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Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts
Robert Bald - Certificate of honorary membership in the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts, 1842. From the collection of the State Library of New South Wales [a128341 / MLDOC 1113 This morning on 2SER with Tim Higgins, Tim and Lisa talked…
Gamaragal - Aboriginal People of Manly and Northern Sydney
Clevelley and Prattent, View of Port Jackson, c1789. Wood engraving, hand coloured, published 1789. Manly art Gallery & Museum collection Gamaragal - Aboriginal People of Manly and Northern Sydney 6 September 2013 - 20 April 2014 Manly Art Gallery & Museum Long-time Dictionary…
Eternity
Arthur Stace writing his message, Eternity, 1956. Contributed by National Library of Australia, nla.pic-vn3107050 The word was written in a perfect copperplate script. At first it was done in chalk, but later with more durable crayon. It appeared around Sydney streets…
Pic and choose
The theme of History Week 2013 has been Picture This, and for our final History Week blog post this year, the Dictionary of Sydney staff members have all selected one picture each from the vast array on the site. It's been…
Every picture tells a story
A. McManius, by Henry William Burgin from Studio portraits of Parramatta residents, ca. 1860-1872 , Mitchell Library, SLNSW, a1327004 / PXA 1036, 28 It often comes as a surprise to modern audiences that a 'photoshopped' photograph is nothing new, but photographers…
From glass plate to cyber space
Group portrait on the deck of the Chilean naval vessel GENERAL BAQUEDANO in Circular Quay, July 1931. Samuel J Hood Studio, ANMM Collection This morning on 2SER Breakfast with Tim Higgins, Dictionary Chair Lisa Murray talked about History Week, an event…
Picture This: George Paton
George Paton c1855 (Courtesy of John Paton) One of the fascinating, and at times frustrating, things about working at the Dictionary is that we receive so much content that it just isn't possible to publish everything that comes our way. But…
History Week
History Council of NSW presents History Week, 7 – 15 September 2013 Bringing the past into view through the frame of images History Week kicked off on the weekend with a host of great events. This year's theme, Picture This, looks at how…
The Yellow House
The Yellow House Pop Up Gallery is at David Jones from 8-15 September for History Week 2013 Today on 2SER breakfast I chatted with Tim about the Yellow House, an artist's collective and hang-out that emerged in Kings Cross in the…
Scandalous Nights: Sydney's Artists' balls
Souvenir of the Third Annual Artists' Masquerade Ball : Sydney Town Hall, August 29 1924, courtesy Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW, ML Q793.3809944/1A This week on 2SER breakfast with Tim Higgins, Dictionary Chair Lisa Murray talked about Sydney's bohemian artists'…