Snow above the Illawarra in 1947

By local studies librarian Jenny McConchie

My first experience of snow occurred when Mum heard a radio announcement that it was snowing in Robertson. The family piled on our jumpers then piled in the car for the journey.

This photograph (P02196) shows a steady stream of cars on the return journey down Macquarie Pass still covered in the white powder. It was 1947 and some of the cars may not have been equipped with a heater.

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