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NAIDOC Week celebrations
Taking of Colbee (Colebee) and Benalon (Bennelong), Manly Cove, 25 November 1789. By Bradley, William. From the collection of the State Library of New South Wales, a3461020 / ML Safe 1/14 opp. p. 182 As I've mentioned before, the Dictionary of…
40 years: The Juanita Nielsen disappearance
William Street, Kings Cross at night 1970 By Fitzpatrick, John. Contributed by National Archives of Australia A1200, L84008 This Saturday 4 July 2015 marks the 40th anniversary of the disappearance of the heritage conservationist and publisher Juanita Nielsen. Even today, the…
Voices from Liverpool's past
A group of Italian prisoners of war behind the perimeter fence of the main compound at the Liverpool prisoner of war and internment camp November 21, 1945. 1945-11-21 By McQuillan, Ern. Contributed by Australian War Memorial AWM 123706 The Dictionary of…
Law and order in Sydney
The Labor Crisis - the riot in George Street 19 September 1890. Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria, IAN01/10/90/1 Monday marked the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, or the Great Charter, which has been widely recognised as the most…
Sydney's love affair with film
Sound technicians setting up turntable and amplifiers for first talkies in Australia, 'Jazz Singer' at the Lyceum Theatre 1928. By Hood, Sam. From the collection of the State Library of New South Wales, hood_07666 / Home and Away 7666, Mitchell…
Arthur K Syer, Capturing everyday life on Sydney streets
Chinese labourers c1885-90 By Syer, Arthur K. From the collection of the State Library of New South Wales, a844023 / PXA 394/23, 1885 - 1890 Photography is an amazing medium. In certain frames it can give us a candid glimpse of…
Creative responses to history
Seher Aydinlik, In Our Hearts (Postcards Series), 2015. Mixed media on paper. Image courtesy Peacock Gallery, Auburn Arts Studio. Anniversaries and events often prompt us to reflect on historical narratives. Not just what happened, but also the historical meanings of events,…
Anzac Day commemorations in Sydney
Legacy club members march past the Cenotaph 1930. By Hood, Sam. From the collection of the State Library of New South Wales, hood_05013 / DG ON4/5013 This Saturday will mark 100 years since Australian troops landed at the Gallipoli peninsula and…
Sydney's rainbow crossing
Rainbow Crossing, Oxford Street at Railway Square. By Hicks, Megan. Contributed by Megan Hicks Around this time in 2013 the business of the Rainbow Crossing on Oxford Street at Taylor Square came to a head. It followed a decision in 2012…
Pedestrian crossings in Sydney
Pedestrians crossing at corner of Market and Pitt streets 1929. Contributed by City of Sydney Archives 034 213 We have two excellent articles on the Dictionary by writer and curator Megan Hicks: Reading the Roads and The Decorated Footpath. So we were…