![Sam the 5y/o platypus through glass under water as research was unveiled at the Melbourne Zoo on how the platypus could hold the key to finding a new generation of medicine's to kill off drug-resistant super-bugs. 2010](https://format.creatorcdn.com/73f0f66d-8e59-46ad-8cf7-b1099197747d/0/0/0/0,0,1600,1065,1600,1200/0-0-0/a5745882-1cbe-425f-9d1c-49f77f85a351/1/1/platypus3-2_jrfoew.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037274048~hmac=a0e5f631e9dad1586363cd23dadc0b354e7c4e26fa6fe12dc182eba349e160f1)
Sam the 5 year old platypus stole the show as the Minister for Agriculture Joe Helper unveiled research at the Melbourne Zoo on how the platypus could hold the key to finding a new generation of medicine's to kill off drug-resistant super-bugs. 2010
![Punters arriving at the Redruth Gaol for the Jailbreakers B&S Ball ( Bachelors and Spinsters ) in Burra, outback South Australia. 1997. The shadow of a young man looms large on the gaol lit by red light at night. 1997](https://format.creatorcdn.com/73f0f66d-8e59-46ad-8cf7-b1099197747d/0/0/0/0,0,1600,1098,1600,1200/0-0-0/acc1ec8d-48cc-42ef-abb2-23341588f48e/1/1/BurraB_S2-2_hhqlrk.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037274048~hmac=8a6bbb6c048c7fb4bc2b06f44c667869166afe76adf4c7d32f28cb8f0edd54ad)
Punters arriving at the Redruth Gaol for the Jailbreakers B&S Ball ( Bachelors and Spinsters ) in Burra, outback South Australia. 1997
![Baby Athina Anagnostopoulos born today to new mum Margaret and dad Arthur Anagnostopoulos. Athina taking her first breath, Mums open C-section visible, baby covered in blood . She arrived on Mothers Day. The Age. 1998](https://format.creatorcdn.com/73f0f66d-8e59-46ad-8cf7-b1099197747d/0/0/0/0,0,1600,1074,1600,1200/0-0-0/51c80a92-f595-46da-86ba-41cbcf986fe9/1/1/ATHINA-2_hl9mpv.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037274048~hmac=b737d319d2bd83fe91e59169f31b7a117df8b4cef2d3e38653f001d33132968e)
Athina Anagnostopoulos taking her first breath on Mothers Day, a perfect gift to new parents Margaret and dad Arthur Anagnostopoulos. Melbourne. 1998
![Melburnians hold umbreallas waiting for a tram in the rain..looking through Rain drops are on the glass , Swanston st.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/73f0f66d-8e59-46ad-8cf7-b1099197747d/0/0/0/0,0,1600,1070,1600,1200/0-0-0/72ebe120-bc76-49ae-a206-d7d6d0e7be06/1/1/RAIN-2_ofkjlz.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037274048~hmac=b1a5c3afb5ea9997b4c4be3f4dca6ba3c5a2dda5d1a523f76cd8df1339e0fcf4)
Melburnians waiting for a tram in the rain. Records were broken as the rain kept falling in May in Melbourne. 2013
![A day in the life of Spencer Street station - for Sunday Life magazine.Llooking for people arriving from the Sydney train with the Spencer street sign behind them on the brick wall. 1999](https://format.creatorcdn.com/73f0f66d-8e59-46ad-8cf7-b1099197747d/0/0/0/0,0,1600,1096,1600,1200/0-0-0/9af8d4ff-e7da-479e-9491-2f2ed18861ef/1/1/SPENCERst5-2_qpu6fi.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037274048~hmac=b0ae75628ee832e406d9c497155b88dfdae34f5e9aa68564c6006b3ef4d98172)
Waiting for loved ones to disembark off the Sydney train, Spencer Street Station, Melbourne. 1999
![Dawn at the ruins of the St Mary's Catholic Church in Kinglake today with smoke still smouldering
PICTURE BY PENNY STEPHENS, The Age. A cross stands against a fence amongst the ruins
Friday 13th February 2009](https://format.creatorcdn.com/73f0f66d-8e59-46ad-8cf7-b1099197747d/0/0/0/0,0,1600,1067,1600,1200/0-0-0/e93b435d-3647-4d9e-b0ff-7f3d0d190bab/1/1/church-2_i8ay9j.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037274048~hmac=1cbd5c453ac33ac5648738dd9c9aa8da4e3c0742d504cf14e5a4f7694434fafb)
Dawn at the ruins of the St Mary's Catholic Church in Kinglake with smoke still smouldering from the February 9 Black Saturday fires where 176 people lost their lives. 2009
![David Wu 11years old and Tom Rushford 12 years old eating chips after school in the main street of Beechworth, a country town in North East Victoria. 2009. Story by Larry Schwartz. Saturday Age feature on country life.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/73f0f66d-8e59-46ad-8cf7-b1099197747d/0/0/0/0,0,1600,1064,1600,1200/0-0-0/ed405240-367f-46e4-824d-680a18ce0bc7/1/1/BEECHWORTH4-2_hopm76.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037274048~hmac=f77436f9a519af7c6ce7ecdf7bfb85d9e1dda856cb3675452a7df3fd838a0bf3)
David Wu 11years old and Tom Rushford 12 years old eating chips after school in the main street of Beechworth, a country town in North East Victoria. 2009
![Thick fog blanketing the city of Melbourne, obscuring the Yarra River and city buildings, taken from the footbridge in Southbank. 1998](https://format.creatorcdn.com/73f0f66d-8e59-46ad-8cf7-b1099197747d/0/0/0/0,0,1600,1056,1600,1200/0-0-0/bf3ac9cf-7030-4aac-9e53-3f1b40be6f1d/1/1/fog-2_k5g2jd.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037274048~hmac=8b3bd8698c49087ac183cfb60a032f79d37aed50279926528ade5e54e9299a53)
Thick fog blanketing the city of Melbourne, obscuring the Yarra River and city buildings, taken from the footbridge in Southbank. 1998
![Part of a series on A day in the life of Spencer Street station. Passengers boarding the Bacchus Marsh train with the departures board showing 7:48pm](https://format.creatorcdn.com/73f0f66d-8e59-46ad-8cf7-b1099197747d/0/0/0/0,0,1600,1104,1600,1200/0-0-0/921fe3d5-0600-4932-9199-531ac9a9b52d/1/1/spencerST-2_gjdeol.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037274048~hmac=d31db2d61b9f44dbae8423959f246b89d6459d6b9356b475d23383f4947e0634)
Passengers boarding the Bacchus Marsh train with the departures board showing 7:48pm
![Early morning at he Energy Brix Power Station Morwell, in Country Victoria's Gippsland. . Powere poles and wires. 1996](https://format.creatorcdn.com/73f0f66d-8e59-46ad-8cf7-b1099197747d/0/0/0/0,0,1600,1066,1600,1200/0-0-0/375a1db0-8603-4269-853e-d39b6b355e19/1/1/poweLINES-2_zzaj7q.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037274048~hmac=082da19867aa0ed3292de92e085838a0ff13a7370dcd8791ad12ac861cded18c)
Early morning at he Energy Brix Power Station Morwell, in Country Victoria's Gippsland. 1996
![Lake Ianthe, Westland, New Zealand. picture by Penny Stephens. 2004](https://format.creatorcdn.com/73f0f66d-8e59-46ad-8cf7-b1099197747d/0/0/0/0,0,1600,1059,1600,1200/0-0-0/b5b2b9b7-27cc-4416-9afd-a5ade56cf6a8/1/1/lakeLANTHE-2_rxhref.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037274048~hmac=ea994c6a23f35c638ad01fed31a23c5c38dfebee847dd316e77ab0b0d3ee7c2d)
Lake Ianthe, Westland, New Zealand. 2004
![pks000828.002.004 for today. pic by penny stephens. story by chris johnston. bulli the brawler aka greg entering the arena at the OWA (oz wrestling association) night at planet hollywood 2000](https://format.creatorcdn.com/73f0f66d-8e59-46ad-8cf7-b1099197747d/0/0/0/0,0,1600,1095,1600,1200/0-0-0/af770356-827f-4125-b314-6c40a1a63421/1/1/WRESTLER-2_vbwrtq.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037274048~hmac=4f5baffb4e76f491a84677273a29e289a76b769e77792562c5a336be8b869cd6)
Bulli the Brawler aka Greg entering the arena at the OWA (oz wrestling association) night at Planet Hollywood. 2000
![Drunk punters at the Redruth Gaol Jailbreakers B&S Ball ( Bachelors and Spinsters ) in Burra, outback South Australia. 1997.
Image used in : 'The Age - Reflections : 150 Years of History', p. 246](https://format.creatorcdn.com/73f0f66d-8e59-46ad-8cf7-b1099197747d/0/0/0/0,0,1600,1111,1600,1200/0-0-0/bc09c939-eee4-4f24-881d-7af56a2f9eb7/1/1/BurraB_S1-2_nvutwt.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037274048~hmac=8d9f4b0db36f89e39642dc58f48bfbea02893941501f6de906cb44a9e6e0b10e)
Drunk punters at the Redruth Gaol Jailbreakers B&S Ball ( Bachelors and Spinsters ) in Burra, outback South Australia. 1997
![Kids at Debney St Primary School in Flemington play in the autumn leaves. To go with a story for The Age on the ‘Go for your life’ campaign, which encouraged kids to make healthy choices. Melbourne 2006](https://format.creatorcdn.com/73f0f66d-8e59-46ad-8cf7-b1099197747d/0/0/0/0,0,1600,1067,1600,1200/0-0-0/f049cdd4-1a41-4ed3-8050-3e86ef0bc733/1/1/debneyPSkids-2_xgaeaw.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037274048~hmac=1cbd5c453ac33ac5648738dd9c9aa8da4e3c0742d504cf14e5a4f7694434fafb)
Kids at Debney St Primary School in Flemington play in the autumn leaves.
To go with a story for The Age on the ‘Go for your life’ campaign, which encouraged kids to make healthy choices. Melbourne 2006
![pks991101.001.006 for epicure. pic by Penny Stephens. story by chris johnston. A night in Melbourne's bars - The Supper Club.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/73f0f66d-8e59-46ad-8cf7-b1099197747d/0/0/0/0,0,1600,1096,1600,1200/0-0-0/51eef875-1f42-4074-a09b-c54e58bda7fc/1/1/bar-2_sfriqi.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037274048~hmac=b0ae75628ee832e406d9c497155b88dfdae34f5e9aa68564c6006b3ef4d98172)
A night out at The Supper Club, Melbourne. 1999
![Friends Hosea, Felix and Olivia stayed all night on the beach during a Melbourne heatwave to escape the heat. At dawn they were shielding their faces from masses of sticky flies at Point Ormond, Elwood. 2009](https://format.creatorcdn.com/73f0f66d-8e59-46ad-8cf7-b1099197747d/0/0/0/0,0,1600,914,1600,1200/0-0-0/1e88b87a-12a1-4b14-9c9b-fece8d2fb8f0/1/1/heatwave-2_jgqgzf.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037274048~hmac=5e57d2e90e4e94fa8aa10256354bf4cbc0e5ef09728c81c51a12d8bf224c8c1c)
Friends Hosea, Felix and Olivia stayed all night on the beach to escape a Melbourne heatwave. At dawn they were shielding their faces from masses of sticky flies at Point Ormond, Elwood. 2009
![An ALP worker wearing a Kevin '07 t-shirt naps with empty bowls of chips, dips, empty soft drinks, wine and beer on the table next to her at the Sunday roast get together at ALP HQ after the Federal election. 2007](https://format.creatorcdn.com/73f0f66d-8e59-46ad-8cf7-b1099197747d/0/0/0/0,0,1600,1067,1600,1200/0-0-0/bda142e9-c781-44bb-a017-3b770843a301/1/1/ELECTION2007-2_mmjinb.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037274048~hmac=1cbd5c453ac33ac5648738dd9c9aa8da4e3c0742d504cf14e5a4f7694434fafb)
An exhausted ALP worker wearing a Kevin '07 t-shirt naps at the Sunday roast get together at ALP HQ following the Federal election where Kevin Rudd became Prime Minister and Julia Gillard the deputy Prime Minister. 2007
![Royal Women's Hospital Mother's day feature . Renee in labour, her baby's head can almost be seen. Tim, Dr Roger Pepperell and renee's mum kim, lee the midwife. story by corrie perkin. The Sunday Age. May 8th 1999](https://format.creatorcdn.com/73f0f66d-8e59-46ad-8cf7-b1099197747d/0/0/0/0,0,1600,1068,1600,1200/0-0-0/9c858023-6452-4098-bb86-2d1c4cd6fc50/1/1/BIRTH-2_wvasrr.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037274048~hmac=370bbd15081071fa95d50b50215076b808b2cfab511d537691e38a3644ad87f7)
Renee's baby's head crowning in the last stages of labour while her partner Tim, Mum Kim, Lee the midwife and Dr Roger Pepperell the obstetrician look on. Royal Women's hospital, Melbourne. 1999
![Lisa Hawkesworth-Naua changing her son Joshua's nappy a few days after burying his twin brother Lachlan, her hands reaching into his enclosed humidicrib, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg. MELBOURNE MAGAZINE, 2012](https://format.creatorcdn.com/73f0f66d-8e59-46ad-8cf7-b1099197747d/0/0/0/0,0,1600,1067,1600,1200/0-0-0/34bfaca8-1e73-4366-8dba-d2b1e28dee40/1/1/joshuasNAPPYchange-2_d4hdbn.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037274048~hmac=1cbd5c453ac33ac5648738dd9c9aa8da4e3c0742d504cf14e5a4f7694434fafb)
Lisa Hawkesworth-Naua changing her son Joshua's nappy a few days after burying his twin brother Lachlan, her hands reaching into his enclosed humidicrib, Mercy Hospital for Women. Melbourne. 2012
![James and his wife Dr Christine Canty getting their three sons dressed for child care and school in the boys Melbourne bedroom. 2014. Finalist in the Moran Photographic Portrait Prize, 2015. Story on work life balance](https://format.creatorcdn.com/73f0f66d-8e59-46ad-8cf7-b1099197747d/0/0/0/0,0,1600,1065,1600,1200/0-0-0/ec04be0d-889d-4dea-985c-bfed514fd279/1/1/201411_AFGHANcant_find_008_qx3fzv.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037274048~hmac=a0e5f631e9dad1586363cd23dadc0b354e7c4e26fa6fe12dc182eba349e160f1)
James and his wife Dr Christine Canty getting their three sons dressed for child care and school. "We talk about work-life conflict and self-care a lot with our students and it's the perfect irony that we forget to do it for ourselves.” After his son Jack complained that all his dad ever spoke about was work, James decided to put a 10-minute time limit on work-related discussions at home. Melbourne, 2014
![Uncle Toby's Vita Brits make good aeroplanes for Tom aged 4 and Kit aged 2, sitting at their breakfast table with big bowls of vita brits, Melbourne, 2006 PICTURE BY PENNY STEPHENS](https://format.creatorcdn.com/73f0f66d-8e59-46ad-8cf7-b1099197747d/0/0/0/0,0,1600,1070,1600,1200/0-0-0/9eb4c989-2731-48a5-b686-bd55bba382c3/1/1/vitaBRITS-2_pay8in.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037274048~hmac=b1a5c3afb5ea9997b4c4be3f4dca6ba3c5a2dda5d1a523f76cd8df1339e0fcf4)
Vita Brits make good aeroplanes for Tom aged 4 and Kit aged 2. Melbourne, 2006
![Wayne smiles at a passing child while homeless and begging in Lt Collins St. He'd been given $7.50 AUD after 90 minutes which is more than usual he said. He was living beside a railway line . Melbourne. 2005](https://format.creatorcdn.com/73f0f66d-8e59-46ad-8cf7-b1099197747d/0/0/0/0,0,1600,1070,1600,1200/0-0-0/2aee4256-8b27-43b8-a390-9ecab6b9518e/1/1/beggar-2_hebgbv.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037274048~hmac=b1a5c3afb5ea9997b4c4be3f4dca6ba3c5a2dda5d1a523f76cd8df1339e0fcf4)
Wayne smiles at a passing child while homeless and begging in Lt Collins St. He'd been given $7.50 AUD after 90 minutes which is more than usual he said. He was living beside a railway line . Melbourne. 2005
![A crowd of thousands stands silently during the Anzac Day Dawn Service at Melbourne's Shrine of Rememberence with the city in the background. 2013 THE AGE](https://format.creatorcdn.com/73f0f66d-8e59-46ad-8cf7-b1099197747d/0/0/0/0,0,1600,1065,1600,1200/0-0-0/fb95ddda-8fdf-4c5e-8865-8e641608a055/1/1/anzacDAWN-2_uicipd.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037274048~hmac=a0e5f631e9dad1586363cd23dadc0b354e7c4e26fa6fe12dc182eba349e160f1)
The Anzac Day Dawn Service at Melbourne's Shrine of Rememberence. 2013