanical Gardens.
  • Sydney, Australia<br /> Auburn Botanical Gardens.
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