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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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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Online Photographic Search: Poll Results
Posted on September 15, 2009 by Fiona Sullivan
The poll results are in. Perhaps not surprisingly Search engines such as Google or Yahoo topped the poll with 33% of the vote.
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August 2009: Link roundup post
Posted on September 1, 2009 by Fiona Sullivan
This is a roundup of some interesting links that we’ve stumbled across over the last month or so. If you’re interested in Archives 2.0, Conservation, Archival Processing and Research tools click here.
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What online tools do you use to search for photographs?
Posted on August 28, 2009 by Fiona Sullivan
Do you search for photographs online? Why not take our latest poll?
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Windows to another time – Ralph Snowball’s Glass Negatives
Posted on August 18, 2009 by Gionni DiGravio
Originally more than 8,000 glass negatives were stored in the cellar of Ralph Snowball’s Clarence Rd house. Most had not seen the light of day since Snowball’s death in 1925………
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Tom Lennon Photographic Collection
Posted on August 11, 2009 by Lauren Carroll
Wagga and the Riverina, fifty years ago, was captured through the lens of Tom Lennon, talented photographer, artist, inventor and one of the city’s most recognizable characters in the 1950s-60s-70s.
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Using shadows to date photographs (part 2)
Posted on July 21, 2009 by William Oates
The exact location of the photo is critical to the process. Without knowing your location on the planet, you cannot work out the location of the sun to get the date and time.
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Our first year on Flickr
Posted on June 12, 2009 by Anthea Brown
Flickr has been our first foray into the fascinating world of Web 2.0. We set up a pro account in June 2008, with the aim of attracting a wider audience to State Records NSW by showcasing archival images and records in our collection. It was our introduction and, in part, a trial run of social [...]
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Using shadows to date photographs
Posted on June 9, 2009 by William Oates
This is a guest post from William Oates, University Archivist, Heritage Centre University of New England.
The team at the University of New England (UNE) and Regional Archives has been trialling dating some of the photographs in their collection using the shadows cast by the sun. The two photos in this post are from a series [...]
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