'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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

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 ]