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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Australian artists Tom Roberts and GVF Mann painting on boat, 1896

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    Trove amazes yet again ...

    PORT MACQUARIE.
    (from our correspondent.)
    We have had a visit from a yachting party from Sydney. The party consisted of Mr. Oliver, President of the Land Appeal Court, and seven other gentlemen, including three artists. Mr. Tom Roberts, President of the new Art Society, was amongst the visitors. They proceeded up the Hastings River for some distance and also visited the Wilson. They were loud in their praises of the many natural beauties of the district. ...

    See - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/234323023?searchTerm=t...
    (22/01/1896)
  • State Library of New South Wales said:
    beachcomber australia 👍
  • beachcomber australia said:

    "Sunset on the Yacht, Hastings River"
    Oil on cigar box lid, signed with initials 'TR 1896', lower right,
    35.6 x 23.6 cm

    via www.aasd.com.au/artist/35-thomas-tom-william-roberts/work...

BHP shipbuilding and freight wharves, Whyalla, South Australia, c. 1950

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  • 8 older comments, and then…
  • bill doyle said:
    thanks for that!
  • Flickr said:
    Congrats on Explore! ⭐ June 2, 2025
  • Michael Gschwind said:
    Glückwunsch zu Explore !
  • Gianluigi Roda [mostly off for disease] said:
    SEEN IN WONDERS OF PHOTOGRAPHY IN GENERAL.MARAVILLAS DE LA FOTOGRAFIA EN
    www.flickr.com/groups/14876488@N22/pool
    .
  • dale bentham said:
    Lovely image congratulations on explore

Mrs Wing Fang

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  • square view said:
    Hi!

    The images in (at least) the latest upload seem to have malformed URLs for "finding more detailed information about this photograph". The link for this image, and a few others I tried go to a larger version of the image (only) – rather than the "record page", which for this photograph appears to be:

    www.acmssearch.sl.nsw.gov.au/search/itemDetailPaged.cgi?i...

    I don't know if this issue affects photographs in the State Library of NSW Flickr stream before today's upload or not.
  • square view said:
    And ... simply because this DESERVES it's own comment ;-)

    The 2015 State Library Holiday card is totally awesome!

    As only the State Library of NSW can do ;) they have brought to you The Twelve Days of Christmas in a special, free holiday ecard.

    You can pick up yours here!
  • State Library of New South Wales said:
    Thanks Pixel Wrangler - the issue should be fixed now! AC
  • covid convict said:
    trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/236519630/25585758 - a photoshopped version of this pic appeared in the Labor Daily on 10th May, 1935 (see pic on 2nd page of link)...per the accompanying caption, this is Madam Wang Feng, wife of the recently appointed Chinese Consul at Wellington, New Zealand ...she was evidently passing thru Sydney en route to NZ to join her husband...the various shipping intelligence items indicate she arrived in Sydney (from Hong Kong) on the KPM liner S.S. Nieuw Zeeland on 6th May...then departed Sydney for NZ on the R.M.S. Maunganui, on 9th May...

    trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/230253348 - the Sun, 7th May, 1935...the Sun had this pic...taken on her arrival in Sydney...

    trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/182434082 - the Brisbane Daily Telegraph, 4th May, 1935...the Brisbane Daily Telegraph's reporter 'Nancy Lee' interviewed her when she passed thru Brisbane the previous week...she evidently held a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from Nankai University, in Tianjin, and prior to her marriage had worked as an accountant...she'd spent the previous 2 years with her husband at Johannesburg...

    trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/206259841 - the Brisbane Truth, 5th May, 1935...another interview here...

    trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/246499635 - the Daily Telegraph, 22nd February, 1935...pic of her husband here...

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