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Dutch float in the Waratah Spring Festival 1956

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Dutch float in the Waratah Spring Festival 1956

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[A12111, 1/1956/17/71]

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Dutch

From Cornelius Du Heg, a sailor in the First Fleet ship Friendship, to the wave of post-World War II immigrants from the Netherlands, Dutch Sydneysiders have brought their culture, skills and industry to the city.

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Waratah Spring Festival

Festival and parade held in Sydney between 1956 and 1973. Organised by Sydney City Council and the Sydney Committee, which was made up of council, state government and city business representatives, the aim of the festival was to enliven the city each spring.

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State Library of New South Wales

The State Library of NSW is the oldest library in Australia. In 1869 the NSW Government purchased the Australian Subscription Library, which had been established in 1826, to form the Sydney Free Public Library, the first truly public library for the people of NSW. The Mitchell Library, the first library in the country to concentrate entirely on Australian content, opened in 1910.

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Mitchell Library

Part of the State Library of New South Wales, the Mitchell Library collection is based on the bequest of David Scott Mitchell, a book collector who amassed an unequalled collection of books on Australia. The collection has continued to grow.

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Mitchell Library building

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The Mitchell Library building was erected in 1910 to house David Scott Mitchell's collection of Australiana which he had bequeathed to the people of New South Wales. In 1942 the building was extended and incorporated the New South Wales government's Free Public Library. The Mitchell Library is part of the State Library of New South Wales.