Add in equal parts - Curator, Photography, Music, and History - digitise - then serve chilled. Works at State Library NSW & shared views my own. Q64778919
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Jun 11
Turon quartz crushing works, Sofala Gold fields, New South Wales, 1852, James Gay Hawkins. Uploaded to #FlickrCommons by @StateLibraryNSW flic.kr/p/2s2KLur
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Jun 10
2UE Radio disc jockey starting work 1949. Uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histor…
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Jun 9
#OTD 9 June 1883 - Unveiling of the statue of Australian engineer TS Mort by Lord Augustus Loftus, Governor of NSW, Macquarie Place, Sydney, by Enterprise Photo Co., @statelibrarynsw collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/rec…
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Jun 4
May Bradford and Jack Jones welding the all-Australian monoplane, Sydney, 1934, by Sam Hood, glass negative,
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Jun 3
#OTD 3 June 1769, James Cook made this drawing with remarks on the Transit of Venus. Half-sheet of paper written on both sides in Cook's handwriting and with his signature, Uploaded to Wikipedia by @statelibrarynsw en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1769_t…
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Jun 2
Born #OTD 2 June 1774 - William Lawson who was on the first successful crossing of the Blue Mountains by British colonists. Ambrotype copied from an original daguerreotype, Uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW New South Wales en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willia…
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May 29
Grumman G-21 Goose seaplane, landing in Sydney, c. 1938, film negative, Australian Consolidated Press Archive, Uploaded to 3Flickrcommons by @StateLibraryNSW flic.kr/p/2s34wCu
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May 27
#OTD King Street at night, Sydney, 21 May 1938, by Norman Herfort uploaded to FlickrCommons by @StateLibraryNSW flic.kr/p/2rtPr1x #ThrowbackThursday
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May 25
Margaret Galbraith (the first ship to enter the Auckland graving dock,), Auckland, New Zealand, 1878 and French warship 'Atalante', Fitzroy Dock, Sydney, 1873. Uploaded to Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_do…
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May 22
Panorama of Wentworth Park, Glebe, Sydney, c.1924, vintage print, uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSw en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wentwo…
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May 19
Nightshift begins for radio disc jockey, Sydney, 18 August 1949, by L. Bartholomew, vintage film negative uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histor…
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May 18
Hornby Lighthouse, South Head, looking east, c.1840, by Frederick Garling (jnr.), Jean Garling collection, uploaded to #wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornby…
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May 14
Doll hospital, Sydney, 1946 by Max Dupain, vintage film negative Uploaded to #FlickrCommons by @StateLibraryNSw
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May 14
Fred Atkins Cinesound's Gorilla man, 21 February 1939, being made up for his role in "Gone to the Dogs' starring George Wallace. All images State Library of NSW, ON 388/Box 026/Item 200
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May 13
Shipwrights at work, Darling Harbour, Port Jackson, Sydney, 1878. Uploaded to Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW
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May 11
Panorama of Wentworth Park, Sydney, ca. 1920, by by unknown. Uploaded to Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW
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May 8
Model with display of costume jewellery, January 1947. Uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costum…
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May 6
Mining at old Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1857, painting by George Rowe. Uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLIbraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austra…
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Hudson's Timber yard, Blackwattle Bay, Sydney, ca. 1920-1925, by Arthur Ernest Foster. Vintage glass negative Uploaded to Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW
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May 1
Born #OTD 1 May 1893 - General Julian Cunningham who served in the 112th Cavalry Regiment in Papua New Guinea during World War II. Photo Amulet Plantation, New Britain, 1943-44. Uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian…
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