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Attention #History teachers & students! Come along to our free workshop on Wed 10 March at 3.30pm and find out how to access the best #OnlineResources to support your #HistoryExtension major work.

#Free online workshop, register here: https://t.co/j65LbvVemS https://t.co/J3ZNMBkj7U

📚 Calling all readers! Join writer & podcaster @NicoleAbadee for a three-part literary series where she interviews acclaimed authors Robert Drewe, @AnnaFunder and Markus Zusak.

More info, book now: https://t.co/UhnAKAjPUf https://t.co/jK4sZC4feY

@Library_Vic @slqld @statelibrarywa @SLSA @LibrariesACT @nlagovau Thanks for tagging us! 😘

🚫 Less vs. Fewer
🚫 Affect vs. Effect
🚫 Library’s vs. Libraries
🚫 Complementary vs. Complimentary

Today's featured public library is #CastleHill Library, part of @TheHillsCouncil. #ALibraryADay #NSWPublicLibraries

#CastleHillLibrary has a castle and a dragon! 🐲🏰 Enjoy a coffee and some cake from the café as you relax in the comfy lounge chairs.

https://t.co/Fa6OUnj1Ki https://t.co/Ty2rRcZXcp

Discover the lives of ten remarkable Australians with author Ian MacFarlane on Saturday 13 March, 2pm. #AuthorTalk

#Free online event, register here: https://t.co/qk1cWH4rmf https://t.co/J8NyzsjCH8

Louise Crossley, one of the first female station leaders at #MawsonStation in #Antarctica, speaks about working at a mostly male station in 1991. #WomensHistoryMonth @AusAntarctic ❄️

🎧 Listen to her interview & help us transcribe @Amplify: https://t.co/YkMOZVtYKH https://t.co/K79xTMaqDE

We always knew we were cool 😎 but it's still nice to see. 😉 Thanks @UrbanListSYD!

Read about '6 of the coolest libraries in #Sydney' (including 'the OG of libraries in Australia’...us!) here: https://t.co/324RvlLXT5 https://t.co/GeIOsRU6id

Happy #WorldWildlifeDay! 🐭 These cute tree-dwelling marsupials are called Brush-tailed Phascogales. They are listed as a vulnerable species in #NSW on @nswenviromedia.

📘’The Mammals of Australia’ by John Gould, 1863. https://t.co/1SqtjF08SE https://t.co/bAKKlXp1Un

🙌 Introducing the #ArtIndex! Created by our #DXLab. It brings the first 50 years of European art exhibitions in Australia to life through interactive #DataVis.

🎨 See it in action: https://t.co/fP3QN7jx37

💭 Learn about the project: https://t.co/66ykwVJ7BC https://t.co/g07OzA59Pj

Today's featured public library is Carnes Hill Library, part of @Lpool_Council. #ALibraryADay #NSWPublicLibraries

#CarnesHill is Liverpool City Library's newest branch, which opened in 2016!

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@meredithlake1 While the Library holds material relating to this ancient country – related to language, stories and customs – this is the oldest physical item in our collection.

Looking forward to #HistoryMatters tonight at 5.30pm! Historian @sophiecouchman and filmmaker Martha Ansara will join us to discuss their fascinating #WomensHistory projects. #WomensHistoryMonth @pha_nsw

#Free online talk, register here:
https://t.co/cCPAXqkvTA https://t.co/tKfrz8DTOF

Luna Park lighted windmill, November 1948, by Brian Bird

@Rafflespek0 Try this link https://t.co/MO0D4z2F3d

Ever wonder what the oldest item in our collection is? The answer is a clay tablet! #OldStuffDay ✨

This rare tablet is almost 4000 years old and was written in ancient Sumerian cuneiform in the late 19th to early 18th century BCE.

Learn more: https://t.co/SBIBU0a8JE https://t.co/Dz63ewM9o6

Today's featured public library is #Campsie Library & Knowledge Center, part of @ourcbcity #ALibraryADay #NSWPublicLibraries

#CampsieLibrary is a dynamic community hub for people of all ages and cultures! We love their festive #LunarNewYear display. 🐲

https://t.co/5rMp02762z https://t.co/TOwUwQyi4n

📔 John Englart’s diary and photographs are on display in our #ComingOutInThe70s exhibition until 16 May 2021. @sydneymardigras #MardiGras2021

Visit onsite: https://t.co/1WrLOmft4g

Or online: https://t.co/G0crMSnGjJ https://t.co/MRvLCsGQNp

🏳️‍🌈Before @sydneymardigras in 1978, Australia’s first national gay pride festival was #GayPride Week in 1973.

The explosion of 70s grassroots activism is brought to life in the diaries & photos of activist John Englart. #ComingOutInThe70s

Read more: https://t.co/mLMQdZDNi7 https://t.co/LJZX9ScQ7U

⏰ There is still time to register! Join Library Fellow @JarrodHore at 11am today as he shares his research into ‘Landscaping Eastern Australia through the Colonial Survey’. #ScholarTalk

#Free, register here: https://t.co/zqK0NsPAQS https://t.co/prPD0k8HqI

Table Bay, Cape Town South Africa, c. 1861,

Pyrmont Quarry Sydney, 1893, by A. Tischbauer

Barbara Blane, shadow-ballet dancer at the Tivoli, 5 January 1939, by Ray Olson

Wheat silos under construction, Glebe Island, Sydney, c. 1921, by Arthur Ernest Foster

Early stages of the construction of the wheat silos, Glebe Island, Sydney, 28 September 1920, by Arthur Ernest Foster

J. Baptiste, hairdressing/barber's saloon, Hill End gold fields, ca. 1872

Midnight sun, over the Ross Sea, Antarctic, December 1910

Studio portrait of Henry Lawson, ca. 1915, by May Moore

Weekend, 1940, by Max Dupain

Spalding's Sporting Goods Store, 1941, by Sam Hood

Signal station, South Head, Sydney, c. 1940, Sam Hood

Rosaleen Norton, Kings Cross, Sydney, 21 June 1943

1912 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost with 1936 coachwork (taken for Liberty Motors), outside Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 20 April 1937, by Sam Hood

Heat wave in Sydney, 4 January 1946

'Braeside' or 'Burnside' under construction, Kidman & Mayoh, shipbuilders, Kissing Point Park, Ryde, Sydney, c. 1920, Arthur Ernest Foster

Braeside' and 'Burnside' under construction, Kidman & Mayoh, shipbuilders, Kissing Point Park, Ryde, Sydney, c. 1920, Arthur Ernest Foster

Port Jackson from Dawes Point, ca. 1842, attributed to John Skinner Prout

Strikers during lockout, at Broken Hill, 1909, photographer unknown

Pelicans and Swans, Zoo at Night, 28 January 1938