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In the days prior to calculators, large companies such as banks, insurance companies and private corporations, hired people to run adding machines all day, checking the figures that would be entered in the General Ledger.
The adding machines were called comptometers and the job entailed adding up figures, processing invoices and acting as a corporate version of a cash register.
Apparently the noise in the place was phenomenal, the clickity clack of those machines was incredible.
The job required enormous concentration and wasn’t well paid.
Comptometers were eventually phased out after computers. Another job that no longer exists these days.
The adding machines were called comptometers and the job entailed adding up figures, processing invoices and acting as a corporate version of a cash register.
Apparently the noise in the place was phenomenal, the clickity clack of those machines was incredible.
The job required enormous concentration and wasn’t well paid.
Comptometers were eventually phased out after computers. Another job that no longer exists these days.
Before Sydney Harbour Bridge Opened, 52,000 Schoolchildren Got to Cross It First!
In March 1932, thousands of Sydney schoolchildren experienced something extraordinary — walking across the newly completed Harbour Bridge before its official opening!
Around 52,000 students took part in special school visits, crossing the enormous steel structure that would soon transform their city.
For children growing up during the Great Depression, it was a rare and unforgettable experience, witnessing Sydney's future before the rest of the public.
Just days later, on 19 March 1932, the bridge officially opened to enormous crowds.
In March 1932, thousands of Sydney schoolchildren experienced something extraordinary — walking across the newly completed Harbour Bridge before its official opening!
Around 52,000 students took part in special school visits, crossing the enormous steel structure that would soon transform their city.
For children growing up during the Great Depression, it was a rare and unforgettable experience, witnessing Sydney's future before the rest of the public.
Just days later, on 19 March 1932, the bridge officially opened to enormous crowds.
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A family photograph from 1965 featuring Ian, Trevor and Greg Chappell with their parents, Martin and Jeanne.
All three brothers went on to represent Australia in Test cricket, with Ian and Greg becoming national captains.
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