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TV based on archives? The grime behind the glamour #underbelly #razor

Have you been watching Underbelly: Razor last night? One of the episodes a couple of weeks ago was based on a court deposition from our collection. It makes for very chilling reading and goes into much depth over the 101 pages of the transcript.

It’s not often our records turn up on tele but there are as many stories referring to the trials and tribulations of life in our collection as there are pages in our archives.

To paraphrase from TV : 10 million items and counting…

Take a walk through the streets of Sydney during #underbelly #razor

Fans of the the TV series Underbelly Razor will be interested to see this map of Sydney from c.1930, the era of the infamous razor gangs. Imagine the figures of Kate, Tilly and Jim (pictured below in 1923,1939 and in 1932 respectively) as they walked through these streets……..

The Razor Gang areas of Sydney

Larger version on Flickr

Views of Sydney, 1926

To see more images of “old” Sydney take a look at State Records NSW’s photostream on Flickr.

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