Australian Heritage Archives - SuggPix Australian Photography

The Romance of Old Houses

01/11/2026 suggpixc 2

The romance of old houses lies partly in their imperfections. A weathered verandah, worn timber floors, a creaking staircase, or stained glass catching the afternoon light all carry the marks of lives lived before our […]

Old Lismore Road – A 19th Century Relic in New South Wales.

14/09/2026 suggpixc 0

Old Lismore Road, Murwillumbah is the surviving section of one of the earliest inland routes connecting the Tweed Valley with Lismore and the Richmond River district. The road’s history is tied to the nineteenth-century development […]

The Historic and Scenic Lions Road across the NSW/QLD Border.

15/07/2026 suggpixc 1

The Lions Road is a scenic route that crosses the Queensland–New South Wales border through the Border Ranges, linking the Mount Lindesay Highway near Rathdowney (QLD) with Summerland Way near Kyogle (NSW). OriginsSince the 1930s, […]

The Story of Bernard O’Reilly and the Stinson Crash

08/06/2026 suggpixc 1

O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat is located in the Scenic Rim Region of Queensland, in the heart of Lamington National Park. After another visit recently I was able to locate an interesting cemetery, behind a church that was relocated from Beaudesert 1908. This is the story of Bernard Oreilly and the Stinson crash. In the […]

Ucolta – The Remains of Another Remote Australian Settlement

19/05/2026 suggpixc 0

Ucolta is about 10 km east of Peterborough, along the Barrier Highway in the Mid North of South Australia. Early European Settlement (1870s–1890s) – The nearby township of Lancelot. A town named Lancelot was surveyed […]

Middleton in Sth Australia – A Small Pioneer Town.

12/05/2026 suggpixc 0

Middleton is a coastal town on the Fleurieu Peninsula of South Australia, located between Port Elliot and Goolwa along the state’s southern coastline. While today it is widely known as a holiday destination and surf […]

Kooroongarra is a small rural settlement in Queensland… with a unique pioneer history.

25/04/2026 suggpixc 6

Kooroongarra is a small rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, on the western Darling Downs of Queensland, about 27 km south of Millmerran. Today it has a very small population, but it was once […]

Kents Pocket in the Queensland Scenic Rim.

15/04/2026 suggpixc 3

Historical context: why records are scarce for Kents PocketKents Pocket has never been a township or parish, but a small rural pocket of land within the larger Fassifern district near Boonah. Because of this, early […]

The Mount Alford General Store (1880s–1913), Queensland Scenic Rim.

10/04/2026 suggpixc 0

Origins: The Mount Alford General Store.Mount Alford was originally known as Reckumpilla, a small rural settlement serving surrounding farming and grazing properties in the Scenic Rim region. The town was renamed Mount Alford after Thomas […]

Holding the Light: Photography in Australia’s Old Outback and Regional Towns

26/03/2026 suggpixc 2

Across Australia’s interior and far‑flung regional towns, photography has long played a quiet but powerful role: bearing witness. From early black‑and‑white images of gold rush settlements and pastoral stations to contemporary documentary projects examining decline, […]