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This #ThrowbackThursday we're celebrating #FishingMonth with these amazing images of Hartley Spurr's bait-monger business. 🎣

When photographed in 1943, this popular Newcastle business had been a local landmark for 50+ years!

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In times of uncertainty, do you turn to the stars for guidance? ✨ Australians have been reading horoscopes since the 1930s – and we haven’t stopped!

Read our new blog about celebrity #astrologer June Marsden here: https://t.co/80bi2zRTTI https://t.co/GdETY6E1bN

Don't forget your headphones the next time you visit our galleries! Step inside our #PaintingsFromTheCollection exhibition and listen to audio captions while you browse 300+ stunning artworks.

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Our 1000th entry in #TheDiaryFiles is a touching description of something most of us can relate to: getting lost in a good book when we feel low. #DXLab

Read the full entry here: https://t.co/fEoN54P2rV https://t.co/aa9MRcxC6x

Happy birthday to Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, born #OTD in 1930. #DidYouKnow we hold various items in our collection relating to the #Apollo11 moon landing? 🌔

Learn more with our blog post by Curator @mariasavvidis: https://t.co/4zt5glBS5Y https://t.co/9CPotTBpL0

Explore how the Endeavour's arrival in 1770 changed the fate of Aboriginal people forever. #EightDaysInKamay

More info: https://t.co/q2mE1RIg1B https://t.co/Hlz6zzsqOA

😱 Will you be our 1000th entry? We're so close reaching 1k on #TheDiaryFiles, our online community diary by the #DXLab.

Tell us what you see, what you hear, how you feel or what's on your mind. 💭

Start writing: https://t.co/WUzGpHFwP6 https://t.co/wtDTaSpRzf

This #EducationWeek learn how to write with Australian Children's Laureate Ursula Dubosarsky! Join her this Friday 7 August at 10.30am for a special one-off webinar. #LearningTogether #OzEd

Register here: https://t.co/x5HbDTIO6U https://t.co/nZK5kiEs5x

Hartley Spurr Bait-monger's, Newcastle, New South Wales, 30 March 1943.

The 2020 NSW Premier’s History Awards shortlists are out! Eight judges considered 139 entries across five prize categories, with $75,000 in prize money to be awarded. #NSWPHA

View the shortlists and judges’ comments here: https://t.co/RIZfyzIMSE https://t.co/b84cR4wW1D

We're here to help you get started with your #FamilyHistory research! Join us for a webinar introduction to @Ancestry Library Edition tomorrow at 10.30 am. #FamilyHistoryMonth

Free online event, register here: https://t.co/hyogbhWYax https://t.co/tpW6Yj2HSX

This National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day, we’re sharing ‘My Weekend with Pop’ – an online storybook written and spoken in 5 Aboriginal languages from across NSW to coincide with the theme #EldersOfTomorrow.

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@cispt2 What a great idea! We'll pass on the suggestion to our curators.

@dinkidie Thank you! 😊 You might also enjoy our podcast #TheBurialFiles, a nine-part series about the history of Central Station. You can stream it on Spotify, Google Podcasts and Apple Podcasts.

Or listen online here: https://t.co/o4nrBxekjq

#OTD in 1906 Central Railway Station in #Sydney opened. From a sprawling cemetery to one of the city's busiest transport hubs, discover the fascinating history of #CentralStation with our online story.

Read #DeadCentral here: https://t.co/3EMQ9fa8Va https://t.co/M05NQDAQAK

This @NSWEducation #EdWeek20 we've pulled together a huge range of resources to make #LearningTogether a little bit easier, including:

📚 Free virtual excursions
📚 NESA-accredited workshops
📚 Curriculum-linked learning activities

Browse here: https://t.co/RdtzTcrbfS https://t.co/aVGT5OsThl

We’re thinking of you, Melbourne. 🌹 In these challenging times, our friends at @Library_Vic are working hard to document what everyday life is like for people in Victoria.

Learn more about their #SLVMemoryBank project here: https://t.co/XDqIcKOvh0

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Shell streamlined petrol tanker, ca. 1935, Milton Kent, gelatin silver print

It's #FamilyHistoryMonth – the perfect time to kick start your research! Join our librarians for a series of #FamilyHistory webinars you can enjoy from the comfort of your home.

See what's on here:
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Composite picture by N. Herfort, PIX magazine

A damaged V-Twin motorcycle, Sam Hood

Bakery, Home Rule gold fields, New South Wales, Australia, ca. 1872, American & Australasian Photographic Company

Burgess and Moller's blacksmithing, wheelwrighting, coachbuilding and farriering establishment, Hill End

Miniature Camera Club, 30 October 1942 _ photographed by Ivan Ives

ML 1344 Mrs Frances Jones crayotype 1859

Wynyard Railway Station under construction, ca. 1926, Arthur Ernest Foster

Ronette microphone, 088/F, March 1953, by Max Dupain

Ronette GS210 microphone, March 1953, by Max Dupain

George Laroche, Chemist, Mining Town, Western New South Wales, c.1872, American & Australasian Photographic Company

The Capitol Theatre, Sydney, ca. 1930, Sam Hood

Rosella delivery truck, Australia, ca. 1930, Peter Anderson Collection

Thylacines (Tasmanian Tigers), at Beaumaris Zoo, Hobart, ca. 1918, State Library of New South Wales

Joan Woodbury in 'There goes my girl,' ca. 1930, Sam Hood

Stan Giddings, maintenance worker ascending Sydney Harbour Bridge, 18 September 1945, by Alec Iverson

Stan Giddings, maintenance worker painting Sydney Harbour Bridge, 18 September 1945, photographed by Alec Iverson

Baldwin Steam Tram, Marrickville Tram Terminus, c.1889, by John Rae

Daimler YC-type water flusher tanker, Parramatta Council, Sydney, ca. 1926

Kids Crafting 101 - Preschool Color Collage Art Activity