Section ONE

Contents of this page © 2011, Felicity Press, Gympie Queensland Australia

(From my DVD of 500 images - Aussie Kids. I will from time to time delete this page and replace it with a different section of the DVD.)

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ABOVE: I thought the girl's stylish outfit sort of went with the bark of the tree. Taken in Kogarah (NSW) around 1985. [t0309]	ABOVE: These three young girls were so fully absorbed in their game they did not notice my camera and made great uninhibited subjects. Taken at Roselands (NSW) in 1990. [t1002]
ABOVE: She was doing her 'Tarzan' act on some bars. Or maybe she was Jane. Taken at Strathfield (NSW) in 1988. [t1035]	ABOVE: Girls waiting to take part in school swimming races at Ashbury (NSW). Date unrecorded - around 1988-89. [t1050]
ABOVE: A thoughtful moment. Taken at a fete in Mapleton (Qld) in 1990. [t1059]	ABOVE: Boys barracking at a school swimming carnival at Ashbury (NSW) - around 1988-89. [t1082]
ABOVE: A young boy in a band that was playing at a fete in the grounds of Sydney's Trinity Grammar School, around 1988. [t1072]	ABOVE: Juvenile ballet dancers in their colourful costumes waiting to go onto the stage at a school display in Martin Place, Sydney, in 1991. There were many such displays in this central-city location, providing great opportunities for photography. [t2578]
ABOVE: Pursued by a mysterious foot! Jumping castles are a major source of photos but it is usually difficult catching the action. This was a lucky catch. [t2398]	ABOVE: Children from the Karua Aboriginal Dance group - photo taken in Newcastle in 1993 when the children were participating in the annual Mattara Festival. [t3643b]

ABOVE: Ugh! That water's cold! Small girl running from the waves at Bronte beach in Sydney - 1991. [t1045] RIGHT: One of the children from the Karua dance company (see above) holding up a model yacht. [t3631]
ABOVE: The little chap was having a ball on a kiddies ride. Taken at Blackbutt Reserve in the Newcastle region in 1995. [t4345] RIGHT: These effervescent young ladies were taken at a swimming carnival in 1994. They were more interested in having fun than watching the swimming races. Can't say I blame them. I was always bored by such school events. [t3892]
ABOVE: I came across this group playing games on a small bridge. Taken at Georges River (NSW), date uncertain, about 1987. Of course, approaching such a group and asking to take a photo is not always a good move but I usually manage to avoid upsetting anybody. [t0376]	ABOVE: Plenty to see at the Sydney Royal Easter Show! Country shows are great places for photos but often frustrating for various reasons. But then half the fun is catching a good shot in spite of the problems. [t2682]
RIGHT: The daughter of one of my neighbouring shopkeepers in Newtown, an inner-city suburb of Sydney, where we had a bookshop. Clearly she found the photographer amusing! [t0111]	LEFT: Many long years ago I used my photographic interest to make a living. Working in an inner-Sydney suburb I took many photographs of events such as concerts, dance festivals, wedding, etc. - including this budding musician.Taken around 1960. [t0103]
	ABOVE: Another photo taken during my days when I was earning my living as a photographer. The young apprentice had borrowed one of my cameras! [t0122] LEFT: Water droplets on brown skin - something very attractive about this combination. [t4376]

ABOVE: An honorary Australian. My young friend - we'll refer to her as Julie but that's not her real name - is actually French by birth but at the time I took this (and other pictures you'll see elsewhere) was living and attending school in Australia. She was 14. Her father was a banker on an assignment in Australia and her mother is a booklover who often visited my bookshop. [t0024]	ABOVE: Small girl with a cupie doll. One guess. Yes, she's at a country show! They must sell tens of thousands of those things at shows. [t2368]
ABOVE: Boy mechanic working on steam engine at the Maitland (NSW) Steam Festival. The festival includes rides on a train pulled by a steam engine - a fond memory for most of us - together with stationary exhibits of engines and rolling stock. Elsewhere there is a photo I took of some gymnasts with the Police Citizens' Club who performed at the same Festival. [t4717]	ABOVE & BELOW: Great fun - jumping on a wet pavement. Ever the opportunist I saw these girls having fun and took some photos. [t0339 - t0342]
ABOVE: Boys and girls fishing. Taken around 1994 in Newcastle. [t3397]
ABOVE: A wild wind blowing through the school playground produced this great effect during a fete at Newcastle Grammar School around the year 1991. [t2823] RIGHT: Boy with some nice decorations (I think they were supposed to be Aboriginal markings) taking part in a multicultural day at a school in Newcastle, in 1993. Love the modern touch - the wristwatch! [t3495]
ABOVE: Some more willing subjects from near the bookshop. Newtown was an area where many Vietnamese refugees who escaped from the Red invaders of Vietnam had found a place to live and work. One of them, an older teenage girl, worked part-time in my bookshop. [t0011] BELOW: Contestants waiting to swim in the District Carnival at Roselands Pool, NSW, around 1990. [t2170]	ABOVE: 'Gipsy' (or 'Gypsy' if you prefer that spelling!) girl taking part in the multicultural Fiesta in Hamilton (NSW) in 1995. [t4537b]

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