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The Last Snake Man of La Perouse
Dancer Paula Pratt and snake expert George Cann at La Perouse 1947, PIX, 22 February 1947, p8 This week on 2SER Breakfast, Tess talked to Minna Muhlen-Schulte about George Cann, the 'snake man of La Perouse'. Listen to Minna and Tess…
Wonderland City: Sydney’s amusement parks
Alice the elephan Alice the elephant loading the Wirth's Circus train c1932. By Sam Hood. From the collection of the State Library of New South Wales, hood_05790 / Home and Away 5790, Mitchell Libraryt loading the Wirth's Circus train c1932 It’s…