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 | | Celebrating our sporting heritage
'From the appointment of the trustees of the Domain Cricket
Ground in 1851 to the 2000 Olympics, government has played an active part in
the promotion and regulation of sport in New South Wales. Whether checking the
standards of dressing accommodation on metropolitan beaches by the Surf Bathing
Committee in 1911 or creating a sports portfolio in 1971, the Government of New
South Wales has taken sport and recreation seriously.
[State Records New South Wales, NSW
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Celebration of Ability
An exhibition displaying the Nican photographic exhibition
established to celebrate the International Day of Disabled Persons in 1996 -
features selected works from a national photography competition.
[State Library of Victoria, VIC
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 | | Charles Joseph La Trobe - Land scapes and Sketches
Charles Joseph La Trobe is well known for his contribution as
Victoria's first Lieutenant-Govenor, however little is known about his art.
Over his lifetime Charles Joseph La Trobe, an accomplished artist, produced
over 437 known watercolours depicting landscapes and scenery illustrating his
travels. This exhibition provides information on the man, his travels and his
art.
[State Library of Victoria, VIC
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Child's Play
Child's Play provides access for Queenslanders, Australians and
international visitors to photographs that reflect Queensland's diverse culture
and heritage through the experiences of children. You'll find over 1,000
photographs of children from the 1890s to the 1920s on this site. The majority
of them are focused on growing up in rural and regional Queensland. There are
photos of children celebrating the Centenary of Federation in Brisbane, at
school on a Torres Strait island, milking cows on a farm near the Darling Downs
town of Allora, playing dress ups in Childers, wearing army cadet uniforms and
even riding billy goats.
It also provides educators and students with
resources which can be used in the classroom, including some activities that
are linked to the new Queensland Studies of Society and Environment (SOSE)
syllabus.
[State Library of Queensland, QLD
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 | | Childrens Literature Exhibitions
Material from the State Library of Victoria's childrens
literature collections. Includes The Children's Books of Margaret Mahy;
Ethereal or Earthly? Friend or Foe; Evil Females in Children's Books; The
Gingerbread Man Meets Dali; Moving Tales; Moomintrolls; My Oath - 102 Years of
Seven Little Australians; Domesticity to Danger.
[State Library of Victoria, VIC
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Connies
This exhibition celebrates Tram conductors - affectionately
known as 'connies' by generations of Melburnians. Connies presents a selection
of Neale Duckworth's evocative black and white photographs of the last
conductors to work on Melbourne's trams.
[State Library of Victoria, VIC
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 | | Crewing for Flinders
Your invitation to be part of the celebrations of the life and
work of the great navigator, Matthew Flinders, 1774-1814.
[State Library of New South Wales, NSW
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Crux: Rare maps from the State Library of New South Wales
From purely speculative representations of Terra Australis on
items such as Ortelius' 1579 world map, the coastlines of New Holland,
Antarctica and other lands slowly emerge. The exhibition includes Fowkes' 1789
map of the settlement at Sydney Cove and concludes with Flinders' General Chart
of Terra Australis or Australia, published in 1814.
[State Library of New South Wales, NSW
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Last modified: January 12 2005.