The traffic certainly looks a little different in this photograph compared to how it is today.
Archival links for November 2009
Links for November reading include a visual feast of libraries around the world; info on NSW Local Govt; Pest Management; and a video by Team Digital Preservation.
Grant of Arms – The University of Newcastle’s Declaration of Independence
This historic document, along with Autonomy Day celebrates the University’s emergence as an autonomous institution in 1965.
Can you date this Photograph? [Newcastle Beach]
With summer fast approaching I though it would be nice to look back and see how beachgoers looked in times gone by.
Update: Can you date this photograph [Lismore Post Office]
Since we last posted an image of Lismore Post Office some more information has come to light………………..
Remembrance Day 2009
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
…….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.
Quick poll: do your readers use gloves when accessing archives
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?
Land record found! A stray returns from the “Land of the Beardies”
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.