Land record found! A stray returns from the “Land of the Beardies”

Posted on November 5, 2009 by William Oates

It is an interesting fact that many frontier locations like Wellingrove, lost population and government services as circumstances changed over time. Government records from this period sometimes strayed from official custody and some remain undiscovered to this day.

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Can you date and locate this photograph? [George Street, Sydney]

Posted on November 1, 2009 by Rhonda Campbell

This photograph is from NRS4481 and is part of the series of photographs that were taken by officers of the Government Printing Office during the years c.1870-c.1920.

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Announcing the inaugural winner of the NSW Archival Research Fellowship

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Christine Yeats

The winner, Dr Caroline Ford, has been awarded the $15,000 to enable her to research and write a history of Sydney’s relationship with its ocean foreshores, commencing in the 1820 and extending to 1920.

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Regional Repositories: Part 2 – University of Wollongong Library

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Fiona Sullivan

The collection at the University of Wollongong commenced when in 1968 Jim Hagan and Ross Duncan from the University’s Department of History began building a collection of source materials to support research in the Department.

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CAN Special Event: Developing a social media strategy for archives

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Fiona Sullivan

Are you looking for new ways to promote your collections or thinking about establishing an interactive online presence for your organisation? This could be the seminar for you.

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Congratulations to State Records and the Land & Property Management Authority – a job well done in preserving history!

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Christine Yeats

State Records NSW and the Land and Property Management Authority were joint winners of the Mander Jones Award

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Can you date this photograph? [Kendall St, Cowra]

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Rhonda Campbell

This photograph shows a very busy downtown Cowra with parking spots at a premium. Some business names can be seen as well as a number of models of cars. We are hoping that all these clues will help reveal the time period when this photograph was taken.

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It’s Blog Action Day and the topic is climate change (and archives?)

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Anthea Brown

You may wonder how an archives can contribute to saving the planet? Well, here we will introduce you to the newest building at the Western Sydney Records Centre which can boast of being world class in using the latest innovations in environmental technology.

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Conservation Tip No. 3: Removing blood from paper documents

Posted on October 12, 2009 by Elizabeth Hadlow

If you find yourself bleeding all over your precious documents or family heirlooms, do not despair, speedy action will probably result in little or no permanent damage occurring.

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Satisfaction Survey 2009 – we need you!

Posted on October 6, 2009 by Anthea Brown

Yes, it’s that time of year again and the State Records Satisfaction Survey is now available. If you have visited our reading rooms or used our online resources in the past year we’d love to hear from you.

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