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So long Sydney

by Lisa Murray | Jun 30, 2021 | 2 Comments

The Dictionary of Sydney is an incredible project. It all started back in 2005 when a group of historians and industry partners secured a 5-year Australian Research Council grant to present Sydney's history in a digital format to explore the possibilities of linking...

Japanese Antarctic expedition camp at Parsley Bay 1911

by Minna Muhlen-Schulte | Jun 23, 2021 | 0 Comments

The extraordinary occurrence of Japanese Antarctic explorers camped at Parsley Bay may not be well known but it is a touching story of cross cultural and scientific exchange of ideas on Sydney’s foreshore. [button...

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Children in classroom at Blackfriars Public School c1913, State Records New South Wales (15051_a047_001280)

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Violet McKenzie reading 1915 courtesy ExWrans

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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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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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