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Did you see us on @Studio10au this morning? We had so much fun showing @danieldoody101 around our new exhibition #KillOrCure? A Taste of Medicine! 🏥 We hope to see you in our 'waiting room' soon.

Learn more: https://t.co/vFPUEhxx89 https://t.co/779j1wcEaS
Posted at 15 August 2022 - 1:15pm by State Library of NSW
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Mount Erebus, showing Fang of Lower Crater from the West, January 1911
Posted at 15 August 2022 - 10:00am by statelibraryofnsw
Men working on locomotive 3557, 6 67, 11 November 1942
Posted at 15 August 2022 - 9:20am by statelibraryofnsw
👋 Looking for something to do this weekend? Our Reading Rooms and galleries are open from 10am to 5pm. There are six free exhibitions to explore including #Imagine, #KillOrCure? and #Dyarubbin.

See what's on: https://t.co/jEBjqBJ2Sb https://t.co/qKg4DUNtSn
Posted at 13 August 2022 - 10:01am by State Library of NSW
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Wallace Kirkland, 'Life' magazine photographer, Australia, 1940
Posted at 12 August 2022 - 10:19am by statelibraryofnsw
📣 Just 24 hours left to win a 3-day pass to @bbwritersfest. Held from 26–28 August, this exciting regional event features 140+ writers, experts & storytellers. To be in the running, simply subscribe to #Openbook magazine by 5pm tomorrow.

Subscribe now: https://t.co/6LU1jA6m0I https://t.co/k9LOPanyvY
Posted at 11 August 2022 - 5:00pm by State Library of NSW
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J is for Jenolan Caves, one of the most amazing limestone cave systems in the world. ✨ Located in the beautiful #BlueMountains, this natural wonder is believed to be around 340 million years old. #ThrowbackThursday #CollectionRoadTrip @BlumtsCtyCncl

📸 https://t.co/fRtxykbIR4 https://t.co/pxtgTJQdNM
Posted at 11 August 2022 - 2:00pm by State Library of NSW
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Come and find your happy place! Take a tour of our new #Imagine exhibition with curator @SarahJMorley and discover a few of her favourite collection items next Thursday 18 August from 5.30pm. 💕

Free event, register here: https://t.co/d5EMYO8hwu https://t.co/KhNAwELolS
Posted at 11 August 2022 - 12:00pm by State Library of NSW
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To celebrate the #NatBioAward, @abcsydney asked listeners to write their life story in 50 words or less. You can read the top entries here: https://t.co/36JdEuKJfc
Posted at 10 August 2022 - 4:21pm by State Library of NSW
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Did you miss this morning's #NationalBiographyAward announcement? Listen to @cassiemccullagh's interview with judges Mandy Sayer and @SquigglyRick and winner Bernadette Brennan on @abcsydney.

Listen here (at 1:00:06): https://t.co/btsIgBUvDX https://t.co/MJJhCd8Jch
Posted at 10 August 2022 - 4:20pm by State Library of NSW
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A splash of colour to brighten your day. 🌸 View gorgeous original illustrations from some of Australia's best picture books on display in our #Imagine exhibition. #WatercolourWednesday

🎨 'The White Crane' by Junko Morimoto. Courtesy Isao Morimoto

🔗 https://t.co/C2SfaOtxsZ https://t.co/elIHnI55yW
Posted at 10 August 2022 - 2:01pm by State Library of NSW
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Correction! ✅ This book was published in 1719.
Posted at 10 August 2022 - 1:13pm by State Library of NSW
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Have you ever found a letter hidden in the pages of a very old book? We discovered this curious note written in Latin inside 'Hugonis Grotii De jure belli ac pacis libri tres' (1790), a book about the law of war and peace. 🖋 #WorldCalligraphyDay

🔗 https://t.co/FvSTYY3p6H https://t.co/DFSvbWhuBy
Posted at 10 August 2022 - 12:00pm by State Library of NSW
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Performers in the musical comedy 'Wildflower, Theatre Royal, Sydney, 1939
Posted at 10 August 2022 - 10:41am by statelibraryofnsw
Congratulations to all the #NatBioAward winners and shortlisted authors! 👏 The National Biography Award is generously supported by the State Library of NSW Foundation.

Browse award winners and shortlisted works here: https://t.co/JFrkAaeqrK https://t.co/uWaW16tzIU
Posted at 10 August 2022 - 10:23am by State Library of NSW
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The judges praised Bernadette Brennan’s “graceful writing and sensitive approach to an enigmatic and often contradictory personality.” #NatBioAward @AllenAndUnwin @dettebrennan

Read more: https://t.co/0UIEsI63vK
Posted at 10 August 2022 - 10:23am by State Library of NSW
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The 2022 #NationalBiographyAward winner is Bernadette Brennan for her book ‘Leaping into Waterfalls: The Enigmatic Gillian Mears’. #NatBioAward @AllenAndUnwin @dettebrennan

See judges’ comments: https://t.co/0UIEsI63vK https://t.co/Y23ldxVr56
Posted at 10 August 2022 - 10:22am by State Library of NSW
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"Haydar narrates the traumatic events of her life with steadiness and strength... [to] deliver a riveting, complex account,” said senior judge Suzanne Falkiner. #NatBioAward @panmacmillan @amani_haydar_

Read more: https://t.co/0UIEsI63vK
Posted at 10 August 2022 - 10:22am by State Library of NSW
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Congratulations to Amani Haydar who has won the Michael Crouch Award for her debut work ‘The Mother Wound’. #NatBioAward @panmacmillan @amani_haydar_

See judges’ comments: https://t.co/0UIEsI63vK https://t.co/3lINAIUNDn
Posted at 10 August 2022 - 10:21am by State Library of NSW
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⏰ It’s time! Join @cassiemccullagh on @abcsydney for the announcement of the 2022 #NatBioAward winners! With a prize pool of $42,000 it’s the nation’s richest prize for Australian biographical writing and memoir.

🎧 https://t.co/LXJe6jjmOw https://t.co/zjjL6PiRyI
Posted at 10 August 2022 - 10:06am by State Library of NSW
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Our kind of runway. Happy #BookLoversDay! 😉📚

If you fancy yourself a #bibliophile, be sure to get a Library card so you can request books and other collection material to use in our reading rooms.

Sign up here: https://t.co/XsGUW4EF4H https://t.co/ofSXP05otz
Posted at 9 August 2022 - 6:01pm by State Library of NSW
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Death and burial records can be incredibly useful when building your family tree. The hardest part is knowing where to look!

Join our expert librarians for a free #FamilyHistoryMonth webinar this Thursday 11 August from 2.30pm.

Register here: https://t.co/zQSIbiUAbh https://t.co/ydkljGQ5Ci
Posted at 9 August 2022 - 4:01pm by State Library of NSW
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Kitten, on wire mesh door, 19 March 1937, by Norman Herfort
Posted at 8 August 2022 - 10:29am by statelibraryofnsw
Dancers at the Tivoli Theatre, Sydney, September 1942
Posted at 5 August 2022 - 9:48am by statelibraryofnsw
Meeting of strikers at Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, 18 April 1909
Posted at 3 August 2022 - 9:52am by statelibraryofnsw
Woman getting into a car with groceries, Sydney, September 1947
Posted at 1 August 2022 - 9:46am by statelibraryofnsw
Aerial view of Woolloomooloo, Sydney, c.1925
Posted at 29 July 2022 - 9:46am by statelibraryofnsw
Madame (Ada) Senyah, trapeze artist, c.1865
Posted at 27 July 2022 - 3:55pm by statelibraryofnsw
Building a small wooden-framed station wagon body, 17 December 1947
Posted at 27 July 2022 - 9:22am by statelibraryofnsw
Joannet Island canoes, in the Louisiade Archipelago, ca. 1848, by Oswald W. B. Brierly
Posted at 25 July 2022 - 9:18am by statelibraryofnsw
Gun captured at Lagos, Bight of Benin in Quadrangle Portsmouth Dockyard
Posted at 22 July 2022 - 11:03am by statelibraryofnsw
Four women looking at fabrics, September 1947
Posted at 20 July 2022 - 9:18am by statelibraryofnsw
Men working on locomotives in railway workshops, November 1941
Posted at 18 July 2022 - 10:23am by statelibraryofnsw
View of Sculling competition from Parramatta River, Abbotsford
Posted at 15 July 2022 - 9:19am by statelibraryofnsw
Drag net fishing, New South Wales, EH Turner1942
Posted at 13 July 2022 - 10:18pm by statelibraryofnsw
The Boyd brothers on a truck, Northern New South Wales, 1942
Posted at 13 July 2022 - 10:00am by statelibraryofnsw
Allied airfield crew working on Lockheed P-38 fighter planes, New Guinea, c. 1944
Posted at 11 July 2022 - 9:33am by statelibraryofnsw
Carcass of a whale caught by the Davidson family in Eden, New South Wales, c. 1900
Posted at 8 July 2022 - 9:34am by statelibraryofnsw

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