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Shifts and expedients of camp life, 1876, illustration by T. Baines
Posted at 1 February 2023 - 9:13am by statelibraryofnsw
Bushrangers are Australian legends, but not all Australian bushrangers were seen in a glowing light. Join historian Meg Foster for an online talk to hear stories of bushrangers who didn't fit the mould.

🗓 Tue 7 Feb
⏰ 11am–12pm
🔗 https://t.co/3dRIzP1Yj3 https://t.co/6qXFryScKJ
Posted at 31 January 2023 - 12:00pm by State Library of NSW
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We're here to make #BackToSchool a breeze! 🎒📚 From learning the ABCs to starting the HSC, we offer plenty of resources to help students and teachers. See our learning programs here: https://t.co/R5X0s9M8Ss

📸 Pupils of Sydney Girls High School, c 1930s, by Sam Hood. https://t.co/sER2fuiSEc
Posted at 30 January 2023 - 2:00pm by State Library of NSW
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The Sobraon photographed by F. C. Gould off Gravesend, ca. 1875
Posted at 30 January 2023 - 9:25am by statelibraryofnsw
@eleaud We’re excited to have you here! Best of luck with your research. 📚✨
Posted at 30 January 2023 - 8:22am by State Library of NSW
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We got you a beautiful bouquet for #NationalDaisyDay! 💐 'Still life of flowers', 1930-1969, photographed by Max Dupain.

See more images: https://t.co/rwpf0ZTYEP https://t.co/5fc1Cr7B2E
Posted at 28 January 2023 - 12:00pm by State Library of NSW
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This photo of Hunter Street in Sydney is alive with detail! Photographer Arthur Ernest Foster captured this bustling image of roadworks in 1925.

🔎 Can you spot the Richard Johnson Obelisk and Perpetual Trustee Company Building? #FlashbackFriday

📸 https://t.co/9Lu6sGdvsD https://t.co/A2m68kF6EY
Posted at 27 January 2023 - 4:00pm by State Library of NSW
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Today is #HolocaustRemembranceDay, a day to honor the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and millions of other victims of Nazism. To learn more about the Holocaust and to hear interviews with survivors visit: https://t.co/zF2USAxrea

📸 Courtesy photographer D-Mo Zajac https://t.co/6u81TO6wdK
Posted at 27 January 2023 - 12:00pm by State Library of NSW
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#OTD in 1972 performances of 'Betty Can Jump' began at the Pram Factory theatre in Carlton, Melbourne. Produced by the Australian Performing Group, the play helped set the scene for a vibrant women’s theatre movement.

Read @kathkenny_'s #Openbook story: https://t.co/uvEPgyFIiG https://t.co/kOjudZrVoz
Posted at 26 January 2023 - 12:00pm by State Library of NSW
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Golden hour in the vestibule. ✨

Reminder: the Library is open today, Thursday 26 January.

Visit our exhibitions, reading rooms and heritage spaces from 10am-5pm.

See what's on: https://t.co/2nhSzRrxQY https://t.co/4qVRML3sIs
Posted at 26 January 2023 - 10:00am by State Library of NSW
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🏗️ Here's a great resource for people interested in construction and #architecture. Browse digitised issues of Building magazine, published from 1907 to 1942, online via @TroveAustralia: https://t.co/9wFXTcK18B https://t.co/K7Sn2rVNXP
Posted at 25 January 2023 - 4:00pm by State Library of NSW
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Two children in the street, Sydney, 1949, by Ted Hood
Posted at 25 January 2023 - 1:27pm by statelibraryofnsw
Happy #LibraryShelfie Day, from us to you! ❤️ Whether you're looking for a hard-to-find book, magazines, journals or ebooks, our wonderful librarians are always here to help.

Chat to them in our Reading Rooms or online using Ask a Librarian: https://t.co/tNq2ojSqRI https://t.co/nJ7FirMU0S
Posted at 25 January 2023 - 12:10pm by State Library of NSW
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Reminder! Entries for our National Biography Award ($42,000) and Russell Prize for Humour Writing ($15,000) close 5pm, Friday 3 February 2023. #NatBioAward #RussellPrize #OzLit

View guidelines and apply now: https://t.co/CLy9Fo8PQk https://t.co/N4vByZbiNZ
Posted at 25 January 2023 - 10:10am by State Library of NSW
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A splendid shelf of Ethel Turner books to celebrate her birthday. 🎉 Born #OTD in 1870, Ethel is best-known for her novel 'Seven Little Australians', which has been in print since 1894. The Library is lucky to hold her original manuscripts!

Read more: https://t.co/3g3tbXc5A3 https://t.co/36D7cHUiFK
Posted at 24 January 2023 - 4:00pm by State Library of NSW
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Diving into the collection can be thirsty work! 🍺 As part of her #SLNSWFellowship, @SydneyClio explored the history of pub culture through our little-known @tooheys collection. #BeerCanAppreciationDay

Read the full story: https://t.co/ibs16xZZCu https://t.co/D7HwEaSVSq
Posted at 24 January 2023 - 12:00pm by State Library of NSW
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Who was Hélène Bessette, and why was her Sydney novel forgotten in Australia? A French author, poet and theorist, her novel 'La Route Bleue' (The Blue Road) is based on her own experiences in Sydney in the 1940s.

Read @stancorrey 's #Openbook story: https://t.co/QMEEuYxq1I https://t.co/CusMJ7duZ4
Posted at 24 January 2023 - 10:00am by State Library of NSW
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Interior of entrance foyer, Minerva Theatre, Sydney, 1939
Posted at 23 January 2023 - 11:33am by statelibraryofnsw
Happy Lunar New Year!

Wishing you a wonderful Year of the Rabbit, with courage, peace and prosperity. 🐰

These beautiful photographs were taken at Sze Yup Kwan Ti Taoist Temple in Glebe on 24 January 2020 by Joy Lai.

See more images: https://t.co/yNzyu7iZQv https://t.co/UJppLJqST0
Posted at 22 January 2023 - 10:00am by State Library of NSW
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🚨 Run, don't walk! It's the last weekend to see our popular #KillOrCure exhibition.

Discover western medicine's macabre history and get up close with #RareBooks from the Library's collection.

Closes 5pm, Sunday 22 January 2023.

Learn more: https://t.co/vP9fXbBgio https://t.co/wfagq7QSUR
Posted at 21 January 2023 - 10:00am by State Library of NSW
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Ever wondered what the Library's oldest object is? You're looking at it! Set within the black marble near the Shakespeare Room is a fossilised Orthoceras nautiloid dating back to the Silurian period, around 400 million years ago. #FactFriday

Learn more: https://t.co/nnc3w8Mkk9 https://t.co/LgDKL0UHdy
Posted at 20 January 2023 - 2:00pm by State Library of NSW
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@colourful_hist We're thrilled to have you with us! We hope you enjoy exploring our collection and look forward to finding out more about your research. 😊
Posted at 20 January 2023 - 1:37pm by State Library of NSW
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Man wearing a leather coat, by Sam Hood, 1930-1940
Posted at 20 January 2023 - 10:01am by statelibraryofnsw
Panorama of Moore Park and Surry Hills from the entrance gates to Moore Park, ca. 1875
Posted at 18 January 2023 - 12:42pm by statelibraryofnsw
Road construction, Hunter Street, Sydney, 1925
Posted at 16 January 2023 - 9:11am by statelibraryofnsw
HMAS Tingira, c.1935, by Walter Burke
Posted at 13 January 2023 - 9:02am by statelibraryofnsw
Clown and children, Coogee Beach, Sydney 1892-1907
Posted at 11 January 2023 - 9:18am by statelibraryofnsw
Zoology specimens, Australasian Antarctic Expedition Reports, 1911-1914
Posted at 9 January 2023 - 10:03am by statelibraryofnsw
Louis Becke, Pacific Island trader and writer, ca. 1900
Posted at 6 January 2023 - 3:07pm by statelibraryofnsw
Jimmy Bancks creator of Ginger Megs, 1940
Posted at 3 January 2023 - 10:49am by statelibraryofnsw
Bungan Beach, New South Wales, 1940, by Max Dupain
Posted at 21 December 2022 - 10:04am by statelibraryofnsw
Boy and Santa, Sydney, 1936
Posted at 19 December 2022 - 9:33am by statelibraryofnsw
Lunch after a dusty march, 1914-1915
Posted at 16 December 2022 - 4:38pm by statelibraryofnsw
Cummings and Wilson projectors on Raycophone bases installed at Kings Theatre, Ashfield, Sydney
Posted at 14 December 2022 - 10:29am by statelibraryofnsw
Aviator in leather & fur flying suit, Australia, c. 1942
Posted at 12 December 2022 - 8:31am by statelibraryofnsw
Frank Bickerton, Antarctica, 1915-1916
Posted at 8 December 2022 - 9:18am by statelibraryofnsw
Portrait of Te Hapuku, 1877
Posted at 5 December 2022 - 1:48pm by statelibraryofnsw
Rainforest in Budderoo National Park, NSW, 1949
Posted at 2 December 2022 - 10:03am by statelibraryofnsw

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