New for 2014, What’s the bigger picture?, is a bit of a guessing / detective game using photographs from the State Records NSW collection.
Below a small section of this photograph is revealed while the rest is blocked out…. Scroll down for a larger version of the revealed section.
Can you guess where we are? Or what the bigger picture might be?
Let’s see what response we get and whether we need to unveil another section of the image to provide another clue to the bigger picture!
Swimming lessons, sports carnivals and team sports.
Whether you loved it or hated it sport was a perennial companion at school and had a great impact on your school experience.
Here are some sporting highlights from NRS 15051 Photographic Collection from the History Unit of the Department of School Education.
Do these images bring back any memories?
Feel free to reminisce and share your own school sporting stories!
Caption: Cambridge School, Hunters Hill – hockey
Digital ID: 15051_a047_002249.jpg
Date: year only 31/12/1908
Caption: Broken Hill Public School – Junior Technical School Cricket Team
Digital ID: 15051_a047_001859.jpg
Date: c. 31/12/1922
Caption: Broken Hill Public School – Junior Technical School Teams. Souvenir of Unley visit, 1922.
Digital ID: 15051_a047_001858.jpg
Date: year only 31/12/1922
Caption: Bective Public School – sports
Digital ID: 15051_a047_000912.jpg
Date: year only 31/12/1939
Caption: Bathurst Public School – swimming lessons
Digital ID: 15051_a047_000804.jpg
Date: c. 31/12/1924
Caption: Armidale High School Football Team 1922
Digital ID: 15051_a047_000231.jpg
Date: year only 31/12/1922
Here at Archives Outside we’ve been coming up with some creative ideas about posts we’d like to bring you in 2014. However, it’s not really about us, it’s about you. We’d love to hear from you and know about the type of posts you’d like to see on the blog. Here is a quick survey. Please let us know what you want!
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Adhesive |
There are many different adhesive recipes. They age differently and are soluble in different solvent mixes. |
Adhesive does not degrade as much. Solvents are generally not required to remove residue. |
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Adhesive oxidises with time, in several stages:-Goes gooey
-Oozes from under the carrier, so it gets dark, sticky edges -Darkens and seeps into paper -Oxidisescompletely and looses stickiness, carrier peels off. |
Adhesive doesn’t degrade as much. Does not change collour.It:-Goes slightly gooey.-Seeps from under carrier slightly, so it gets sticky edges. |
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Different techniques appropriate for different stages of degradation.Gooey/Ooze stages:-Apply heat (hairdryer)-Remove carrier by sliding a blade between it and the paper-Remove adhesive residue using a crepe square. If there is a lot of very gooey adhesive, balling it up using a scalpel blade can work. Dark/oxidised stage: -Peel carrier off with hand or scalpel -Scrape off adhesive residue -Staining can be decreased removing some of the residue using solvents or mixes of solvents, many of which require a license to purchase. |
-Apply heat (hairdryer)-Remove carrier by sliding a blade between it and the paper-Remove adhesive residue using a crepe square. If there is a lot of very gooey adhesive, balling it up using scalpel blade can work.-Leftover adhesive residue can sometimes be removed swabbing with solvents or mixes of solvents, many of which require a license to purchase. |
This gallery contains 6 photos.
Our Creative Producer, Susan Charlton, was interviewed recently on the ABC 702 Morning Show with Linda Mottram. She spoke about a series of photos in our collection that you’d be familiar with – NRS 12932, Original prints used in NSW trains, c.1935-c.1969
Susan has put the photos together for a slideshow-travelogue called Archive of Mesmersing Views which is being presented at the Penrith Regional Gallery, 2pm this Saturday 8 February.
Linda Mottram blogged about these scenic photos and there is also a link to the interview in the post. Susan has a great voice for radio, don’t take our word for it, it’s mentioned in the interview!
This gallery contains 6 photos.
As talk of selling two NSW Government-owned sandstone buildings in Sydney hots up, we take a quick trip down memory lane and re-visit some old photos highlighting the Lands Department and Education Department in Bridge Street. The Lands Department was once an imposing building on the Sydney street-scape and you could see the magnificent dome from all angles.
Department of Lands building in central Sydney is poised to host travellers of a wholly different kind, as the state government attempts to sell the site for use as an upmarket hotel…
…The Renaissance Revival-style building in Bridge Street near Circular Quay, completed in the 1890s, was once Sydney’s largest…
…state government has invited investors to convert the historic site, and the adjacent Education Department building, into high-end hotels.
NSW Lands Department Building, Bridge Street, Sydney, c.1900
NSW Lands Department Building, Bridge Street, Sydney, n.d
NSW Lands Department Building, Bridge Street, n.d
Entrance to the Department of Public Instruction Building, n.d.
Medical, nursing and administration staff of the Medical Branch, taken in the old building of the Department of Public Instruction, 1913
View of Bridge Street, Sydney, n.d.
‘Avenue of the Nations’, Bridge Street, Sydney (NSW), decorated for the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, 1901.
‘Avenue of the Nations’, Bridge Street, decorated for the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, 1901.
apps4nsw is a program of events to encourage the use of NSW Government data to create innovative web and mobile applications. It is currently running an online EOI (Expression of Interest Competition) in which entrants are asked to develop a concept for an app to meet one of two challenges. One of the challenges is posed by the Australian Museum and involves developing an EOI for an app to make the world of scientific illustration, in this case the Scott Sisters collection, accessible to a wide audience.
The Scott sisters collection is a collection of illustrations, diaries, manuscripts, published books, social histories and botanical and insect specimens from the 1840s to 1890s linked to current data on Australian moths, butterflies and plants. The Australian Museum curated an exhibition of the Scott Sisters work in 2011.
Turn back the pages as you uncover the captivating story of these two extraordinary women whose love of nature and tremendous skill in rendering its beauty enabled them to distinguish themselves amid the male-dominated world of 19th century science.
The highlight of the exhibition is the 60 watercoloured paintings created between 1846 and 1851 for their father A.W Scott’s landmark publication Australian Lepidoptera and their Transformations.
Further information about the collection and the Scott family can be found on the Australian Museum website.
Ready, Set, Go!