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Make a tax deductible donation online, or send a cheque today. You can also find out more about the Dictionary and who runs it here, or take a guided tour. Lucien Henry design for wallpaper, from The Australian Flora in Applied…
Summer reading
It's time to unveil the latest version of the Dictionary of Sydney! Lots to read over the wet summer ahead. State Library of Victoria, H98.105/2 There are 42 new articles, covering the usual wide range of subjects and viewpoints. We’ll be taking…
Changing faces
Another of the many things we’ve been working on at the Dictionary is a redesign and rearrangement of our front page and better integration of our blog site and the Dictionary of Sydney Trust site into the main project. We’ve been…
And that’s not all…
As well as getting the material ready for the Dictionary’s regeneration (which is taking place now over at Arts eResearch), we’ve been working hard on our more academic outlet, the Sydney Journal. The new issue has just been published, with a…
Late night history (updated)
On Tuesday night on ABC Radio National’s Late Night Live, Mark St Leon will be talking about his book Circus: The Australian Story, published by Melbourne Books. Mark is a Dictionary author and recently joined the Dictionary of Sydney Trust…
History of the future
'The end of the book' by J. Brooks Thornley, 1896, State Library of Victoria H96.160/480 If you're a history lover with internet access you should have discovered London Lives, an amazing resource for discovering ordinary Londoners of the past. Tim Hitchcock is…
Watching the clock
Daylight saving starts again in New South Wales this long weekend which means on Sunday at 2am it will be time to synchronise our watches... so, that's forward, right? Departures indicator board above entry barriers at Wynyard Railway Station, 27 August…
Going on ahead
One of the many joys of working on the Dictionary of Sydney is the opportunity/excuse to revisit favourite pictures and collections as we look for the right images to illustrate an entry. Another is following up the unexpected stories and…
A smorgasbord of delights
History Week is nearly upon us, and what a feast it promises to be! Presented by the History Council of NSW, with the theme of EAT History, History Week has something for everyone to savour. Oyster farmers David Corstorphine of Tuncurry, aged…