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Monthly Archives: May 2009

Behind the scenes: down in the basement

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Behind the scenes: down in the basement, originally uploaded by Powerhouse Museum. Ever wondered what our storage area looks like or how big it may… More


Mosman Bay Falls ‘under threat’

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These images were all taken at Mosman Bay Falls in Sydney and were shot after one of our Flickr members undertook some citizen research to… More


Greenwich Coronagraph at Bruny Island

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In 1910 the Victorian Government Astronomer, Pietro Baracchi, led an eclipse expedition of Australian astronomers to Bruny Island, Tasmania. Included in this elite group were… More


Exploring ‘Two women boxing’

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Exploring ‘Two women boxing’, originally uploaded by Powerhouse Museum. This is another one of our video experiments Jean-Francois has been producing from reproductions of glass… More


Luna Park laughing clowns

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This image comes from the David Mist photographic archive we acquired in the 90s. This image showing people playing laughing clowns game at Luna Park… More


Music sign

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Sydney photo tag #3 – location 1, originally uploaded by Speedy_MSD. The full effect of the sign on Sydney Conservatorium of Music is dependent on… More


Library room

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This photograph was taken after the completion of the new Scots Church and Presbyterian Assembly Halls building at 44 Margaret Street, Sydney, in 1930. The… More


Bronwyn Bancroft

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In late 2007 I was fortunate enough to photograph the amazing women featured in the exhibition Yinalung yenu: women’s journey that included Bronwyn Bancroft who… More


Behind-the-scenes: photography studio

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This is our photographer Marinco working in our photographic studio. This shot was taken on the 29th June 2005 and was our first digital photographic… More


Man in overcoat and souwester [at South Head?]

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Man in overcoat and souwester [at South Head?], originally uploaded by Powerhouse Museum Collection. This image taken by Tom Lennon was loaded to the Commons… More