@timritchie Colonial artist #S_T_Gill pictured work underway at the Argyle Cut (probably 1850s). He was in Sydney and NSW from 1856 to 1863. #historySydney
From Mitchell Library, #StateLibraryNSW https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1JkmDm5Y/ywy22rggL4d6E
Inside the Mitchell Library's bronze doors: When good intentions met colonialism
#StateLibraryNSW #AboriginalAustralia #SydneyHeritage #AusNews
The State Library NSW is celebrating its 200th Anniversary and the "power of libraries and their enduring place in the hearts of communities across NSW and beyond", inviting people to share personal reflections on libraries. Here's mine! ❤️
Link to post on the State Library website: https://shareyourstory.sl.nsw.gov.au/story/my-three-favourite-libraries
I've noticed #TroveAU has recently cut over to using #StateLibraryNSW *new* catalogue. The new catalogue is great. (I transitioned my project.) #ozGLAM
#StateLibraryNSW has a surprisingly large number of South Australian colonial artworks. I've finished updating SLNSW links to their new catalogue from my #S_T_Gill project. This includes my maps of 1840s #SouthAustralia and #Adelaide which are now practically complete. Mapping using #uMap (OpenStreetMap).
#StateLibraryNSW has done a wonderful job with a *gradual* transition over several years from old catalogue to new catalogue. This has allowed users plenty of time to adjust.
Recently the old catalogue image links stopped working. As my digital project includes a mix of old and new catalogue references, I need to catch up! I have about 110 to update in the next few days.
#S_T_Gill project
This is one of the earliest street scenes in #Adelaide - from 1840. It's in Hindley St where the Grand Chancellor is now. (From #StateLibraryNSW collection.)
These are among the early #SouthAustralia works by #S_T_Gill. This new article accompanies the early narrative I've just added to the project. #1840s #colonialArtAU #catalogueRaisonne
https://coombe.id.au/S_T_Gill/S_T_Gill_Works_1839_to_1844.htm
I love meetings at libraries that include looking through the stacks and end in an expertly curated exhibition. Get into the State Library of New South Wales to see Paper Universe: The book as art. It's delightful! (and not just because it was curated by the lovely Maria Savvidis! 😻)
@wm_au #StateLibraryNSW #ArtBooks #LoveLibraries
Australian National and State Libraries have been quitting / archiving Twitter/X recently. #ausGLAM
#StateLibraryNSW - 5 May
#TroveAU - 10 July
#NationalLibraryAU - 10 July
NSLA National & State Libraries Australasia - 30 July
VIC - last tweeted in February
WA - archive date not specified
QLD - still active
#StateLibrarySA - still active
Eukodko - #MurrayRiver crayfish - being caught by #Aboriginal women in floodwaters. Painted c. 1844 by #S_T_Gill from George Hamilton's sketch. #SouthAustralia
(See also today's article in The Conversation.) #StateLibraryNSW image only linking indirectly at present but you can see same in #NationalLibraryAU https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-134369231/view
Read more in my 2021 article: https://coombe.id.au/S_T_Gill/S_T_Gill,_E_J_Eyre,_Symmetry_1844.htm#45
S.T. Gill frequently portrayed the shepherd, almost always accompanied by his dog. The flock is always seen from behind. My new article brings together his shepherd pictures from around 1840 to 1874. One is a fake.
#S_T_Gill #StateLibraryNSW #artHistoryAU
Read: https://coombe.id.au/S_T_Gill/S_T_Gill_Subject_Shepherd.htm
Day at the #StateLibraryNSW including an opportunity to check it's underground "stacks". Still wondering what goes on in there given only staff can access these levels...
Just out of a three hour #OralHistory interview for #StateLibraryNSW for their #WorldPride #PrideRevolution Project. Downloading my life as a #QueerPOC was both therapeutic and exhausting and at moments, painful. https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/pride-revolution
