It's as easy as riding a bike. These photographs from the collection of the State Library of New South Wales celebrate the timeless joy of the bicycle.
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| Man on a penny-farthing bicycle being chased by his sister (Maggie & Bob Spiers) - West Wyalong, NSW, C. 1900 |
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| Billie Samuels leaving to ride to Melbourne on a Malvern Star bicycle, 4 July 1934, by Sam Hood |
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| Close-up of Billie Samuels on the Malvern Star bike showing her koala bear mascot before leaving for Melbourne, 4 July 1934, by Sam Hood |
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| Billie Samuels on a Malvern Star cycle leaving for Melbourne from Martin Place, 4 July 1934, by Sam Hood |
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| Waratah Rovers Bicycle Club (WRBC) on tour. Sydney - Campbelltown - Appin - Bulli - South Coast. Photo taken at Picton - Picton, NSW, October 1900 |
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| Waratah Rovers Bicycle Club (WRBC) on tour. Sydney - Campbelltown - Appin - Bulli - South Coast. Photo taken at Picton outside the Royal Hotel - Picton, NSW, October 1900 |
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| Man and woman on a Malvern Star abreast tandem bicycle, c. 1930s, by Sam Hood |
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| Alfred Lee and penny farthing, Glen Street, North Sydney, undated / photographer unknown |
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| School teacher (Miss Marley) at Narraburra School - Narraburra, NSW, no date, by Eden Photo Studios |
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| Jenolan Caves, April 1903, photographed by Edward J. Cooke |
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| Man on bicycle pillioning boy - Bunaloo, NSW, n.d. |
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| Brownie (Muriel Long) with bicycle decorated for street procession - Deniliquin, NSW, n.d. |
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| Studio photograph of Annie Dawson Wallace seated on a bicycle - Sydney, NSW, 1899 |
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| Annie Dawson Wallace with her bicycle. NB- Annie is wearing trousers - Sydney, NSW, 1899 |
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| Waratah Rovers Bicycle Club (WRBC) 1898 - Sydney, NSW |
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| Palace Emporium Bicycle Club. Century riders - Sydney area, NSW, July 1899 |
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| Scone Bicycle Club Road Race - Scone, NSW, 9 June 1906 |
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| Joyce Barry advertising for Milk Board, September 1939 |
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| A. H. Sheppard, Australian Champion, c. 1913 |
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| Reggie 'Iron Man' McNamara (1887-1971) was a champion Australian cyclist |
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| Line up of competitors at Goulburn, Goulburn to Sydney, Dunlop Road Race, c. 1930s |
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| Hubert Opperman eating an ice cream next to a Peter's Ice Cream Reo truck,1936, by Sam Hood |
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| Oppy (Hubert Opperman) and woman, possibly Edna Sayers, on tandem bicycle, by Sam Hood |
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| Four cyclists on speed bicycles on rollers time trials to promote Malvern Star by Sam Hood |
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| Cyclists camp during a road race, by Sam Hood |
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| Two men in plus-fours on a tandem, by Sam Hood |
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| Finish, Goulburn-Sydney Dunlop road race, Joseph St, Lidcombe, by Sam Hood |
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| Boys of Hoyts Clovelly Theatre 'Spider's Web' Club ride their bikes while 'Spiderman' looks on, by Sam Hood |
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| Cycle races, including a six days race, at a Sydney velodrome, Moore Park, by Sam Hood |
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| Jim and Nancy Davenport, Albury, NSW, 11 December 1938, by - J E N Davenport |
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| Malvern Star Bicycle Competition, Stanmore Theatre (taken for Acme Theatres), 4 May 1946, by Sam Hood |
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| Tom Morris, skipping champion (taken for Greater Union Theatres), 28 June 1937, by Sam Hood |
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| Mr Waterhouse had the first motorcycle that came to Singleton and he built the front carrier for passenger - Singleton, NSW, n.d. |
