Can you date this Photograph? [Newcastle Beach]
Posted on November 16, 2009 by Rhonda Campbell
With summer fast approaching I though it would be nice to look back and see how beachgoers looked in times gone by.
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Quick poll: do your readers use gloves when accessing archives
Posted on November 9, 2009 by Anthea Brown
On the whole the preferred choice of glove is nitrile. I’m curious to know whether your readers have a ‘glove preference’ when accessing your archives? Or if readers are required to wear them?
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Update: Can you date this photograph [Lismore Post Office]
Posted on November 12, 2009 by Rhonda Campbell
Since we last posted an image of Lismore Post Office some more information has come to light………………..
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Remembrance Day 2009
Posted on November 11, 2009 by Fiona Sullivan
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place: and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
New England remembers through the archives: World War I
Posted on November 11, 2009 by William Oates
…….look closely at the walking sticks, stiff poses and empty sleeves. Captured here is a reminder of the immense impact of World War One on young Australians.
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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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