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  • Dacey Garden Suburb
  • Franco-British Exhibition (Photos)
  • Centennial International Exhibition, Melbourne 1888 (Photos)
  • Government Printing Office Glass Negatives
  • Coal Mines (Photos)
  • Nurses at Sydney Baby Clinics (Photos)
  • School Travelling Hospital (Photos)
  • Sydney Harbour Bridge (Photos)
  • Waagner-Biro Stage Machinery (Photos)
  • Soldier Settlements (Photos)
  • Scheyville Training Farm (Photos)
  • Public Buildings in NSW (Photos)
  • Royal National Park (Photos)
  • Pharmacists (Photos)
  • Railways (Photos)
  • Trial Bay Gaol (Photos)
  • WWI - Sydney Harbour Trust Remembers
  • Fire Commissioners Travels
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Dacey Garden Suburb

Low-cost housing for working-class people. The original plans for Daceyville reflected an integrated design of family homes, wide boulevard streets and open spaces with trees and gardens. The self-contained suburb would also include its own tram line, school, shops and maternity hospital. Construction work on Daceyville began on 6 June 1912.

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Franco-British Exhibition (Photos)

Part of this collection of lantern slides was shown at the Franco-British Exhibition in London, 1908. Many of the slides are of typical country scenes such as saw mills, dairy farms, mining, and timber felling and hauling.

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Centennial International Exhibition, Melbourne 1888 (Photos)

Portraits of the Executive Commissioners for the International Exhibition, Melbourne 1888 along with photographs of the exhibits and exhibition.

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Government Printing Office Glass Negatives

(NRS 4481) Photography was a major activity of the Government Printing Office from the late 19th Century until well into the 20th, resulting in an extensive and diverse collection of photographs of life in New South Wales.

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Coal Mines (Photos)

These photos are of pit-tops and loading and transport facilities of northern NSW coal mines & include: Australian Agricultural Company's pits at Glebe and the Sea-pit, Burwood No.1 and 3 and Burwood Extended, Cardiff, Co-operative, Duckenfield, Dudley, Durham, East Greta, Ferndale, Gartlee, Hetton, Lambton, Minmi, New Lambton, Pacific Teralba, Seaham, Skillingworth, South Waratah, Stockton, Wallarah, Wallsend, West Wallsend and Young Wallsend.

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Nurses at Sydney Baby Clinics (Photos)

This photographic series includes internal and external views of the baby clinics, mothers and babies in waiting rooms, babies receiving attention and possibly mothers holding babies being instructed by the nurses.

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School Travelling Hospital (Photos)

These photographs include children being vaccinated; medical staff; and the interior of the Dental Clinic. The photographs bear no captions and although undated they appear to date from 1914 - the year that the School Travelling Hospital was instituted.

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Sydney Harbour Bridge (Photos)

This series contains 14 albums of c.2000 photographs documenting the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge from the turning of the first sod to the final steps of construction, the official opening and the early use of the bridge by the public. 

Sydney Harbour Bridge - East footway on main span, 14 Apr 1932. Digital ID 12685_a007_a00704_8735000089r

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Waagner-Biro Stage Machinery (Photos)

This series NRS 12801 comprises 29 photographs showing stage equipment constructed by Waagner-Biro Akitiengesellschaft, the company contracted to install stage equipment at the Sydney Opera House.

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Soldier Settlements (Photos)

This volume shows returned soldiers clearing the land, constructing houses, and carrying out farming activities on soldier settlements established following World War 1. The photos also feature their families and cottages in which they lived.

 

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Scheyville Training Farm (Photos)

These photographs illustrate the farm property and buildings, the training programs and aspects of daily life of the people working at Scheyville (near Windsor). Scheyville was a training farm for young men selected from the Sydney area, and those arriving under various British immigration schemes.

 

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Public Buildings in NSW (Photos)

This series by the Government Architect's office includes but is not limited to: departmental buildings such as the Lands Office Sydney and Government House, court houses, general hospitals, post offices, post and telegraph offices, police stations, police barracks, psychiatric hospitals, mothers and babies welfare centres, State hospitals, convalescent hospitals, university buildings, some interior photos of buildings, and the Government shipbuilding yards at Newcastle.

Martin Place, Sydney, 1936. Digital ID 4346_a020_a020000209

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Royal National Park (Photos)

This series consists principally of photographs of the Royal National Park including flora and fauna. Many images relate to the recreational facilities around Audley and include photographs of people boating, playing sports, bushwalking, picnicking and participating in ceremonies.

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Pharmacists (Photos)

These photographs were collected by the NSW Board of Pharmacists and associated with the Board's roll in keeping records relating to people registering as Pharmacists in NSW.

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Railways (Photos)

The photo series here include: Reference Print Collection, c.1850 onwards; Photos displayed in NSW trains, c.1930s-c.1960s; Eveleigh Workshops during the 1917 Railway Strike; Glass plate negatives of North Shore, Sydney Harbour and general subjects, c.1908.

 

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Trial Bay Gaol (Photos)

These photos of prisoners were accompanied by the following details: name, aliases, date when portrait was taken, native place, year of birth, arrived in colony - ship and year, trade or occupation, religion, degree of education, height, weight (on committal, on discharge), colour of hair, colour of eyes, marks or special features, where and when tried, offence, sentence, remarks, previous convictions - where and when, offence, sentence.

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WWI - Sydney Harbour Trust Remembers

A selection of photos of Sydney Harbour Trust staff killed in action in World War I. These oval shaped portraits are printed on thick card and have been cut out of an album or display board. The name of the person has been written in pencil on the back of the prints. 

   

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Fire Commissioners Travels

Photo albums of Mr L.G. Watt, NSW Board of Fire Commissioners. These photos are a visual account of the Commissioners' travels around New South Wales and parts of Victoria, Queensland and South Australia covering 1928-1935. To some extent the photos capture the route the Commissioners took on their travels recording where they stopped for lunch, where they stayed and any events they attended during the trip. This series is an excellent snapshot of regional NSW during the late 1920s to mid-1930s and record the antics of the fire commissioners as they made their way throughout NSW and across neighbouring state borders.

 

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