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November is AusMusic Month and so today I thought we should look back at some early Australian popular music and one of the early music composers in Sydney. Graeme Skinner at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music has been researching the history of music in colonial... read more
Remembrance Day: 100 years on
Last Sunday, 11 November, marked 100 years since the official end of World War I. Initially called Armistice Day, it became known as Remembrance Day after the end of World War II. An article in the Dictionary by Dr Neil Radford has described what that day was like... read moreCURRICULUM RESOURCES
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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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Fancy a Balmain Polka Or perhaps a St Leonards Scottische? Catch up on the Spagnolettis & 1860s popular music in Sydney on 2ser FM Breakfast this morning with Dr Lisa Murray and Sean Britten via the Dictionary blog!
Grab your partners for the Balmain Polka
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This is #Sydney's #Newtown railway station in 1899!
From our #publictransport collection: www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curated/public-transport
Courtesy of the Queensland Museum.
Jacqueline Speeding, Curator of the exhibition ‘Dust’ at Woodford Academy - National Trust of Australia NSW, yesterday opened discussions about extensive pest treatment that will be happening at the Academy soon.
The event, hosted by Museums Galleries Australia, Alex Roach, Director of Modified Atmospheres and Rebecca Pinchin, National Trust Collections Manager, was held to discuss an Australian first in heritage pest treatment.
The Academy’s buildings will be progressively sealed and left to heat over a week this summer, eradicating the infestation of insects that have taken up residence in the 180 year old buildings and its collections.
Saturday (17 November) is the last opportunity to view ‘Dust : An exhibition about insects, collections and heritage buildings'. bit.ly/2zBqf7T
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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