Monthly Archives: June 2012

Faith, fashion, fusion: Nuri Siregar

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

Nuri Siregar at opening of Faith, fashion, fusion: Muslim women's style in Australia exhibition.

Meet Nuri Siregar. Nuri was one of the participants in the street scene photographic shoots we did for the Faith, fashion, fusion exhibition. Nuri, of Indonesian background,… More

Ship launching ceremony

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

This great action shot, depicting the ‘decisive’ moment that the champagne bottle breaks against the side of a ship was captured by Tom Lennon… More

Violin maker Kitty Smith – woman in a man’s world

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Lynne McNairn

This photograph shows violin maker Kitty Smith (1912-2005) shaping a violin with hand tools. The photograph dates from the 1940s when it was rare for… More

Trainspotting: only two days to go

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Paula Bray

Trainspotting, (train photography competition) 2011 exhibition views

There are only three more days to enter our photographic competition/exhibition Trainspotting. We have received some fantastic images into our group on Flickr and we… More

June 26, 1932

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

From a real body, which was there, proceed radiations which ultimately touch me, who am here; the duration of the transmission is insignificant; the photograph… More

Faith, fashion, fusion: Sarah Chaabo

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

Faith Fashion Fusion Eid prayers at Lakemba - Sarah Chaabo, Melanie Pitkin and Marinco Kojdanovski Muslim women wearing hijabs, headscarves and tr...

During the course of developing the Faith, fashion, fusion exhibition, we interviewed many Muslim women out and about on the streets of Sydney about their faith… More

Bondi Surf Club Annual Ball, 1939

Posted on June 24, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

94/63/11/72 Glass negative, half plate, Bondi Surf Club Annual Ball at Mark Foy's Empress Ball Room,
Thomas Lennon, Sydney, Australia, 29 April 1939

This image from the Tom Lennon Photographic Archive is one of the more interesting party images from that collection. Described as The Bondi Surf Club annual ball… More

Who are these band members?

Posted on June 23, 2012 by Paula Bray

94/63/132/12 Glass negative, quarter plate, group [farewelling Eric Sheldon
and band on wharf?], Thomas Lennon, Sydney, Australia, 1934

Eric...

This photograph from the Tom Lennon archive shows Eric Sheldon, drummer, dance band leader and editor of the music industry magazine The Australian Music Maker… More

Bakers Creek Gold Mine – boom to bust

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Lynne McNairn

This image shows the plant at the Bakers Creek Goldmine near Hillgrove in the New England Region of New South Wales. In 1887 a rich… More

Violin maker Kitty Smith – hand carving

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Lynne McNairn

This image shows violin maker Kitty Smith(1912-2005) carving the edge of a violin. Kitty made all her instruments by hand. She stated: The construction of… More

The Powerhouse Museum's Photo of the Day blog features a new image each day, chosen from the Powerhouse Photo Library.

The majority of these images have been taken by Museum photographers for a variety of purposes such as for exhibitions, of objects in our collection, events, behind-the-scenes and location shots. We also feature many images taken by our Flickr community and from our visitors. We hope you enjoy the photographs and stories.

The licensing of each image varies however we are trying to release as many as possible under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.1 license.