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Historical photos contain so many fascinating details! The deep zoom feature on our new #CataloguePreview makes it easier to get up close and personal with our digitised images.

Try it out and let us know what you think:
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Pelicans and Swans, Zoo at Night, 28 January 1938

Imagine seeing Australia’s rare & wonderful wildlife for the first time. The emergence of 700+ drawings ignited fascination with Australia’s #NaturalHistory in Europe.

Learn more at our free online #ScholarTalk on Tue 2 Feb, 11am–12noon. Book here: https://t.co/f5L5ULcBCU https://t.co/BvC2xDsopR

If you guessed #Gosford you’re correct. 🎉 This photograph, looking south on Mann Street, was taken by William Henry Broadhurst c.1900-1927.

📸 You can find more scenes of Gosford in our collection here: https://t.co/7Sace0CLhe https://t.co/RABU5trqEg

Today's featured public library is #BatemansBay Library part of Eurobodalla Shire Library Service #ALibraryADay #NSWPublicLibraries

📚💕 Win a blind date with a book! Simply subscribe to #Openbook magazine and tell us your literary likes (25 words or less) by 5pm 31 January 2021. The best 5 entries win.

Send entries to [email protected]

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"What stood out at this one was the sheer reverence that was had by all there."

Photographer @JamesBrickwood spoke to @sunstudiosaus about the stories behind some of his #Photos1440 images.

Read his interview here: https://t.co/8p7zcTdMSh

Learn more:
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Can you identify where this photograph was taken? Hint: It is somewhere on the NSW Central Coast! Reply or retweet with your answer and we'll reveal the location at 3pm today! #ThrowbackThursday https://t.co/Mth2Cf7JMT

📣 Opportunity: @SydWritersFest is now recruiting 300 volunteers to help bring Australia's largest celebration of writing and ideas to life. Applications are due 31 January. More info: https://t.co/yVsSm49PJt https://t.co/ipWOy2hvdZ

We're staying open until 8pm this evening, and every Wed and Thurs night until 1 April 2021 for #CultureUpLate! 🌙

The perfect chance to check out our #free exhibitions, #Photos1440, #ComingOutInThe70s, #EightDaysInKamay and #PANDEMIC!

See what's on: https://t.co/X2V3e2EYOP https://t.co/oukhlKz1d3

Woolloomooloo, Sydney, c. 1870, hand coloured albumen print

Today's featured public library is #Baradine Library part of @MacquarieRegLib. #ALibraryADay #NSWPublicLibraries

#BaradineLibrary has served a small, isolated rural community for over 20 years offering storytime, rhyme time, book club and the popular Third Thursday club. https://t.co/RYnqoHYmWb

Today's #WatercolourWednesday of #Newcastle was created by soldier and engineer Edward Close, c 1821. Close arrived in #NSW in 1817 with the 48th Regiment and was transferred to Newcastle in the early 1820s to supervise engineering works.

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On a scale of ‘The Naturalists Companion’ animal how are you feeling today?

🤩 Thank you @britishlibrary for the inspiration.

🎨 Illustrations from ‘The Naturalists Companion’ by Kenelm Henry Digby, c 1812-1816. https://t.co/Gkawcoebn5 https://t.co/dY7jah5LEL

@burgotastic Great detail! 👍 We’ll have it added to our catalogue record.

Amalgamated Wireless Australasia Ltd, York Street, Sydney, c. February 1939, Arthur Ernest Foster

Swimmers beware! 🏊‍♀️ 'Undercurrent, you will be swept away by it.' 🪁This kite with a warning was flown #OnThisDay in 1947 at #Bondi, #Sydney.

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🙌 @newcastleherald called it “one of #NSW’s greatest treasures” – https://t.co/RtuYDfKQeP

✨Learn more about the stunning marble Tasman Map in our Mitchell Library foyer and how it was created: https://t.co/xnENFue9u1 https://t.co/9LKNDQhLmU

Today's featured public library is #Barraba Library part of the Central Northern Regional Library service. #ALibraryADay #NSWPublicLibraries

Something to make the kids laugh! Register for our online workshop with the hilarious @AdrianBeckBooks and discover the secret formula to writing knockout stories. 💥

🗓️ Wed 20 Jan, 10am-11am
👫 Suitable for ages 7-12

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The construction of the AWA Building and Tower 17 November 1938 by Arthur Foster

The construction of the AWA Building and Tower 19 October 1938 by Arthur Foster

Francis Birtles, Australian adventurer, photographer, cyclist, and filmmaker, who set many long-distance cycling records, c. 1920, Arthur Ernest Foster

Feeding Turkish Prisoners of War, Australian Light Horse, attrib. Palestine, ca. 1916-1917, James Chauvel

Children looking out of car windows, open air films, Bondi Beach, Sydney, 29 December 1951

Clown, Warren's Circus, Liverpool, 10 February 1949, photograph by Y. Ellis

Australian Soldiers outside the ANZAC Memorial, during a heat wave, Hyde Park, Sydney, 4 January 1946

Yachts on Port Jackson, Sydney, 2 January 1941

Yachts sailing on Port Jackson, Sydney, 2 January 1941

Surf Carnival, Curl Curl, Northern Beaches, Sydney, 1 January 1938

JT & AT Stacey Newsagents, 254 White Horse Road, Balwyn Victoria, July 1951

Teenagers packed into an Austin car, Australia, September 1949

Christmas, ca. 1954, photographed by Max Dupain & Associates

Martin Place extension from Elizabeth Street to Macquarie Street, c. 1933, Sam Hood

Martin Place extension from Elizabeth Street to Macquarie Street, c. 1933, Sam Hood

Xmas (Christmas) Toy Arrangement, ca. 1953, photographed by Max Dupain

Giant Christmas tree with Santa Claus, ca. 1935, Sam Hood

Kids Crafting 101 - Preschool Color Collage Art Activity