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The Great Strike of 1917
This year marks the centenary of one of Australia’s largest industrial conflicts and a special exhibition commemorating the anniversary has just opened at Carriageworks. The Great Strike of 1917 is regarded as one of Australia’s largest industrial conflicts. Although... read more
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Moving the Dictionary Over the last year we’ve been working on moving the Dictionary’s content on to a new platform hosted by the State Library of New South Wales. Over the next few days you may notice some changes to the site as we flip the switch and... read more
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PIC: Man reading newspaper on deck of ferry approaching Circular Quay, 1906. By Harold Cazneaux. Contributed by National Library of Australia [nla.pic-an23242011].
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We had a special Dictionary of Sydney segment on 2ser FM - Real Radio this morning when Nic talked to Laila Ellmoos, Dictionary author, historian at the City of Sydney and co-curator of the fantastic exhibition commemorating the 1917 Great Strike at Carriageworks. Catch up with the blog & the podcast!
Detail from MS Hill's 1888 map 'The City of Sydney', a birds-eye view over the city looking to the south and west across Darling Harbour. http://dictionaryofsydney.org/image/97526
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