Australian Landscapes
Hill End, New South Wales
Hill End owes its existence to the New South Wales gold rush of the 1850s, and at its peak in the early 1870s it had a population estimated at 8,000 served by two newspapers, five […]
Australian Photographs
Australian Photographs
Taking Pictures in Public of People you Don’t Know
Source: Arts Law Centre of Australia Can I take a photograph in public that contains images of people I don’t know? Can I take a photo of a famous landmark or of the front of […]
Australian Photographs
Early Sydney Pictures – The Tyrrell Collection
The Tyrrell Collection consists of 7903 glass plate negatives from the studios of Charles Kerry (1857-1928) and Henry King (1855-1923) who had two of Sydney’s principal photographic studios in the late 1800s and early 1900s. […]
Australian Photographs
National Library acquires rare early Australian photographs
Rare early Australian photographs, not seen in public for more than 100 years, have been acquired by the National Library. The major private collection of nearly 1,000 photographs came to light recently in Sydney where, […]
Australian Landscapes
History of Warwick Qld
History of Warwick: Patrick Leslie and his two brothers originally settled in the area as squatters, naming their run Canning Downs. In 1847 the NSW government asked Leslie to select a site on his station […]