Is this the entire hospital or just a ward of a large medical establishment?
Conservation Tip No 5: Removing mould from records and archives
Removing mould can be difficult, dirty and time consuming. Mould remediation should not be undertaken lightly – especially where large quantities of records are affected.
Can you identify these vessels?
A moment in time……
As there appears to be an ongoing debate regarding the unidentified court houses we decided to let the discussion run on as the court houses have stumped us all. But we didn’t want to disappoint so we thought a completely different topic might be in order. The two images below are of vessels docked at a Sydney wharf somewhere. So it’s time to get your sea legs going and see if you can identify the type of vessel, its purpose and the wharf.
Ahoy mateys……
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.
MayDay 2010 – Saving our Heritage
Australia’s archives, galleries, libraries, museums and heritage places are gearing up for the national MayDay campaign in a bid to protect the nation’s heritage from avoidable disasters.
April 2010: Link roundup post
Just some of the interesting items we have found online.
From Uralla 1916 to Europe 2010 – Anzac Commemorations & New England
In 2010 there are very few Australians alive that can remember back to the first commemoration of ANZAC Day in 1916……
Australian soldiers in black and white
While the soldiers will probably remain unidentified we actually don’t know where the military camp(s) is. They could be soldiers preparing for the Boer war or, perhaps, the photos even pre-date that era.
Hidden Stories: Acknowledging World War One Nurses as Soldier Settlers
Australian women who served overseas during World War One as nurses were entitled to apply for land under the Returned Soldiers Settlement Scheme…
Digital cameras in the reading room: what are your thoughts?
While there is much information and interest to be found online on this topic, we’ve still been mulling it over for a while here and would like to get your opinion on some questions below.