Here below is a set of beautiful pics from Janette Asche taken by her father that shows wonderful life of Australia (mostly in New South Wales and Tasmania) in the early 1950s.

New South Wales. Uncle Ross Webb at Yarramundi, 1952

New South Wales. Frank Carrick signing the Pledge, Blue Gum Forest, November 1952

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New South Wales. Kanangra Deep, 1952

New South Wales. Kanangra Walls, 1952

New South Wales. Kayaking on the Wollondilly River, in Burragorang Valley (now flooded) in November, 1952

New South Wales. Mt Solitary where Chinaman’s Creek falls away, 1952

New South Wales. The first drop, Arethusa Canyon, November 1952

Tasmania. “New” Pelion Chalet, December 1952

Tasmania. Lake Will and Mt Pelion West in the distance from Barn Bluff, December 1952

Tasmania. Narcissus Hut, December 1952

New South Wales. Hampton Bridge, Kangaroo Valley, 1953

New South Wales. Kiama, 1953

New South Wales. Mum and bushwalking friends having fun at Newnes, 1953

New South Wales. My mother and grandmother at Jervis Bay, 1953

New South Wales. Newnes Hotel, 1953

New South Wales. Newnes, a former shale oil mining area, in the Blue Mountains, had quite a lot of metal items such as this train, August 1953

New South Wales. South Era Beach with its many little holiday cottages, is within Royal National Park, south of Sydney, 1953

New South Wales. South Era, 1953

Tasmania. Buses at Derwent Bridge, 1953

Tasmania. Crossing the Franklin River, January 1953

Tasmania. Damper Inn, 1953

Tasmania. Frankland Range, December 1953

Tasmania. Motorbikes, January 1953

New South Wales. Araluen Hotel, January 1954

New South Wales. Bateman’s Bay ferry, 1954

New South Wales. Bushwalkers climbing old coal chute near RedLedge Pass, April 1954

New South Wales. Campsite at Jews Creek, October 1954

New South Wales. Clear Hill, 1954

New South Wales. Cooleman Caves, March 1954

New South Wales. Footbridge over Page River at Murrurundi, October 1954

New South Wales. FX Holden 1954 at Capertee Valley, October 1954

New South Wales. Pinchams Farm, October 1954

New South Wales. Splendour Rock, April 1954

Tasmania. Lake Dobson Hut in Mt Field National Park, 1954

Tasmania. Lake Surprise on the Frankland Range, 1954

Tasmania. Russell Falls in Mt Field National Park, 1954

Tasmania. The bridge, 1954

Tasmania. Twilight Tarn Hut on the Tarn Shelf, Mt Field National Park, 1954

New South Wales. Bushwalkers in a shepherd’s hut, Wingecarribee River, January 1955

New South Wales. Paddington and Moore Park, 1955

New South Wales. Sydney’s Circular Quay and Harbour Bridge, 1955

New South Wales. Sydney’s Circular Quay, 1955

New South Wales. Sydney’s north shore, 1955