A moment in time……
A bit too cool for water sports and swimming at the moment but something to look forward to in a few more months! This is a photo of Bronte Beach, Sydney. We are hoping that the buildings, or lack of, may be a key element in dating this photo. Can you help?
We have many other undated photographs in Photo Investigator and on our Flickr account. If you know the dates or any other interesting facts about these images please let us know.
Let’s be clear: no-one is messing with the ‘purity’ of the data; it all remains intact. Information stored in databases isn’t compromised – these clever techno-savvy types are simply thinking more laterally than most of us and demonstrating the less travelled, but nevertheless important, paths the data can take.
These tips are from our in-house manual handling procedures and guidelines that were prepared by our Senior Conservator, Elizabeth Hadlow.
We head back to regional NSW this week to Hamilton, a suburb of Newcastle, with the hope that our friendly train enthusiasts and Novocastrians, will be able to help date this photograph.
…here we have a street scene of the town Wagga Wagga with the court house in the background.
Got any questions for the Manager of Public Access at State Records NSW?
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!
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?
Over on our website we have begun a list of useful resources under the broad heading Dealing With Wet Records which covers topics such as handling wet records, salvaging water damaged materials, and (more generally) disasters and records.