A selection of photographs put together for the Images of Our History Bega Valley calendar.
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These photographs were collated for the 2012 and 2013 calendars and feature photos from the collection held by the Bega Valley Shire Library.
If you have any photographs you'd like to contribute to the 2014 calendar, can put a name to any of the faces here or want to find out more, please email images@begavalley.nsw.gov.au
![Filling up with petrol at Hobb's General Store, Bemboka, in the 1930s. Filling up with petrol at Hobb's General Store, Bemboka, in the 1930s.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-ktreasure%40fairfaxmedia.com.au/7476ea97-55a7-4cb3-9ab7-f82026ad11ba.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Filling up with petrol at Hobb's General Store, Bemboka, in the 1930s.
![Wading in the Bega River in the 1940s. Wading in the Bega River in the 1940s.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-ktreasure%40fairfaxmedia.com.au/bbeba5c2-4c83-415b-b47d-b878d3c7b411.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Wading in the Bega River in the 1940s.
![Farewelling soldiers at Tathra Wharf, 1915. Farewelling soldiers at Tathra Wharf, 1915.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-ktreasure%40fairfaxmedia.com.au/5cd1dc4d-3ae4-41a6-83bc-aecea0540677.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Farewelling soldiers at Tathra Wharf, 1915.
![The winner of first prize for a novel turn-out at Eden Show in 1911. The winner of first prize for a novel turn-out at Eden Show in 1911.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-ktreasure%40fairfaxmedia.com.au/69da715c-c7b9-4e16-91db-dfb1dff476a6.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
The winner of first prize for a novel turn-out at Eden Show in 1911.
![South Wolumla Public School, 1930. South Wolumla Public School, 1930.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-ktreasure%40fairfaxmedia.com.au/8e4283c8-e7e4-47f4-bb29-baae2797cdb9.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
South Wolumla Public School, 1930.
![Family picnic with Model T Ford, early 1900s. Family picnic with Model T Ford, early 1900s.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-ktreasure%40fairfaxmedia.com.au/be72d5e4-e4f6-4456-a655-ca8a484fbb20.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Family picnic with Model T Ford, early 1900s.
![Car trip to the snowfields in a Buick, 1934. Car trip to the snowfields in a Buick, 1934.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-ktreasure%40fairfaxmedia.com.au/95b7926f-a498-4061-abe1-021a029f0e0b.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Car trip to the snowfields in a Buick, 1934.
![Ray Sirl drives his bullock team across old Tarraganda Bridge on the last day before the new bridge opened. Ray Sirl drives his bullock team across old Tarraganda Bridge on the last day before the new bridge opened.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-ktreasure%40fairfaxmedia.com.au/0d42d1be-33c1-4ac4-80cf-17eefc4587e5.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Ray Sirl drives his bullock team across old Tarraganda Bridge on the last day before the new bridge opened.
![The Bega bridges old and new, in 1974. The Bega bridges old and new, in 1974.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-ktreasure%40fairfaxmedia.com.au/4acca35c-9121-46c1-93e5-fe272458683b.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
The Bega bridges old and new, in 1974.
![Brogo Bridge in 1937. Brogo Bridge in 1937.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-ktreasure%40fairfaxmedia.com.au/b7c52a2f-dc3d-4a76-bc62-ae4023f8f9b9.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Brogo Bridge in 1937.
![Construction of the Yowaka Bridge in 1936. Construction of the Yowaka Bridge in 1936.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-ktreasure%40fairfaxmedia.com.au/c633e710-6d60-4d96-9f1d-5f2a4dc22372.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Construction of the Yowaka Bridge in 1936.
![Construction of the current Tarraganda Bridge in 1986. Construction of the current Tarraganda Bridge in 1986.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-ktreasure%40fairfaxmedia.com.au/9e20eda9-3e1d-4dfb-8445-34a9f9390833.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Construction of the current Tarraganda Bridge in 1986.
![Candelo footbridge, about 1900. Candelo footbridge, about 1900.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-ktreasure%40fairfaxmedia.com.au/5cf74b27-f6fe-4638-a1fe-95702b63824b.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Candelo footbridge, about 1900.
![Picnic party under Tarraganda Bridge 1929. Picnic party under Tarraganda Bridge 1929.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-ktreasure%40fairfaxmedia.com.au/f1a99755-8879-41b1-bc9f-70b69e24a7a8.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Picnic party under Tarraganda Bridge 1929.
![Young ladies on the Brogo Bridge in 1925. Young ladies on the Brogo Bridge in 1925.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-ktreasure%40fairfaxmedia.com.au/bc505f32-9f3f-4b1d-bd9d-b7d71ce333a5.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Young ladies on the Brogo Bridge in 1925.
![The Bega Fire Brigade in 1935: (left to right) Rolf Lassen, Frank Zingel, Harry Coustance, Bill Johnston, Harry Riley, Jack Burton, Rodney Rutter, Albert Solomon, John Rutter, and Keiry Flood. The Bega Fire Brigade in 1935: (left to right) Rolf Lassen, Frank Zingel, Harry Coustance, Bill Johnston, Harry Riley, Jack Burton, Rodney Rutter, Albert Solomon, John Rutter, and Keiry Flood.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-ktreasure%40fairfaxmedia.com.au/b527223c-c708-43e4-9f6d-93f301f5c3d4.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
The Bega Fire Brigade in 1935: (left to right) Rolf Lassen, Frank Zingel, Harry Coustance, Bill Johnston, Harry Riley, Jack Burton, Rodney Rutter, Albert Solomon, John Rutter, and Keiry Flood.
![Gathering at Tathra Beach, 1940s. Gathering at Tathra Beach, 1940s.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-ktreasure%40fairfaxmedia.com.au/5395e8a5-8a06-4feb-b60c-c65500fd08e7.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Gathering at Tathra Beach, 1940s.
![Tathra surf life-savers, Carp St, Bega, 1977. Tathra surf life-savers, Carp St, Bega, 1977.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-ktreasure%40fairfaxmedia.com.au/18340bec-7bbb-46eb-b681-9a5ada0254d5.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Tathra surf life-savers, Carp St, Bega, 1977.
![Rowley Williams walking down the Princes Highway, Bega, 1961. Rowley Williams walking down the Princes Highway, Bega, 1961.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-ktreasure%40fairfaxmedia.com.au/9c164bc1-387f-4e1a-8fcf-b8a556b4c262.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Rowley Williams walking down the Princes Highway, Bega, 1961.
![Brogo Bridge washed away in the 1932 flood. Brogo Bridge washed away in the 1932 flood.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-ktreasure%40fairfaxmedia.com.au/d52bb4af-8227-4957-9b07-b1ab2c8562ce.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Brogo Bridge washed away in the 1932 flood.
![Posing for a photograph on Tathra Beach in the early 1900s. Posing for a photograph on Tathra Beach in the early 1900s.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-ktreasure%40fairfaxmedia.com.au/86a5aaa8-3e05-4872-a043-8dbe7ced0b56.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Posing for a photograph on Tathra Beach in the early 1900s.
![Handcock Bridge, Mogareeka, 1959. Handcock Bridge, Mogareeka, 1959.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-ktreasure%40fairfaxmedia.com.au/4d3ad964-cb75-4ee7-ac1e-2f22b300c8ff.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Handcock Bridge, Mogareeka, 1959.
![Tantawangalo Mountain Road armco arch culvert. Tantawangalo Mountain Road armco arch culvert.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-ktreasure%40fairfaxmedia.com.au/f9ca3192-a6ca-409e-b824-3451597852b3.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Tantawangalo Mountain Road armco arch culvert.