A free online history of Sydney https://teapawt.net/t.co/YdW6qkDvfl at the State Library of NSW.
Sydney, NSW
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In 2020, the Dictionary of Sydney had 1,329,758 page views - an increase of over 30% compared to the same period the previous year - all thanks to the fabulous crew @statelibrarynsw & beyond who made it all possible! Pic: SLNSW ON 388/Box 009/Item 005 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/dig…
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Come along next Friday 12 April to hear about the origins of Aboriginal activism at the Centenary Forum for the Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association 1924–2024.
Book now: sl.nsw.gov.au/events/100-yea…
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Explore the fascinating world of photography where art meets science with @HistoryGirlKate and Library insiders @geoffmuse, Cecilia Harvey, @joideverve_x and Scott Wajon.
📷 Albums, glass plates, tintypes & more
🗓️ Sun 26 Nov at 2pm
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Say hello to our new State Librarian! It's Dr Caroline Butler-Bowdon's first day at the Library, and we couldn't wait to ask her a few questions.
Read our full Q&A with @cbbmuse here: ow.ly/1eOM50Q7KHi
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Show your ❤️ at the Library Shop this weekend.
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'By 2017 the Australian Dictionary of Biography ... had still published only 210 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander entries out of some 13,000 biographies.'
@ShinoKonishi and Indigenous members of @NCB_ANU describe their project in 'Who's your mob?'
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I am revisiting Logjam the methodology for managing uncatalogued archives, for @UkNatArchives We want information on collections you have catalogued so we can produce estimates for future cataloguing times. You can contribute via the link below. Pls RT smartsurvey.co.uk/s/Logjam2/
ALT Boxes containing uncatalogued archives, piled on top of each other haphazardly. Demonstrating the challenge archivists face when faced with uncatalogued archives. Logjam will help to tackle this.
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Fine obituary by @SusanLever1 honouring Elizabeth Webby, scholar who brought Australian literature to the fore. #ozlit smh.com.au/national/scholar-…
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Want to help spread this powerful message so it hits more TV screens, cinemas and social feeds? DONATE NOW: alumni.unsw.edu.au/giving/LA… #VoteYes #VoiceToParliament #YoureTheVoice #HistoryIsCalling
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Hot on the heels of the Ron Rathbone Local History Competition prize, my succinct version of why two airliners barely escaped a horrific collision in Sydney in 1971 has just been published in the @RAHS_News History magazine, No. 157 😊
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I believe this event is booked out, so I'm pumped to be speaking in this session at @statelibrarynsw today with Roslyn Burge. It will be my 💯 public history presentation. What a great way to celebrate #HistoryWeek2023!
@HistoryNSW @pha_nsw @seamuseum_
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Mr William Cooper a Yorta Yorta man, seeking representation to be heard by parliament in 1933! That’s 90yrs and still waiting! In 2023 let’s vote 🗳️ @yes23au #RightAndJust #SeatAtTheTable – at Shepparton - Mooroopna, Victoria
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A really great piece on Bruce Petty, proving that cartoonists aren't all terrible. theconversation.com/how-cart… via @ConversationEDU
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'The first thing to mention is that printing is important. Really important. More important than you’re thinking.'
Savannah Hollis (@savholl) on the state of Australia's printing industry and why it matters. overland.org.au/2023/08/prin…
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Profits from the resources of the colonies “went into the building of the modern British economy”.
“Many in Barbados feel like their role in building the British Empire has either been forgotten or totally ignored.” abc.net.au/news/2023-07-26/t…
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I’m presenting this seminar paper in a couple of weeks time. It comes out of my research as Nancy Kessing Fellow @statelibrarynsw. You can participate either in person or by zoom. If you’re interested, I’d love to see you there. history.cass.anu.edu.au/cent… @NCB_ANU @calc_anu
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Due to ANU strike next Thursday 27 July, this talk is now happening slightly earlier at 10.30am - 12 midday. Come along if you’d like to hear the story of a writerly marriage that bears little resemblance to Anna Funder’s Wifedom. Details below.Thanks @statelibrarynsw @cfwriter
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Cyanotypes by Thomas Smillie (1843–1917) of the @Smithsonian's collection, by their very first curator of photography. More in our latest post: publicdomainreview.org/colle…
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Indiana Jones, whose front row students once wrote “I love you” on their eyelids, now faced a half empty lecture theatre who hadn’t done the reading.
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An online attitude that’s developed in the last 20 years and really bugs me is the idea that all historical information is available somewhere on the web. No, it’s not. There are historians working at the evidential coalface every day to make it available
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This #PrideMonth come and take a walk with a 78er! Explore the Library's #PrideRevolution exhibition, with some of the activists who marched in the first @sydneymardigras.
See times and book now: ow.ly/aeSY50OMqI5
