Sydney Modernism - Burdekin House exhibition, 1929 The clash between old and new forms of Interior design in could not have been more stark than at the Sydney exhibition at Burdekin House in October 1929. full article geoffbarker.wordpress.com/20…

#OTD 26 Oct 1788, HMS Bounty & William Bligh, landed in Tahiti to carry breadfruit trees to Caribbean slave plantations. Imagined image of event painted and engraved by Thomas Gosse, 1796, State Library of NSW. Uploaded to Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahiti

Born #OTD 24 Oct 1888 - Francis de Groot member of the New Guard who at the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1932 by attempted to slash the ribbon with a military sword while on horseback. State Library of New South Wales. Uploaded to #Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franci…

Hilda Mulligan had a successful career as an opera singer, theatre director and producer. She was the first Australian accepted as a pupil at the Milan Conservatorium, and the first to become a full-time member of an Italian opera company. Full article geoffbarker.wordpress.com/20…

Men working on the construction of the Anzac Memorial, Hyde Park, Sydney, Sydney, c. 1934, by Harold Cazneaux, vintage glass negative, State Library of NSW. Uploaded to Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anzac_…

Born #OTD 19 October 1891, Myles Dunphy Australian conservationist best known for the protection of parts of the Blue Mountains National Park. Taken at Jenolan Caves, New South Wales, in 1912, by Kerry & co., uploaded to Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myles_…

Entering the Australian #PublicDonmina today 18 Oct 2026. Margaret "Retta" Jane Long (seated front center) Australian Baptist missionary who founded the Aborigines Inland Mission of Australia. State Library of NSW collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/rec…

Racing cars at Penrith Speedway, 1928, by Ronald Vernon Taylor, State Library of NSW. Penrith Speedway was opened in 1920. It was operated by Western Suburbs Motor Cycle Club and occupied paddocks owned by the local Member of Parliament, Sydney Smith.

Australian Kangaroos Rugby League team, 1952, vintage film negative, Australian Consolidated Press Archive, State library of New South Wales. Uploaded to #Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952%E… @rugbyleagueworldcup

Portrait of artist Adrian Feint with murals for Orion Line shipping, Sydney, October 1946, by Max Dupain, vintage film negative, State Library of New South Wales. Uploaded to #Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian…

Pigeon racers with clocks, Australia, Taken October 1945, by Alec Iverson, from vintage negative. Uploaded to Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeon…

#OTD 10 October 1944 - Free French exhibition, Sydney, Australia, by Ivan Ive, vintage film negative, State Library of NSW, ON 388/Box 020/Item 021 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/rec…

Landmine dog, Australian Army, Korea, October 1952, vintage film negative, Australian Consolidated Press Archive, State library of New South Wales. Uploaded to #Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detect…

The State Library of NSW has three major exhibitions celebrating the work of Australian photographers Max Dupain, Mervyn Bishop and Lorrie Graham - more information about these and previous photo exhibitions and stories can be found on a new web page sl.nsw.gov.au/whats-on/home-…

World Architectural Heritage Day - photos of Housing Commission estate 'Greenway' being built - North Sydney, June 1953, Robert Donaldson, Australian Consolidated Press Archive, State Library of New South Wales. Uploaded to #Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public…

Naval cadets, Snapper Island naval training depot October 1946, by Sam Hood vintage nitrate negative. Uploaded by @StateLibraryNSW to #FlickrCommons flic.kr/p/2rZ77qC

Born #OTD 2 October 1879 - Alethea Mary Proctor Australian painter, print maker, designer and teacher. Portrait by Harold Cazneaux uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLIbraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thea_P…

#OTD 1 October 1844 Ludwig Leichhardt left Jimbour Homestead in Queensland on his first expedition. Pencil drawing by Isobel Fox, 28 May 1846, State Library of New South Wales, Uploaded to #Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig…

Taken 1 October 1937. Tooth's brewery delivery truck by Stanley Farrell for the Sun Newspaper, State Library of New South Wales. Uploaded to #Wikipedia commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F…

Man feeding a bird, Sydney, 20 October 1941, by R. Donaldson, vintage film negative. Uploaded to Flickr Commons by @StateLibraryNSW flic.kr/p/2rAKFtw