Geoff Barker

Taken #OTD 6 November 1934 - Dodge six car showing radiator covered in grasshoppers. Uploaded to #FlickrCommons by State Library of New South Wales flic.kr/p/2qGzwJX

DKW, Hudson and Wolseley car showrooms (for Building Publishing Co); corner Cathedral and Riley Streets, Woolloomooloo, Sydney, November 1938, Sam Hood uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DKW

Pan sculpture (nighttime), Archibald Foundation, Hyde Park, Sydney, c. 1933, by Harold Cazneaux, uploaded to Wikipedia by State Library of New south Wales en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archiba...

Celebrating #Halloween with Disney's1929 animation 'Hell's Bells' which came into the Public Domain this year. lnkd.in/gugYaYzf

Magicians known collectively as the ‘Five Demons’, Sydney, 1938, by Ivan Ive. Uploaded to #FlickrCommons by @StateLIbraryNSW flic.kr/p/2q2ieqE #Halloween

Facade of the Garrick Theatre, Castlereagh Street, Sydney. It was renamed the Tivoli Theatre in 1893 and operated as a popular vaudeville venue. The billing suggests this is about 1907. Uploaded to Wikipedia by
@StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrick...

Photographer reflected in car boot with his Graflex camera, Sydney, 1937, by Ivan, possibly for the Sun newspaper, uploaded to Flickr Commons by State Library NSW, flic.kr/p/2rix9YA

Born #OTD 23 October 1813 Ludwig Leichhardt German explorer and naturalist famous for his exploration of Australia and his disappearance in 1848. Portrait by Isobel Fox, 1846. Uploaded to Wikipedia by State Library NSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_...

New South Wales Contingent, Soudan Campaign, 1885, composite photo by Barcroft Capel Boake. A copy was presented to Queen Victoria in 1886 and shown in the Indian and Colonial Exhibition in South Kensington. Uploaded to Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Sou...

For the United Nations World Statistics Day (20 October 2025) I'm sharing this graph showing views of freely available content uploaded to #Wikipedia by
@StateLibraryNSW

Clinton Hartley Grattan was an American authority on 20th-century Australian history in the mid-C19th. Born 19 Oct 1902 he spent two years in Australia in 1937 as a Carnegie traveling scholar. Portrait held by @StateLibraryofNSW uploaded to wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Hart...

The parking lot at Disneyland #Paris went #solar. 67,000 #solarpanels will make it one of the largest solar canopies in Europe. Time to give every parking lot a #solarpower upgrade.

We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate

#climateAction #climate #endfossilfuels

Photos of Beatrys Vitringa, a dancer living in the artists commune at Merioola, in Woollahra, Sydney, taken in June 1946. In 1945 Beatrys (Beatrice) had been evacuated from Java after being a Dutch POW. @StateLibraryNSW uploaded to #FlickrCommons flic.kr/p/2rzLS97

Contortionist dressed as a scarecrow, Sydney, 27 July 1938, Australian Consolidated Press Archive. Uploaded to #FlickrCommons by @StateLibraryNSW flic.kr/p/2rjAXrR

Australian writer and feminist Miles Franklin was born #OTD 14 Oct 1879. Best known for her novel My Brilliant Career she never married but as this postcard suggests remained a 'merry widow'. From the collections of @StateLibraryNSW collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9qoav...

Two Chinese men in the street, Sydney, 1885-1890, Arthur K. Syer, vintage albumen print. Uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese...

Cyclists escorted by police, 1000-mile cycle, Dural Street, Hornsby, Sydney, 10 October 1945, by Alec Iverson for Pix Magazine. RR Daniel photographer's shop visible in background. @StateLibraryNSW collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9qoa3...

Vanuatuan recruits for sugar plantations in Australia, Vanuatu, c. 1910, by unknown, gelatin silver print, State Library of New South Wales. Uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackbi...

Born #OTD 7 Oct 1816 - Edward Hammond Hargraves the Australian gold prospector whose expedition in the Macquarie River resulted in the New South Wales gold rush. Portrait by Thomas Tyrwitt Balcombe uploaded to Wikipedia by State Library of NSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_...

Actor and singer Evie Hayes (1912-1988), best known for her stage success in Australia with English comedian and actor Arthur Askey, Sydney 1950. Photo by Robert Rice. Uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evie_Ha... & en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_...

Harry Fell, hairdresser, Melbourne, 28 October 1952, photograph by L. Shea. Uploaded to #FlickrCommons by @StateLibraryNSW flic.kr/p/2rhRU3t

Taken #OTD 30 Sept 1940, Chicago Firearms Co. Protector pistol. It could be hidden in the palm of a person’s hand. Handed into Sydney C.I.B. H.Q during an amnesty in 1940. Photo by Frederick Stanley Grimes. Uploaded to #wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket_...

Born 26 Sept 1909 - painter, printmaker, & designer Elaine Haxton Her Sydney contemporaries were Russell Drysdale, Donald Friend. Dobell's portrait of her was a finalist in the 1941 Archibald Prize. Photo uploaded to Wikipedia by State Library of NSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_...

Taken #OTD 26 September 1938 - Beach acrobats. Alf Stanbrough supports Bonnie Nixon and Hazel with Wal Balmus on top; Jack Goldberg observes, Sydney, by George Caddy, State Library of New South Wales, PXD 1038 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/digital/EdQl...

Could we have cracked one of the world's toughest climate problems? It is almost impossible to make cement without emissions, but carbon-capture-and-storage technology is finally being deployed to decarbonise the sector

It is almost impossible to make cement without emissions, but carbon-capture-and-storage technology is finally being deployed to decarbonise the sector

Private screening of film 'Cloistered' for nuns at the State Theatre, Sydney, 24 April 1938, by Sam Hood, State Library of NSW, uploaded to Flickr Commons by @StateLibraryNSW flic.kr/p/2reCSzJ

#OTD 23 September 1938 Opening night of the "Hollywood Hotel Revue" at the Theatre Royal, Sydney, by Sam Hood. Uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre...

The Garden Palace in the Domain Sydney was completely destroyed by fire #OTD 22 September 1882. Among the items destroyed were irreplaceable First Nations artifacts collected from NSW. Images uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_...

Department of Postwar Reconstruction, Town planning with centers free of through traffic and gardens, Sydney, Alec Iverson, 1944, Uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_p...

Born #OTD 18 Sept 1861 Australian philanthropist Dame Eadith Campbell Walker. Portrait by Harold Cazneaux 1924 uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eadith_...