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The nuts and bolts of a Sydney Icon
Sydney Bridge Celebrations, 1932. By Douglas Annand and Arthur James Whitmore. Contributed by State Records New South Wales, SR Document No.65 The Sydney Harbour Bridge is one of Sydney's best-loved icons. But we can take for granted the enormous engineering feat…
Welcome to Dr Naomi Parry
dictionaryofsydney.org The Dictionary is pleased to welcome Dr Naomi Parry to our small team. Naomi is a graduate of the University of Tasmania, Macquarie University and University of New South Wales, where she completed her PhD on black and white children…
The humble flying fox and historical methodology
Fruit bats, 1991. By Lin Onus. Contributed by Art Gallery of New South Wales, 395.1993.a-c, Installation, © Estate of Lin Onus. Licensed by Viscopy, 2009 This morning on 2SER Breakfast, I thought we'd take a look at Sydney's grey-headed flying foxes.…
Sydney Journal: Call for writers and reviewers
Alice the elephan Alice the elephant loading the Wirth's Circus train c1932. By Sam Hood. From the collection of the State Library of New South Wales, hood_05790 / Home and Away 5790, Mitchell Libraryt loading the Wirth's Circus train c1932 We…
Take me up the harbour
Woman leaping for the ferry caught by deckhand, Sydney Harbour 1940. By Pix. From the collection of the State Library of New South Wales PXA 1307, 35, Mitchell Library Following the headlines in the Sydney Morning Herald about a private operator…
Decima Norman at the Empire Games
Decima Norman, Empire Games, Sydney 1938. From the collection of the State Library of New South Wales A128302 / Home and Away 17822 It’s all Commonwealth Games at the moment and it looks like Australia’s doing pretty well in the medal…
The Archibald Prize
JF Archibald between 1910-19. From the collection of the State Library of New South Wales. A5823001 / P1/2150, Mitchell Library This morning on 2SER our guest historian, Nicole Cama, joined Mitch Byatt to look at the history of the prestigious and…
Advance Australia Fair
[et_pb_row admin_label="row"][et_pb_column type="1_3"][et_pb_image admin_label="Image" src="https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/slnsw.dxd.dc.prod.dos.prod.assets/home-dos-files/2014/07/HighlandSociety1901.jpg" show_in_lightbox="off" url_new_window="off" animation="fade_in" sticky="off" align="left" force_fullwidth="on" always_center_on_mobile="on" use_border_color="off" border_color="#ffffff" border_style="solid"] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label="Text" background_layout="light" text_orientation="left" use_border_color="off" border_color="#ffffff" border_style="solid"] Invitation to Washington H Soul from The Highland Society of NSW to their Annual Highland Gathering on 2 January…
No ordinary woman
Petition from Maria Lock re: land grant 1831. By Maria Lock. Contributed by State Records New South Wales, NRS 907 2/7908, page 1 of 3 As part of NAIDOC week, this morning on 2SER Breakfast Lisa spoke to Mitch about an…
We're hiring!
Italian migrant John Battista and family members working in his pizza business Kensington 1966. Contributed by National Archives of Australia A12111, 1/1966/16/21 The Dictionary of Sydney is looking for an Editorial Assistant, one day per week for a one year contract…