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Monthly Archives: November 2009

Grand Final Dance Championship at the Jack Keating Dance Studio

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I was intrigued by this particular photograph because of its lovely sense of movement; not only is it a record of the dance championship in… More


Wheat off to market: a purpose built wagon

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In this photo, a load of wheat, drawn by 17 horses, arrives at Narromine Railway Station in central-western NSW. Large tabletop wagons were first built… More


Pineapple Butter Cooler and Flower vase combined

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This photograph is all that remains of an ingenious dual purpose object designed in the late nineteenth century by the French Australian artist, Lucien Henry.… More


Opera House from inside

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This black and white silver gelatin photograph titled ‘Opera House from inside’ was taken by Jozef Vissel, c.1985. It shows the Sydney Harbour Bridge taken… More


The 80s are back

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Phase 2: I had sent the interactive cube to be powdercoated white to intensify the glow of each little light box. As soon as we… More


Mystery Hike No 2.

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This wonderful shot of a group of people participating in the Palmer’s Mystery Hike No 2. was taken by the photographer Tom Lennon. This mystery… More


Australia Square interior

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This image, taken by photographer David Mist, showing the interior of Australia Square tower was published in David’s photographic publication ‘Sydney, A Book of Photographs’.… More


Macquarie Street

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This photograph of Macquarie Street, Sydney was published in one of William Hetzer’s later sets of stereoscopic views. It was taken from a platform constructed… More


Jorn Utzon

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This photograph taken by Jozef Vissel in 1965 depicts Jorn Utzon, architect of the Sydney Opera House, in an artistic shot demonstrating the gull’s wing… More


Loco 3265

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Since its public launch on 20 September 2009, the Museum’s reconstructed steam locomotive 3265 has been hired by two steam train operators for their day… More