This great image shows a shearing board with its mechanised shearing equipment , the shearers busy at work and three young boys collecting the fleece. Mechanised shears were introduced into shearing sheds in the late 1880s and had a dramatic impact on the quantities that were being produced in the sheds thus slowly replacing hand operated blade shears on many properties.
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The Paragon café was established during World War I and underwent a few changes leading up to the early twenties. In 1922 the interior changed to dark wood panelling and mirrors were put along the side to reflect the light. Then in 1924 the interior changed to reflect the art deco era that still exists today. The seating in the café has wooden booths along one side and the free-standing wooden chairs, seen in this image, in the centre. This was photographed for the publication What’s In Store? a history of retailing in Australia
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Photography by Jean-François Lanzarone.
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In this image ‘Electric Tram, George Street, David Jones Corner’ from our Tyrrell photographic collection you can see the old electric trams that used to run along George St.
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The Barrier Field Naturalists’ Club and Broken Hill City Library invited the museum to Broken Hill to scan this beautiful collection. It was during this trip that the photographer was able to take some time to photograph the surrounding landscape. This image was taken in the area known as the Living Desert which is 2400 ha, located north of Broken Hill. This is a 6km predator-proof fenced area which was established in 1991 by the Broken Hill City Council. Greening the Silver City: seeds of bush regeneration will be at Mount Tomah Botanic Garden from 3 May – 19 June 2008.
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This was initially photographed for the publication Paradise, Purgatory and hellhole: a history of Pyrmont and Ultimo.
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Jean-François Lanzarone
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This image, Sydney Harbour from R.Y.S. grounds, Kerry and Co., Sydney, c. 1884-1917, is one of the images we have added this week. It shows Sydney Harbour from the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron grounds at Kirribilli. The men and women dressed in hats are relaxing on the waterfront looking at the numerous vessels on the harbour including a large three-masted barque.
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Plans for Sydney Observatory began as a simple time-ball tower, to be built near the signal station. Every day at exactly 1.00pm, the time ball on top of the tower drops to signal the correct time to the city and harbour below. The original purpose of the time ball was to provide the time to ships in Sydney Harbour. The ball was first dropped on 5 June 1858 and has been dropped regularly ever since. The Observatory will celebrate its 150th anniversary in June.
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Photography by Marinco Kojdanovski.
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Woman inside a settler’s hut, Sydney, Australia, c. 1880-1923. This image is currently receiving the most views from our set on the Commons project on Flickr. This great initiative is about releasing publicly held photographic collections to the community and encouraging interaction through tagging and comments. This image has not been fully catalogued in our collection management system so any additional relevant data we can collect from the community can be fed back into our collection records. This week we have released another 50 images to the Commons project.
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