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Central Railway Station - November 5, 1942

 

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Australian troops encamped near the Great Pyramids before shipping out for the Dardanelles. The men from ‘down under’ earned a reputation for drunkenness while in Egypt

 

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Australian troops encamped near the Great Pyramids before shipping out for the Dardanelles. The men from ‘down under’ earned a reputation for drunkenness while in Egypt

I have a similar one, with my grandfather and his unit, from WW2.

 

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Preparing tickets, Cronulla Railway Station - December 15, 1939

Reminds me of a practice that some less than honest SRA employees indulged in back then which was referred to as "plucking the rack" or similar.

 

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Reminds me of a practice that some less than honest SRA employees indulged in back then which was referred to as "plucking the rack" or similar.

Or while collecting tickets at the exit barrier, would receive excess fares (in the form of cash), which would often end up pocketed. Railway detectives every now and then would pass them a marked banknote to see where it ended up.

 

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Anzac Parade, Maroubra Junction - 1961

 

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Enmore Road, Enmore - 1954

 

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Goldsbrough Mort & Co., Circular Quay - 1927

 

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Market & Pitt Streets, Sydney - December 19, 1952

 

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Pacific Highway, North Sydney, approaching the Harbour Bridge - December 18, 1954.

 

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Hoyts Regent Theatre, Sydney - 1967

 

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Brighton Le Sands - 1936

 

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Aerial view, Sydney - 1933

 

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Circular Quay, Sydney - 1935

 

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Palace Theatre, Pitt Street, Sydney - circa 1929

 

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Macleay Street, Kings Cross - 1932