Cats of State Library Victoria

All images are taken from the State Library of Victoria image collection.

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Able Seaman K. Wilkins of H.M.A.S. Australia with one of the ship's cats, 1946-1950. From the Argus newspaper collection of war photographs. Period 1946-1950, from the State Library of Victoria.

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Unidentified family seated outdoors with pet cats and bird, ca 1890. From the series Photographs of Gippsland, Including Walhalla and Traralgon, from State Library of Victoria.

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Cats and kittens on small step ladder, captured in the Coppin garden, c. 1905. Coppin collection, State Library of Victoria.

Photo appears to have been taken on a stereo camera for 3D viewing. GIF created to demonstrate effect of 3D cat viewing.

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1911-1932, from the Holloway Collection (1984). 

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Ballarat farming family, ca. 1910. By Richards & Co., photographer.

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Miss Angela Miles (and cat), 1971. From Le Dawn Studios archive. 

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Two unidentified women, the artist Asher Bilu, and a cat, 1969. By Mark Strizic, from the Mark Strizic collection of photographic negatives

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 Louise Elliot playing recorder, 1970. By Alan K. Jordan, from the Alan K. Jordan photographic collection.

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Unidentified woman standing on front step with cat, 1900-1910. By Mary Snowball, photographer. 

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Australian Nurses in Le Loi Hospital, in Vietnam, 1967. Herald & Weekly Times Limited portrait collection.

Sister Marie Townsend of Bondi, Sydney (left) and Sister Lorna Finnie of South Coogee, Sydney. With them, Cao Kim Dinh, an interpreter, and a petcat.

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Jim Cairns at home, with wife Gwen Robb, 1970-1990. By Rhonda Senbergs, from the Rhonda Senbergs photographic collection. 

This guy attempted to become leader of the Australian Labor Party in 1967, but this was won by Gough Whitlam. 

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Horace, 1899. By Dudley Le Souef 1856-1923 photographer.

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Ernie Brown (?), 1890-1900. By William E. Veale, from the William E. Veale collection of Lake Bolac. 

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Sandy, 1890-1919. From Matthews family at Brimpaen.

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Girl sitting on a window ledge writing with a cat, 1980′s. By Rennie Ellis, from Rennie Ellis collection. Melbourne. 

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Myers children with pets, 1900-1914. By Harold Godfrey Myers, from Scenes of Melbourne, Victoria, other parts of Australia and overseas, ca. 1900-1914 collection.

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‘McClune House (1969), Frankston South, designed by Robin Boyd’, 1970. By Mark Strizic, from Mark Strizic collection of photographic negatives.

This house is beautiful!!