State Library of New South Wales

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The State Library of New South Wales' major subject strengths are Australian history, culture and literature, including Aboriginal studies, Antarctic exploration, family history and genealogy, business and management, social sciences, applied science, biography, health and law. The State Library is home to one of Australia’s most significant historical and heritage collections. As well as nearly 11 kilometres of manuscripts – from nine 1788 First Fleet journals through to the archives of contemporary organisations and writers – the Library holds more than one million photographs. From the earliest surviving photograph taken in Australia – in January 1845 – through to digital photographs taken last month, the Library’s unrivalled photographic collections document with powerful clarity the way Australians have lived their lives over two centuries. You can find out more about the State Library's photographic collections on our website: www.sl.nsw.gov.au/research-and-collections

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Lizard - James Stuart, Natural history drawings, mainly of reptiles, Linnean Society of New South Wales ca. 1831-1841

  • Hello World said:
    Thanks for sharing

Railway Station, Wellington, New Zealand, January 1947

  • geoff.barker285 said:
    i like how everyone's dealing with the windy conditions

Moncrieff and Hood's Ryan B.1 plane 'Aotearoa,' Richmond aerodrome, Sydney, 10 January 1928,

  • covid convict said:
    I'd say the location is Richmond aerodrome, where the aircraft was prepared prior to the attempted flight to New Zealand...I think that's a RAAF wind sock blowing from the pole on the roof of the hangar...

    trove.nla.gov.au/work/186346845 - NLA Fairfax aerial photo of Richmond aerodrome taken in 1929...
  • State Library of New South Wales said:
    covid convict yes that looks like a good call based on the saw tooth roof etc. Will update in catalogue 👍

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