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For #MappyMonday we bring you this whimsical vision of #Sydney.

🗺️'Greetings from the heart of Sydney N.S.W.' by Harry J. Weston, c 1930s.

Explore this newly acquired rare map with our latest blog:
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Bartenders and theatre manager George Coppin (in top hat), Crystal Bar, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, c. 1865

Looking to escape the heat? Come and check out our two new #free exhibitions in our beautiful air-conditioned galleries.

🏳️‍🌈Coming out in the 70s: https://t.co/8MkdIaTMMq
✨New to the collection: https://t.co/FIViWXzBjJ https://t.co/ktBuQciI64

Jane Foss Barff (née Russell) was an educationist and among the earliest group of women to be admitted to @Sydney_Uni, attaining her Masters of Arts in 1889.

This photo of her was taken #OTD 29 November 1890 by Falk Studios
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Fifty years after the first #GayRights organisation was founded in #NSW, the activism of the 70s still resonates.

Ashleigh Synnott writes about #ComingOutInThe70s for our new magazine #Openbook.

Read the story here: https://t.co/T9gZd3L8TI https://t.co/5iINY2TC4k

What a day to be on the water ⛵#SailingSaturday

Yachting, Sydney Harbour c. 1900-1910, PXE 711/595
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#OTD in 1520 Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan enters the Pacific Ocean with three ships, becoming the first European explorer to reach the Pacific from the Atlantic.

🗺️ Handcoloured map of the Americas, c 1579
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Working to preserve historic material isn’t always glamorous but sometimes there is glitter ✨

Conservators Trish Leen and Kate Hughes take us #behindthescenes as they prepare for our upcoming exhibition #ComingOutInThe70s, opening tomorrow.
Read here: https://t.co/j9EHrZYirN https://t.co/2GvqtQqeRv

We are thrilled to have award-winning author @SquigglyRick's first ever short story in #Openbook, our new-look magazine.

Here's an excerpt from his intriguing piece, 'The Contestant': https://t.co/ks4ub8FHcw

Learn more: https://t.co/h4qX2Y9B8o https://t.co/6Kmtc8KrMK

PXE 1641 27 bw wr German Sudpolar-Expedition Album

Gay men and women took to the streets proudly demanding to be seen, heard and accepted. #ComingOutInThe70s tells their story.

#Free exhibition, opens Saturday 28 November 🔗https://t.co/igqvDFfSnh

📷Gay and lesbian rights march, George St, #Sydney, 15 July 1978 © Geoff Friend https://t.co/EL2NWOY9SB

This beautiful panorama of Como, #Sydney was captured by photographer Rex Hazlewood c 1920s. #ThrowbackThursday @SuthShireCncl

📍Do you recognise any local landmarks?

Explore the image in detail here:
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Writer and actor Kate Mulvany defies the neat stories people write about her. 'It’s the 16 hours a day at the desk stuff that they miss out on. Overnight success just doesn’t really exist.’ #TheatreThursday #Openbook

Read more: https://t.co/A6EmovaHJi https://t.co/pzsW5LQDdl

Street stalls in Tokyo, 22 November 1945, photographed by Ray Olson

We're busy installing our new exhibition, opening this Saturday 28 November.

Curator Margot Riley and activists Penny Short & Dennis Altman spoke to @abcsydney's @cassiemccullagh about the exhibition and #ComingOutInThe70s.

🔉Listen here: https://t.co/3L7EuPWkXh https://t.co/QbONML7fYa

#DoYouKnow who this is on our $20 note? Born #OTD in 1880, it is Reverend John Flynn, the founder of what would eventually become the @RoyalFlyingDoc service.

📸'Flying Doctor Service, #BrokenHill, 17 October 1941'
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Do you recognise this view? This lovely watercolour and pencil drawing by Sydney Ure Smith shows the 'City of Sydney and Harbour, looking east from Kyle House, Macquarie Place', c 1932. #WatercolourWednesday

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What are the costs and benefits of the humanities? Professor Mark Ledbury, Director of @PowerInstitute1 @Sydney_Uni asks this important question for @ACHRC next Wednesday 2 December, from 5.30pm.

Join us for this free event, register here: https://t.co/ejewZOmI3l https://t.co/dNaWqoFbAu

Fire Alarm Pole, Tokyo, 22 November 1945, by Ray Olson

Happy birthday to Walter Burley Griffin, the American architect who designed the original plan for #Canberra. Born #OTD 1876, his plan was simple but splendid, featuring geometric patterns, tree-lined avenues & boulevards.

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Bus, ferry, train or tram. What does your daily commute look like? Here are a few #TravelTuesday highlights from the collection:

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Our free #HSC Help sessions start today and will run until 15 December 2020. Teachers, students and classes are welcome to join our online workshops in English, Society & Culture, Legal Studies and History. #OzEd #OzEdChat

More info & bookings: https://t.co/35aj4LeaOu https://t.co/4ocaqBtyuc

'Hilton', John Rae's House in Liverpool Street, Sydney c.1880

Rose house, Clissold Street, Turramurra, by Max Dupain

Traffic during tram and bus strike, North Sydney, 20 December 1951, PIX magazine

HM Hope-Robertson in Kings Cross, Sydney, ca.1950

Lionel van Praag (far left), manager of the Sydney Speedway talking with cyclists, Speedway series, 9 February 1946

Como, Sydney, 1921-1925, by Rex Hazlewood

Street scape, Kings Cross, c. 1950, Pix magazine,

Kings Cross Traffic, c. 1950, Pix Magazine

Tamara Toumanova in Le Spectre de la rose (The Spirit of the rose), 1940, by Max Dupain

Living Room, Darjoa or George Edwards flats, Point Piper, ca. 1938, by Max Dupain

Exterior, Darjoa or George Edwards flats 1938, Max Dupain

Lyn Thompson (Craigie), 1972?

Charles "Chicka" Dixon, speaks at Sydney University, 3 July 1972

Gary Foley speaks at a Black Moratorium rally, Sydney University, 3 July 1972

Frank Roberts speaks at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Canberra, 1972

Bob Maza speaks to the crowd, Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Canberra, 1972