#OTD 13 Feb 1942, Frederick Stanley Grimes photographed Australia’s oldest contortionist David Mitchell - aged 73, uploaded to Wikidata by @stateLibraryNSW www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133853...
11.02.2026 22:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Convicts in New South Wales, lithograph, 1793, wash drawing, Juan Ravenet, State Library of New South Wales uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convict...
08.02.2026 22:32 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
Bondi Beach, Sydney, c. 1872, by American & Australasian Photographic Company, vintage collodion glass negative. Uploaded to #FlickrCommons by @StateLibraryNSW flic.kr/p/2rUYU9R
04.02.2026 00:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
#OTD 28 January 1952, Newcastle Beach, Hood Collection, State Library of New South Wales, uploaded to #FlickrCommons by @StateLibraryNSW flic.kr/p/2rQVys6
27.01.2026 23:52 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
#OTD 27 January 1930 Francis Chichester was photographed at Mascot after his solo flight from Croydon, England to Darwin in DH-60G 'Madame Elijah' G-AAKK. By Sam Hood and uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis...
26.01.2026 22:04 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
French heavy cruiser Montcalm, Sydney Harbour, January 1911, Sam Hood, vintage glass photonegative, Uploaded to WIkipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_...
22.01.2026 21:29 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
When we think of books for people with visual impairment, we often think of the tactile writing system designed by Louis Braille, first presented in 1824. This article looks at another less well-known system developed by an Englishman named William Moon. geoffbarker.wordpress.com/2026/01/16/m...
19.01.2026 22:10 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
'My Lady Plucks a Red Red Rose,' watercolour by Thea Procter c.1905. Uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLIbraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thea_Pr...
18.01.2026 22:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Photo of Douglas Mawson, Alistair Mackay & TWE David who #OTD 16 January 1909, were first to reach the South Magnetic Pole in Antarctica. Uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas...
15.01.2026 22:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Aerial photograph of RAN naval depot, Garden Island, Sydney, c. 1930, by Sam Hood. Vintage film negative uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_...
13.01.2026 21:44 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
#OTD 13 January 1938, permanent waving a man's hair, Australia, Ivan Ive, vintage film negative, uploaded to #flickrcommons by @StateLibraryNSW, flic.kr/p/2ryXc9C
12.01.2026 21:07 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
#OTD Children Jitterbug dancing, 11 January 1941. Uploaded to #flickrcommons by @StateLibraryNSW flic.kr/p/2r28Ykq
11.01.2026 08:54 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
#OTD 8 January 1912 the first boat of Mawson's Australian Antarctic Expedition went ashore at Cape Denison, Antarctica, event captured by Bernard McGrath, State Library of NSW collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n7o7bv3n
08.01.2026 04:10 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
New entries for Australians on #PublicDomainDay 2026. Sydney Long, Keith Macpherson Smith, Helen Elizabeth Gillan, John Radecki and Alan Geoffrey Fairfax. Includes a full list of Australians who died in 1955 and whose works entered the Public Domain in 2025. geoffbarker.wordpress.com/2026/01/06/p...
06.01.2026 03:14 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Airplane Southern Cross at Mascot Sydney before making the first commercial trans-Tasman flight, January 1933, by Sam Hood, Uploaded to Wikipedia by State Library NSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-T...
05.01.2026 20:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Two versions of Dr Frederick Bridges, posed as 'The Anaesthetist,' Sydney, March 1933. Photo by Harold Cazneaux, vintage glass negative, State Library of New South Wales, uploaded to #flickrcommons by @StateLibraryNSW flic.kr/p/2rwByDr
31.12.2025 07:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Dissonance 3.0 - a selection of my favourite historic photos of 2025
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Tags- Sam Hood, Max Dupain, Frank Hurley, Jerusalem, Ford Anglia, Gas Power, scooters, Avro Anson, Fox Glacier, Tattoos, Dymphna Cusack, Mary Gilmore, circus, Don Bradman, Cazneaux,
28.12.2025 23:54 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Schnapper Point after sunset', Mornington, Victoria, 1859-63, Eugene Von Guerard, drawing. Uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning...
19.12.2025 06:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
'Dissonance' a free online Zine pulling together research relating to cultural collections in Australia. NZ National Flag 1834, #Australiafirst photographer, #Darwin, #Funafuti, #UNESCO, #migration, #MobyDick, Concord Hospital, #Architecture. Download @ geoffbarker.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
07.12.2025 21:36 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Model in a dress, studio portrait from above, Sydney, 26 July 1938, by Ivan for Pix magazine, State Library of NSW, collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9gkRj...
04.12.2025 21:49 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Studley Park Asylum, Melbourne, 1870-1875, American & Australasian Photographic Company. Uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarra_B...
04.12.2025 05:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Friday 2 December 1932 - Captain Douglas Jardine leads the English Team onto the Sydney Cricket Ground to begin the #Bodyline series. Uploaded to #wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodyline
02.12.2025 21:35 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Sir Neville Wilkinson and his 'Titania Palace of Fairies' dolls' house on display on 4th floor David Jones, Sydney, to raise money for children, 1934, by Sam Hood. Uploaded to #wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titania...
25.11.2025 21:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Taj Mahal at night, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, 25 July 1945, by Norman Herfort, uploaded to Flickr by @StateLIbraryNSW flic.kr/p/2qJvwU1
23.11.2025 23:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
'Bidura' Georgian style house, Glebe Point, Sydney, c. 1890, architectural drawing, Edmund Thomas Blacket, and his sons collection of architectural plans. Image uploaded to Wikipedia by
@StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_...
21.11.2025 21:28 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
John Hunter, State Theatre, Sydney, May 1952. In WW2 Hunter was a female impersonator with the NZ Armed forces and became the ballet dancing star of the Kiwi Review Co. in the late 1940s. Uploaded to Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_qu...
18.11.2025 20:42 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Born #OTD 18 Nov 1794 - John Bede Polding first Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Australia. This portrait was taken by Adelaide Photographic Company c. 1875 and was uploaded to #Wikipedia by State Library NSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Be...
17.11.2025 22:28 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
'Dissonance' 1.0 - a new Zine pulling together research I post on the internet. Some are snippets, others are articles from Wiki's, Substack, LinkedIn & WordPress. #Photography, #AntarcticExploration #Leeches, #murder, #RoyalTours download - geoffbarker.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
14.11.2025 22:43 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Taken #OTD 14 November 1945 Atomic bomb Variety Revue nightclub, street photography 'Smile Art Studio,' Manila, Philippines, by Ray Olsen for Pix Magazine. @statelibrarynsw uploaded to Flickr Commons flic.kr/p/2rFjuVq
14.11.2025 01:20 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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