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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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Vampire jet after record flight Brisbane to Sydney, Australia, 1949

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  • Francesco Dini said:
    Outstanding image 🌟
  • covid convict said:
    I gather the pilot was F/Lt C.D. Murphy, DFC...he was evidently known as Des...

    trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/212200987 - the Brisbane Telegraph, 18th July, 1949...report on Murphy's first record breaking flight from Sydney to Brisbane on 18th July, 1949...per the Bris Tele, the time was 70 minutes...

    trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/27583304 - SMH, 21st July, 1949...report on Murphy's second record breaking flight...this time on the return leg from Brisbane to Sydney on 20th July, 1949...per the SMH, the time was 62 minutes...
  • covid convict said:
    I haven't managed to discover who made the first non-stop flight between Sydney and Brisbane (either direction)...in 1921 Bert Hinkler flew his Avro non-stop from Sydney to Bundaberg in 8hrs 40mins...

    In December 1926 Edgar Percival with passenger George Cutts flew non-stop from Sydney to Brisbane in a DH.9 in 4hrs 35mins...

    trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16340080 - SMH, 14th December, 1926...brief report on Percival's flight

Rubber glove manufacture, Sydney, 1939

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  • clive422 said:
    What a . interesting picture!
  • Francesco Dini said:
    Absolutely stunning! 🌟
  • Lamoreaux said:
    Worked in a plant near Spartanburg, South Carolina, back in 1972, making surgical gloves pretty much the same way as this. We used larger racks of the ceramic hands, though, which were dipped first in latex, then run through an oven and baked on. After the oven, they were dipped in water containing talc. The racks were set on carts that ran along diminutive tracks resembling railroad tracks. You’d lift the rack off the cart with a hoist that would swing it over and dip it into the respective vats. Hot work with few breaks. And mindless, I guess, apart from safety awareness. I think latex surgical gloves are still in use today, so I wonder if the production has changed.
  • State Library of New South Wales said:
    Lamoreaux 👍

Patricia’s Milk Bar 1949 SLNSW_FL14218394

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  • blinky bot said:
    That is very cool
  • Michael Gschwind said:
    Glückwunsch zu Explore !
  • PaulSheff said:
    Beautifully captured and faved 🌟 Congrats on Explore 📷✨ Have a nice day and weekend 👍
  • Sigurd Krieger said:
    Congrats on Xplore!!
  • gato-gato-gato said:
    Fantastic work!

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