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Congratulations to Vincent Namatjira for winning the 2020 #ArchibaldPrize.

We’re thrilled to feature some of his work in our #EightDaysInKamay exhibition.

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Join photographer @RhettWyman and journalist @EllaMareeAB next Tuesday 29 Sept at 7 pm for a free online talk about the power of #photojournalism.

They'll be discussing their joint venture, the Dalarinji Project, supported by @JN_Institute

Register here: https://t.co/Iy9p7zavS9 https://t.co/8Tw4aCAGD8

#OTD in 1882 the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital was opened – with 146 beds, and over 1000 patients treated in its first year. @SydneyLHD #RPAH

📸 'Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney' c 1885
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Tallships and King's Head Hotel, Circular Quay, Sydney, c. 1877

It's #WorldDreamDay! We think this watercolour artwork pretty much sums up how strange dreams can be... #Relatable #FridayFun

'A dream. The effects of lobster salad, the morning after the ball,' by G. Lacy, c 1865.
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Time for a grocery run? 🛒 See if you can spot the Milo, Vegemite and baked beans! #ThrowbackThursday

This @woolworths shop front filled with specials was featured in The Tribune paper, c 1971.

🔎 Zoom in and explore here:
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#SchoolHolidays start next week! Plan ahead and register for our free online workshops, activities and storytime sessions.

See what’s on: https://t.co/UTee5XRuKz https://t.co/UT7nM7C0wV

Victims of the 1918-19 influenza pandemic lie amid wildflowers, grass trees and banksias at Sydney's #NorthHead.

Elise Edmonds, Senior Curator and Host of #TheGatheringsOrder writes about this historic site in our new story.

Read here: https://t.co/3bJUeiNBmQ

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Bottlebrush, banksia and wattle. This #WatercolourWednesday we bring you a remarkable album filled with 250+ illustrations of plants found in #NSW.

See more: https://t.co/CARVTesDCo

📗'Volume 05: Drawings of plants of New South Wales', c 1790s. https://t.co/onck0mqfxJ

Great idea Tim - thanks for sharing! https://t.co/cua2GQfmhp

Scoured wool being laid out, Tinnenburra Station, Cunnamulla, Queensland, c. 1890

We’ve created a new page that pulls together important multilingual information and services.

Browse books, magazines, newspapers, dictionaries and websites in various languages for free, online.

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If you found fortune on the NSW goldfields in the 1850s would you brave bushrangers to transport it by mail?

Join Curator @SarahJMorley this Friday 25 September at 1pm as she talks about 'Holding up Her Majesty’s Mail'.

Free online event, register here: https://t.co/85zbbgCZq7 https://t.co/UUBGBIecuz

What do you call someone who loves to collect and read books about The Hobbit? A Bilbophile! 🤓📚💕

This #InternationalHobbitDay we took a trip down to our #RareBooks stack to find this early edition of #TheHobbit by J.R.R. #Tolkien published in 1937!

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#OTD in 1882 tragedy struck when Sydney’s magnificent Garden Palace burned to the ground. 🔥

Discover more about this mysterious historical event: https://t.co/jzuPlbYcNB

'The Burning of the Garden Palace, seen from the North Shore', by J.C. Hoyte, c 1882. https://t.co/Ikzaairh1n

We're staying up late! Our galleries will be open from 10am - 8pm, Monday - Thursday until 18 October.

The perfect chance to see the world's best photojournalism at the @WorldPressPhoto exhibition.

More info: https://t.co/AdiLjxi5fT https://t.co/YFSm3xRTlO

A lovely piece of sheet music from our collection titled 'Australian quadrilles: Engehurst' by William Ellard, c 1835. #MusicalMonday

Listen via #Virtuoso: https://t.co/d0bse1dCtP

Feel free to tweet us your feedback, suggestions or questions about this #DXLab experiment. https://t.co/hojXaWxvXM

Stars, constellations and comets. This rare 1693 celestial globe by Vincenzo Coronelli was designed to make the observer feel as though they were looking into the sky from Earth! 💫

Explore it via #Meridian by our #DXLab: https://t.co/aQ0G5PyChB

@DavidRumseyMaps #MappyMonday https://t.co/5zliMyetKp

"Typing again, but slow." - Miles Franklin, Monday 21 September 1953 #MilesMonday

Help us test a new transcription tool @the_zooniverse, by transcribing the diaries of #MilesFranklin:
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Young Gentoo penguins on nest Macquarie Island, 1910-1914, Leslie R. Blake

Holey Dollar, New South Wales, minted 1813, from Spanish silver dollar minted in 1798

Holey Dollar, New South Wales, minted 1813, from Spanish silver dollar minted in 1798

Flannel Flowers, Australia, Collection 1: Star Photo Co.

Couple photographed at Luna Park using an infra-red camera, 1943, Ivan Ives

Elizabeth and Emily Macarthur, Camden, Sydney, ca. 1858

Tram crash, Mcmahons point, Sydney, 1934

Royal Navy sailors with anchors, Nelson Dock, English Harbour, Antiqua, West Indies, 1863, [attrib. Arthur Onslow]

Paddle Steamer, [possibly HMS Torch], c. 1858

Bird watching photographers, New South Wales, June 1921, AH Chisholm

Jaguar with new car radio, Sydney, ca. 1951, by Max Dupain

British migrants on the deck of the Georgic, bound for Australia, 1949, Norman Herfort, Pix Magazine

Smoke bombs demonstration, Australian troops, attrib. Palestine, ca. 1916-1917, James Allan Chauvel

Major General EW Chaytor with staff and Model T Ford Utility, Palestine, 1917, James Allan Chauvel, State Library of New South Wales,

Model T Ford Utility, 1st Light Car Patrol (Australia), 1916-1918, James Allan Chauvel, State Library of New South Wales

Australian Cricketers in England, 1884, London Stereoscopic Company

Les Amants eternels, Borovansky Ballet, ca. 1951, Royce Rees

Shadow series, 1938 by PIX photographer Ivan

Kids Crafting 101 - Preschool Color Collage Art Activity