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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Trial Bay, World War One, Internment camp, 1918 - State Library of New South Wales

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  • 8 older comments, and then…
  • Blue Mountains Library, Local Studies said:
    An earlier view of Trial Bay taken from below the gaol site and showing the bay from where the above photo was taken, still plenty of shacks -
    Trial Bay
  • State Library of New South Wales said:
    Blue Mountains Library, Local Studies 👍
  • Flickr said:
    Congrats on Explore! ⭐ October 21, 2024
  • Michael Gschwind said:
    Glückwunsch zu Explore !
  • Sigurd Krieger said:
    Congrats on Xplore!!

Reception for Captain Cook, Ha'apai, Tonga, 1773-1784

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  • Mike Kelly said:
    Looks like Polynesians had dogs, never thought about that before.

John Hunter, State Theatre, Sydney, May 1952

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  • covid convict said:
    This is one of the pics of John Hunter that appeared in a feature article in Pix, on 23rd August, 1952, titled 'Australia's most unusual model'...

    nla.gov.au/nla.obj-464949071/view?partId=nla.obj-46529636... ... - Trove link to the Pix article...for the article, Pix used a cropped face only version of this pic...plus the pic was flipped...see the last page of the article...

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