Posts Tagged online gallery

Does anyone know what a Moleyn Car looks like?

Posted on September 26, 2011 by

Rachel Hollis is an archivist working in Public Access at State Records NSW Have you seen our latest Online Gallery? Robbery Under Arms: The Eveleigh Payroll Heist, 1914 The gallery tells the story of the Eveleigh payroll robbery which took place on 10 June 1914. What makes this crime unique is not only the fact that it [...]

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Update: Your name in lights – see the stars!

Posted on February 10, 2011 by

We asked if you had photos (or other information) to contribute that would complement the current content and as a result get your name in lights. It turns out light bulbs have been very effective for this particular mission. We have been delighted with the response and impressed with your efforts!

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Your photo –> Your Name in Lights! Well, in bold lettering anyways…

Posted on January 25, 2011 by

The Kieran Gallery is not as complete as we’d like it to be and we thought you might be able to help. We know how much you love to date photos from our collection. It got us thinking that perhaps you also take photographs yourselves?

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Creating a digital gallery (part 5 – putting it all online)

Posted on January 22, 2010 by

8:53am – Physically, and perhaps philosophically, I am a digital version of my original self. I am reporting from inside ‘the network’. It appears my investigation is almost at an end.

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Creating a digital gallery (part 4 – digitisation and transcription)

Posted on January 21, 2010 by

The latest “Day in the Life of…” from an archive in the State Records NSW collection. This informative series focuses on how to add a digital gallery to your website, featuring our latest online exhibition “Lachlan Macquarie: visionary and builder”

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Creating a digital gallery – Macquarie through the magnifying glass (or part 3 – research)

Posted on January 20, 2010 by

3:13pm – I listen as some of the Macquarie ‘docs’ tell fond stories of the good ol’ days, known as B.M. (Before Microfilm). Researchers in the reading room would get excited to see Lachlan Macquarie’s initials “LM” personally scrawled by him…

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Creating a digital gallery (part 2 – conservation check)

Posted on January 19, 2010 by

11:54am – Oddly enough, the majority of conservation required is actually to repair damage sustained from old conservation techniques.

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Creating a digital gallery (part 1 – the planning committee)

Posted on January 18, 2010 by

9:27am – There are two people in the ‘meeting room’. They are part of a larger syndicate group called the ‘Exhibition Committee’. Members come from far and wide across the organisation – I hear talk that they each represent a different phase of the project.

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Watch this space for a behind-the-scenes look at creating an online gallery

Posted on January 14, 2010 by

To start the New Year off with a bit of fun: next week we bring you a new series, written by Bea Scanned (a close friend of Ann Item, who brought you the Day in the Life of a State Archive series).

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Macquarie 2010 – celebrating 200 years

Posted on January 1, 2010 by

On this day, 200 years ago, Lachlan Macquarie became Governor of New South Wales. State Records NSW has put together a digital gallery to celebrate Macquarie, who was governor of New South Wales from 1 January 1810 – 1 December 1821.

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Add a digital gallery to your website

Posted on July 17, 2009 by

These images and records have been digitised for various reasons – some have been done for photographic orders, some have been digitised for talks and presentations…whatever the reason these images should be re-used in some way instead of living on an internal server or a CD on a shelf.

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