High on the hill: Melbourne’s iconic Nylex Clock
It’s the end of another year, so it’s time to look back at some of the iconic photos featured in 2025’s EYE FOR AUSTRALIA.
December’s gift (above) is a picture of the man who once maintained Melbourne’s famous Nylex Clock. The site of the watch has long been abandoned since Nylex closed in 2004. This sign crowns the 14-storey silos located between the Yarra River and the MCG in Melbourne and is also seen on famous singers. paul kellytrace of ‘Leaps and Boundaries‘.
IA. sherry Eye for Australia looks at the country through the lens of award-winning photojournalist Bill McAuley.
We hope you enjoyed our illustrated summary of last year.
Australia’s Eye: 2025
November
Gough Whitlam, the day after the infamous dismissal of the Whitlam Government (1975)
October
Australian boxing world champion Lionel Rose (1988)
September
late American musician Frank Zappa He was an intelligent, complex and “one of a kind” artist (1973)
August
The boy who went to the forest: Matthew Naughton ‘puts on’ rabbit trap (1978)
July
Cleo Laine portrays the Sydney Opera House (Circa, 1975)
June
Dame Edna Everage: The cultural ambassador who puts them to shame (2008)
May
Australian actor Geoffrey Rush ‘shines’ (Circa, 2000)
April
A digger walks ‘to remember them’ (Circa, 2000)
March
Colleen McCullough’s ‘Birds of Thorns’ still wears the crown (Circa, 2000)
February
David Williamson – ‘Don’s Party’ was just the beginning (1979)
Fireplace
Black Monday: When money talks… and says ‘goodbye’ in Melbourne (1987)
Bill McAuley’s 40-plus-year news career began in 1969 as a student photographer at ‘The Age’ in Melbourne.
Bill has several published collections including ‘Portraits of the Soul: Images from a Lifetime with Bill McAuley’. Click to see more from Bill HERE.
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