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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Women working on an aircraft fuselage, 1943

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  • covid convict said:
    Looks like a Boomerang (the aeroplane)...
  • covid convict said:
    nla.gov.au/nla.obj-477302692/view?sectionId=nla.obj-48476... - this pic appeared in Pix on 18th December, 1943...in a feature article on WAAAF instrument fitters in training...

    A number of other pics in this SLNSW WAAAF instrument fitters series also appeared in the Pix article...
  • mflapan1 said:
    They are working on the eengine, nor the fuselage.

Harry Furniss, (who worked in Australia as Paul Furniss), actor, director, author, singer and dancer, ca. 1927-1939 / photographer unknown

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  • Temari 09 said:
    Thank you so much for sharing this image of this beautiful man! I absolutely love it.

    I used it here:
    Changing places
  • ohairas said:
    This guy reminds me of Antonio Banderas
  • Star Stubbs Furniss said:
    This man is my grate grate grate uncle .. 😊 xx
  • Star Stubbs Furniss said:
    Temari 09

    This is so funny😂

Arrival of new ferry South Steyne from Scotland, Port Jackson, 1938

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  • State Library of New South Wales said:
    NEW FERRY BOAT (1938, September 10). The Maitland Daily Mercury (NSW : 1894 - 1939), p. 5. Retrieved August 13, 2025, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125727148
  • State Library of New South Wales said:
    NEW FERRY FOR MANLY SERVICE (1938, September 10). Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), p. 12. Retrieved August 13, 2025, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133145898
  • State Library of New South Wales said:
    SOUTH STEYNE AT SYDNEY (1938, September 10). Daily Commercial News and Shipping List (Sydney, NSW : 1891 - 1954), p. 4. Retrieved August 13, 2025, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162061138

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