Colour Photography
1 photo
Summer under Southern Skies
147 photos
Australians are busy in Summer! Everyone wants to be outside, whether working or playing. Harvesting wheat, cherries for a warm Christmas with Santas sweltering in red suits, life savers on the sandy...
Film & cinema
109 photos
The photographic collections of the State Library of New South Wales contain many images of the film industry, from actors and actresses, to cinemas and theatres - www.sl.nsw.gov.au
Old Sydney
146 photos
Australian Theatre
32 photos
Luna Park
2 photos
Architecture in Australia
122 photos
Frank Hurley colour Paget plates of Ernest...
19 photos
These are Frank Hurley's famous early colour photographs of Sir Ernest Shackleton's ill-fated 'Endurance' voyage, as part of the British Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-1917. Hurley was the...
Milton Kent & Son Photography 1921-1971
21 photos
Milton Kent (1888-1965) is best known for the extensive collection of aerial photographs his studio took between 1926 and 1971. He was given his pilot's licence in 1926 and specialised in oblique...
Grand Prix, Bathurst, October 1946
18 photos
In October 1946, the New South Wales 100-mile Grand Prix motor race was run at Bathurst, attracting a field of 32 cars, including five from Victoria and two from Queensland. On the day, around 30,000...
Sailing & Steam Ships
33 photos
The 'camping album' by Max Dupain and Olive...
27 photos
Taken around 1937 by the photographer Max Dupain (1911–1992), the Sunbaker entered Australia’s consciousness in the mid-1970s to rapidly become a symbol of the country’s identity and way of...
Cats
45 photos
To celebrate 8 years of the State Library of New South Wales being on Flickr, we've created an album of cats from the collection.
Most viewed on Flickr
87 photos
This album brings together some of our most popular images as viewed by the Flickr community.
Some images were loaded in 2008 and have been accruing views for nearly 15 years, others are popular...
Bohemian Sydney
21 photos
From the late 19th century to the early 1970s, there was a distinctive bohemian subculture in Sydney. Alternative thinkers gathered in private houses, clubs and coffee houses. Some of the best known...
Rush for Gold!
16 photos
Discover Collections - Rush for Gold! www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/history_nation/gol...
Photographs of the gold rush in New South Wales, Australia
The Holtermann collection of Australian...
Pacific
6 photos
Sydney Harbour Bridge
58 photos
The Harbour Bridge is a Sydney icon, which opened on March 19, 1932. It is the world's largest steel arch bridge.
Tattoos PIX Magazine 1937-1938
22 photos
The first edition of Pix magazine was published on 29 January 1938. Initially a weekly publication it came out every Wednesday and was an immediate success. These photographs of Fred Harris working...
Celebrating Women
60 photos
Created for International Women's Day 2016
Gay rights protests in Sydney, 1978
24 photos
Photos from the Tribune archive
Early Prints of International Interest
49 photos
Australian women
132 photos
These women were leaders in their field. From suffragists to sportswomen, actors to aviators, authors to academics, celebrate the achievements of women through photographs from the collections of the...
First Australian commercial photographer
7 photos
Images by George Goodman, Australia's first commercial photographer
George Ernest Morrison
4 photos
Dogs
32 photos
Asia
1 photo
New South Wales Grand Prix 1946
1 photo
The New South Wales 100-mile Grand Prix, Mt. Panorama, Bathurst, October 1946.
Exlploration
1 photo
Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914)
50 photos
In 1911 a group of scientists and adventurers left Hobart under the leadership of Dr Douglas Mawson. They were bound for Macquarie Island and the then unknown parts of Antarctica. The scientists of...
Taronga Park Zoo Sydney 1916-1920
23 photos
Photographs of people and buildings at Taronga Park Zoological Park. Including views of the opening of the zoo in 1916.
Commercial buildings in Sydney
32 photos
More Australian firsts
31 photos
ANZAC Day - Lest we forget
78 photos
On 25 April New Zealanders and Australians mark Anzac Day, the anniversary of the 1915 landing of Allied troops at Gallipoli / Gelibolu Yarımadası in Turkey, and the beginning of the nine-month...
Mother's Day
10 photos
A collection of photographs celebrating mothers.
Aircraft
48 photos
Australian Women in Sport
41 photos
Movember
41 photos
Grow a moustache for a good cause in November!
Pasifika
2 photos
Walkabout Magazine
1 photo
Photos from the collections held by the State Library of New South Wales.
Bondi Jitterbug
15 photos
View more incredible photographs by visiting the State LIbrary of NSW exhibition, Bondi Jitterbug: George Caddy and his Camera. Open in Sydney until 22 February 2009. View highlights on the State...
Great Depression
13 photos
The first modern global financial downturn in the 1930s hit many Australians hard. These photographs from the State Library of New South Wales give a face to some of those who lived through these...
Plague in Sydney 1900
20 photos
When bubonic plague struck Sydney in 1900, George McCredie was appointed by the Government to take charge of all quarantine activities in the Sydney area, beginning work on March 23, 1900. At the...
Industrial sites
12 photos
Nancy Bird Walton 1915 - 2009
6 photos
These photographs have been uploaded to commemorate the life of Australia's most famous aviatrix, Nancy Bird Walton.
Nancy was born in Sydney in 1915. In 1933, at the age of 17, she became the...
Trains in Australia
3 photos
Art Deco
81 photos
Enjoy the timeless style of art deco design thorough these photographs of architecture, furnishings and fashion. All photographs from the collections of the State Library of New South Wales...
Australian Factories and Manufacturing
5 photos
Antarctic Exploration
44 photos
Thelma Afford - Product Designs
14 photos
Thelma Afford (1908-1996) was an Australian costume designer, theatre performer and fashion journalist who worked in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney.
The Library holds a diverse collection of...
Motorbikes
13 photos
New Zealand
2 photos
Olympic Sports
19 photos
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Tattooed Venus Betty Broadbent
8 photos
In 1938 'Betty Broadbent, the Tattooed Venus' visited Sydney from America at the invitation of the Australian sideshow entrepreneur Arthur Greenhalg. Pix Magazine ran a story on Betty, who at that...
Dated Photographs
179 photos
photographs from the State Library of New South Wales collections with dd/mm/yyyy information
Macpherson's Sydney - boating, beaches and...
19 photos
William Joseph Macpherson collection of glass plate negatives - photographs of boating, beaches and motoring around Sydney, c1890-1910
S T Gill Watercolours
15 photos
Hats
28 photos
An exploration of hats in the collection - sunhats, boaters, cowboy hats, cloches and everything in between
Arthur K. Syer - Sydney, ca. 1885-1890
31 photos
Candid street scenes in Sydney showing transport deliveries, barrow shopping, queues at Circular Quay, shipping, street cleaning, children playing, scenes at horse races and at a fair and farming...
Journalists and photographers
13 photos
Images of Australian journalists, photographers and press events.
Thelma Afford - Spirit Costume Designs
11 photos
balloons
3 photos
Thelma Afford - Flower and Bird designs
19 photos
Memories on Glass
72 photos
Photographs from the Macpherson family collection.
Tattoo Studio Sydney
11 photos
Sometime around 1916, Fred Harris opened a small tattoo shop in Sussex Street and for the next 28 years he dominated the trade in Sydney.
In 2019 the State Library completed the digitisation of...
ships
23 photos
Costume and dress
158 photos
Clothing and costume help define an era. Enjoy a glimpse into the past with these photographs from the collections of the State Library of New South Wales www.sl.nsw.gov.au
100 years of the Mitchell Library, 1910-2010
16 photos
David Scott Mitchell (1836-1907) was an avid collector of Australiana. In 1898 Mitchell agreed to bequeath his collection to the state of NSW provided that the government constructed a new Library...
Sydney Suburbs
4 photos
Redfern All Blacks 1946
16 photos
Bushfires
5 photos
Glass Eye Manufacturer 1938
7 photos
In 1938 just over 3000 people in Sydney had a glass eye and around 2000 of these were women. By this time the Sydney makers of artificial eyes were so skilled that it was virtually impossible to...
Hans Heysen Painter 1950
12 photos
In January 1950 PIX photographer R. Donaldson visited the painter Hans Heysen at his home Hahndorf in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia. Here he found the 72-year-old living the life of a virtual...
Macquarie Street Sydney
19 photos
Macquarie Street was named by proclamation on December 31, 1834. Originally the road lay between Bent to King streets but was later extended down to the shores of Sydney Harbour in 1885.
State Library of NSW 1943
37 photos
Australia 1944 PIX Photos
8 photos
Seventy-five years ago, Australia was in the midst a war which had seen Japanese bombers over Darwin and midget submarines in Sydney harbour. But 1944 saw the dark clouds lift as the Japanese and...
Holtermann Collection
24 photos
Photographs by the American and Australasian Photographic Company, Henry Beaufoy Merlin and Charles Bayliss now held in the Library's Holtermann Collection
First Flight from England to Australia, 1919
8 photos
On 10 March 1919 the Australian Government offered a 10 000 pound prize for the first flight by Australians from England to Australia. The prize was won by Captain Ross Smith, his brother Lieutenant...
Photographic Favourites
207 photos
Australians in the First World War
164 photos
Tell Them Of Us And Say,
For Their Tomorrow,
We Gave Our Today;
Lest we forget
Bushells Tea CompanySydney
15 photos
These photos are of Bushells Tea Factory in Harrington Street, Sydney, the Coffee Roasting department in Atherton Street, the Rocks, Sydney. The photos are by Arthur John Brown of Epping.
Aboriginal Tent Embassy
4 photos
Stereographs from an Australasian Antarctic...
18 photos
The pictorial panorama of the Great War:...
64 photos
"The pictures contained in this exhibition have been enlarged and coloured by a special secret process from small photographs, the majority being snapshots taken by members of the A.I.F. whilst...
Picnics
24 photos
Photographs of picnics in Australia from 1880s-1950s
Year of the Pig
16 photos
A selection of pigs from the collection to celebrate Lunar New Year 2019
Australian Rugby
35 photos
photographs from the history of Rugby Union and League
Images of Sydney
244 photos
This album showcases images of Sydney from the mid-1800s through to the 1950s.that are held by the State Library of New South Wales.
Theatre Royal
31 photos
There has been a Theatre Royal on the site since 1832. On the demolition of Her Majesty's Theatre in 1934, a newer Theatre Royal became Sydney's major lyric theatre for the J.C. Williamson company,...
Glass stereograph photographs of Sydney, 1859 /...
13 photos
The Architecture of the State Library of NSW
30 photos
An album of views documenting the history of the State Library of New South Wales buildings including the Mitchell & Dixon Wings.
Macpherson's Sydney - city and Manly
25 photos
William Joseph Macpherson collection of glass plate negatives - photographs of marches, parades and buildings, people, landscapes and boats around Sydney and Manly, c1890-1910
Macpherson's Sydney - Clovelly, Coogee, Manly,...
26 photos
William Joseph Macpherson collection of glass plate negatives - photographs of marches, parades and buildings, people, landscapes and boats around Sydney, c1890-1910
Macpherson's Sydney - city and Blue Mountains
37 photos
William Joseph Macpherson collection of glass plate negatives - photographs of marches, parades and buildings around Sydney and the Blue Mountains, c1890-1910
Urban Renewal Sydney 1950
7 photos
In April 1950 PIX photographer Harry Freeman captured the demolition of hundreds of houses in the suburbs of Surry Hills and Waterloo, Sydney.
The year before the New South Wales Housing Commission...
St Ives Dog Show 18 March 1950
35 photos
Even a wet and soggy March day couldn't stop dog lovers turning up at the 23rd annual St Ives Championship Dog Show. Billed as one of the biggest dog shows in the southern hemisphere the event was...
ABC Radio's Youngest Announcer 1944
13 photos
Seventy-five years ago 18-year-old Patricia Delaney, of Sydney, was the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's only girl cadet announcer, and the youngest member of announcing staff. In 1944 Pix...
Burke and Wills Expedition
10 photos
By the mid-1850s Samuel Thomas Gill had established himself as one of Australia's most popular artists. Gill produced this series of popular lithographs in the wake of the disastrous Burke and Wills...
Macpherson's travels - Solomon Islands
13 photos
William Joseph Macpherson collection of glass plate negatives, c1890-1910
Macpherson's Sydney - The Rocks
13 photos
William Joseph Macpherson collection of glass plate negatives - photographs of The Rocks, c1890-1910
Macpherson's travels - Rotorua, New Zealand and...
13 photos
William Joseph Macpherson collection of glass plate negatives, c1890-1910
Macpherson's travels - Oceania and Sydney
12 photos
Macpherson's travels - New Zealand, and New South...
28 photos
William Joseph Macpherson collection of glass plate negatives, c1890-1910
Macpherson's travels - Norfolk Island, Pacific...
12 photos
William Joseph Macpherson collection of glass plate negatives, c1890-1910
Macpherson's travels - New Zealand and some Sydney
21 photos
William Joseph Macpherson collection of glass plate negatives, c1890-1910
Macpherson's travels - New Zealand and some Sydney
13 photos
William Joseph Macpherson collection of glass plate negatives, c1890-1910
Macpherson's Sydney - Woy Woy
26 photos
William Joseph Macpherson collection of glass plate negatives, c1890-1910
Macpherson's travels - Rotorua, New Zealand, and...
21 photos
William Joseph Macpherson collection of glass plate negatives, c1890-1910
Angus and Robertson Authors
26 photos
Angus and Robertson archives Series 08: ca. 1826-1954
Selection of 26 images from two albums containing 56 photographic portraits of authors and sketches, ca. 1917-1954.
From: VOLUME 258 Angus...
Forty Thousand Horsemen
11 photos
Still images from the Australian movie about the World War One Light Horse Cavalry. Directed by Charles Chauvel it was released in December 1940. These images were presented to the State Library of...
Australian Strike, Sydney, 1917
20 photos
Between 2 August and 8 September 1917, around 100,000 workers went on strike across Australia. Often called the "Great Strike" it especially affected the railway and waterside workers in...
Kismet, Historic House, Potts Point
5 photos
Kismet was the name of Phillip Bushells home in Potts Point, Sydney. It was demolished in the 1940s to make way for the Australian Naval base extensions at garden Island. The captions for the images...
International Fleet Review and Centenary of the...
19 photos
In late 2011, the Chief of Navy (CN) - Vice Admiral Ray Griggs, AO, CSC, RAN extended an invitation to over 50 nations to send a warship and/or tall ship to participate in an International Fleet...
Behind the scenes at the Library
60 photos
Follow our progress as we create our new galleries and learning centre, opening in late 2018.
We’re transforming heritage areas never-before open to the public into beautiful galleries and...
Panoramas
50 photos
Taking a wide view of the world...
Tattoos
4 photos
Sydney Illuminated
17 photos
Sydney's "Vivid" festival lights the city each year but Sydney has always had spectacular lights at night.
For the official website of Vivid Sydney see: www.vividsydney.com/
Holidays
24 photos
A celebration of holiday fun throughout New South Wales - beach-side, countryside and everything in between!
Rex Hazlewood London 1918-1919
16 photos
David ‘Rex’ Hazlewood (1886 – 1968) was born in Dulwich Hill in Sydney’s Inner West and grew up in the suburban areas around Homebush, Chatswood and Epping. He first trained as a tailor in a...
Stereographs taken during a tour of the Southern...
11 photos
Women training, Cowra Experiment Farm 1919
11 photos
Women were trained at the Cowra (New South Wales, Australia) Experiment Farm during World War I.
Art and artists
21 photos
What goes up must come down
17 photos
Views of Sydney's demolished landmarks and the city's changing streetscapes of the past 160 years
Stereographs from AJ Perier
14 photos
A series of stereographs taken by Albert James Perier of streets and buildings in Sydney and the Blue Mountains circa 1900
Library Lovers Day
58 photos
A series of photographs of libraries across New South Wales in celebration of Library Lovers Day - 14 February 2016
Hustle and bustle
15 photos
Images of busy city life in Sydney
Telephones
28 photos
Telephone calls, wires, poles & towers...
Passenger ships
32 photos
The joy and sorrow of arrivals and departures - passenger ships in 1930s New South Wales
Rose's Stereoscope Views of the Commonwealth and...
15 photos
Election day
14 photos
Photographs of election days and polling places across New South Wales
The Daily Telegraph war cartoons by Hal Eyre
31 photos
Grand Arrivals
15 photos
By ship, rail or road, these travellers show us how to arrive in style
Stereoscopic slides of Gallipoli, May 1915 /...
31 photos
Australian Cricket Sydney Smith album 1926
39 photos
Scenes of travel, cricketers and cricket matches in Tasmania, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Italy, Switzerland, UK, Canada, Hawaii. Includes newscutting of caricatures of the Australian cricketers by J B...
Papua New Guinea
9 photos
Here are some illustrations of Papua New Guinea
Australian Inspiration
15 photos
Here are some koalas and waratahs to celebrate our exhibition Australian Inspiration.
The unique beauty of Australia's native flora and fauna has long inspired artists and designers. This exhibition...
Freedom Ride '65
73 photos
Here are images from the Tribune newspaper featured in our Freedom Ride '65 exhibition.
Shops and shopping
61 photos
The photographic collections of the State Library of New South Wales contain thousands of images of shops and shoppers, from giant department stores, to local corner shops.
PHYSIE
6 photos
Bjelke-Petersen Physical Culture Classes and Competitions 1930s to Now !!
Portraits
548 photos
Stereographs of Sydney scenes, 1850-1870 by...
14 photos
Selections from the collection held in the State Library of NSW
Autumn Daze
8 photos
Stunning early 20th century postcards by the Sydney-based Broadhurst Post Card Publishers
Spring Flowers
13 photos
Springtime flowers in New South Wales
Sydney Transitions: 1914
15 photos
The first building blocks of Sydney as a grand metropolis had been laid by 1914. In some places physical landmarks have remained the same over the century as all around the community continues to...
Faces of Easter
9 photos
New South Wales servicemen portraits, 1918-1919
308 photos
The Trustees of the Mitchell Library undertook to collect these portraits in May 1918. Relatives of soldiers were asked to forward photographs to the Crown Studios, Sydney, for copying.
Name, date...
Volunteers
12 photos
To celebrate Volunteer Week 2014, we look back at a strong history of volunteering in many aspects of life in NSW.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
44 photos
Sydney's Royal Botanic Gardens have been in the news recently after the NSW Government announced plans to upgrade the area.
The Gardens, which opened in 1816, have been a favourite leisure ground...
Sports and pastimes
82 photos
Sports and hobbies of all kinds have always been an important part of Australian life. This selection of photographs from the collection of the State Library of New South Wales celebrates sporting...
Max Dupain
41 photos
Max Dupain (1911-1992) formed Max Dupain and Associates (MD&A) in 1941 when he went into partnership with photo-engraving firm Hartland & Hyde. With Hartland & Hyde managing the financial...
History Week, Sydney
9 photos
Frank Hurley's composite photographs of Australians in the Great War, 1914-1918 were controversial but reached a wider audience through their drama
Elections in New South Wales
22 photos
Heading towards the Federal Election on September 7, 2013, we look back to the polls of the 1930s and before to see what's changed (or not!)
Five years on Flickr! - State Library of New...
18 photos
The State Library of New South Wales is celebrating our first five years on Flickr Commons (30 September 2008 - 30 September 2013). In that time we have had over nine million views and we're really...
Frederick Danvers Power - photos of Sydney
16 photos
Glass negatives by Frederick Danvers Power. Collection dates from 1898 - 1926.
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Streetscenes including pedestrians on King Street, George...
Fred Hardie - photos of Sydney 1892-1893
28 photos
These photographs are from 'Fred Hardie - Photographs of Sydney, Newcastle, New South Wales and Aboriginals for George Washington Wilson & Co., 1892-1893'. Fred Hardie was company photographer...
Rowe Street, Sydney
16 photos
Rowe Street was once Sydney's bohemian refuge in the heart of the city, with cafes and boutique shops behind the Theatre Royal. Though still there the atmosphere is gone under 1970's modernism.
The...
Last Drinks – One more round at the Hotel...
15 photos
For many years Sydney's premier hotel, host to visiting stars like Marlene Dietrich and Katherine Hepburn. From the black glass and chrome stairs leading to the basement nightclub, to the steambath...
Double-decker buses
7 photos
In 1986, Sydney's last double-decker bus was retired from service.
They're back now, from August 2012, in a two year trial. They hold more than a single deck bus but take up no more room, unlike the...
Hotel Australia, Sydney
9 photos
Winter
16 photos
Fun in the snow (and other cool weather activities...)
Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II
4 photos
The Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II is the international celebration throughout 2012 marking the 60th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II to the thrones of seven countries upon...
Saint Patrick's Day, March 17
29 photos
St Patrick's Day has always been enthusiastically celebrated by the Irish diaspora in Australia. Most of these images are from the 1930s, taken by Sydney press photographer Sam Hood.
Year of Reading 2012
20 photos
2012 is the National Year of Reading. Find out more here:
www.love2read.org.au/
Australian Antarctic Territory
91 photos
The State Library of New South Wales has a very strong collection of material relating to Antarctica. This includes thousands of evocative photographs of expeditions from Douglas Mawson's first...
Sculpture by the Sea
1 photo
Royal visits to Australia
13 photos
Charities and fundraisers
15 photos
Australia has a long tradition of fundraising events and special charity days.
Floods
24 photos
Australia is a land of contrasts from floods and rainforest to drought, bushfire and desert.
Bush scenes
17 photos
The bush is a loved Australian asset and Australia created one of the first two national parks in the world. Our forests may be tropical rainforests, temperate, alpine or even desert.
Commonwealth Games
6 photos
In 1930, the British Empire Games were created, held every four years, except during World War II, on the even years between each Olympic Games. The Games became the Commonwealth Games of today, the...
Rural life and work
64 photos
"Australia rode on the sheep's back" was the phrase used to describe the wealth that wool brought to Australia, giving it the highest standard of living about 100 years ago. Australia is...
Housing
11 photos
Knitting for "Our Boys"
9 photos
The outbreak of war in 1914 and 1939 set knitting needles going around the world. Knitting groups were organised in classrooms across Australia, and women gathered together in their homes to knit and...
Australia Day
4 photos
Celebrating Australia's national day, January 26.
Working life in New South Wales
96 photos
The photographic collections of the State Library of NSW contain thousands of images of men, women and children at work. From desk jobs to construction work, this selection of photographs explores...
Winter sport in New South Wales
19 photos
Australia isn't all sun and sand. Skiing has been a popular sport in New South Wales and Victoria for many decades. The snowfields on the border of the two states are crowded with winter sport lovers...
Happy New Year
14 photos
Happy New Year from the State Library of New South Wales! : www.sl.nsw.gov.au/
Australians in World War II
50 photos
"When You Go Home,
Tell Them Of Us And Say,
For Their Tomorrow,
We Gave Our Today."
These photographs show the men and women who served in World War II, 1939-1945. They are from the...
Pubs, bars, clubs and restaurants
28 photos
Australians have always loved going out to eat and drink. This set of photographs from the State Library of NSW collection celebrates the clubs, pubs and restaurants of Sydney and New South Wales.
Happy Birthday!
16 photos
Happy Birthday!
State Library of New South Wales is celebrating its first birthday on Flickr Commons in September 2009. Thank you for helping us celebrate and for enjoying our photographs. We hope...
Circuses and sideshows
24 photos
Roll up! Roll Up! The circus has come to town. This photographic collection from the State Library of New South Wales showcases a variety of images of performing animals and circus acts.
Melvin Vaniman - The acrobatic photographer
20 photos
Eccentric American photographer Melvin Vaniman (1866-1912) scaled multi-storey buildings, dangled from tall poles and floated in gas-filled balloons to capture his unrivalled black and white...
Ships
45 photos
Ships have always been the lifeblood of Australia, the largest island and smallest continent
Libraries, galleries and museums
57 photos
These buildings were, or later became, New South Wales State Government libraries, galleries or museums
Cars
65 photos
Whether good or bad, Australia has always been an automotive nation, and now has more cars than people.
Australian children
165 photos
Australian children, happy and sad, in good times and bad.
These photographs are from the collections of the State Library of New South Wales www.sl.nsw.gov.au
You can also find a selected set of...
Advertising
27 photos
The advertising industry has expoited the art of photography for more than a cenury. These advertising photographs are from the collections of the State Library of New South Wales www.sl.nsw.gov.au
School time
41 photos
These photographs celebrate school life in New South Wales. Images from the State Library of NSW collections: www.sl.nsw.gov.au
Weddings
21 photos
These photographs celebrate weddings in New South Wales.
Photographs come from the collections of the State Library of New South Wales
Swimming and beaches
88 photos
Explore the Australian obsession with swimming, beach life and water through these photographs from the State Library of New South Wales' collections www.sl.nsw.gov.au
International Day of the Book, 23 April
6 photos
Celebrate the book with photos from the State Library of New South Wales' collections www.sl.nsw.gov.au
Bands
9 photos
Strike up the band! with photos from the State Library of New South Wales' collections www.sl.nsw.gov.au
Year of Astronomy
5 photos
Celebrate the International Year of Astronomy with these photographs from the collections of the State Library of New South Wales www.sl.nsw.gov.au
Easter
32 photos
Discover Easter in Australia through this diverse collection of photographs from the collections of the State Library of New South Wales: www.sl.nsw.gov.au
Olympic Games
28 photos
Australia is one of only five countries that has attended every modern Summer Olympic Games since 1896 (the others are France, Great Britain, Switzerland and Greece). Celebrate this proud tradition...
Literature
31 photos
This set celebrates Australian writers, poets, publishers, journalists and librarians. All photographs are from the collections of the State Library of New South Wales: www.sl.nsw.gov.au
Ballet
62 photos
Going to the ballet has been a popular cultural outing for Australians since the early 20th century. These dramatic photographs are from the State Library of New South Wales' collections...
Valentine's Day
23 photos
Celebrate the romance of Valentine's Day with a selection of images from the photographic collections of the State Library of NSW - www.sl.nsw.gov.au
Theatre in Sydney
163 photos
On stage: theatre in Sydney is part of Discover Collections - Sydney Exposed www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/society_art/photog...
Photographs of the theatrical world of the nineteenth and...
Pets and other animals
77 photos
The photographic collections of the State Library of NSW contain many images of animals - pets, working animals, stock and zoo animals. Celebrate some of the creatures which shared our lives in the...
Christmas in New South Wales
54 photos
The photographic collections of the State Library of NSW contain many images of events, both joyful and solemn. Look back at Christmas in Australia in the first half of the twentieth...
Australian Cricket
33 photos
Cricket in Australia in pictures www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/society_art/cricke...
Armistice Day (Remembrance Day)
28 photos
"When You Go Home,
Tell Them Of Us And Say,
For Their Tomorrow,
We Gave Our Today."
November 11 commemorates the end of the First World War. These images from the collections of the State...
People & Places
38 photos
Discover Collections - People & Places www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/people_places/inde...
A Day at the Races
12 photos
Discover Collections - A Day at the Races www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/society_art/races/...
Sydney Exposed
143 photos
Discover Collections - Sydney Exposed www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/society_art/photog...
Photographs of people and places in Sydney, Australia.
Australian Aviation
29 photos
Australian politics
19 photos
Transport and technology in Australia
86 photos
Techological and transport innovations in Australia
Commercial Trucks
26 photos
Photographs of commercial trucks some with advertising
Gallipoli Centenary
27 photos
To commemorate the centenary of the landing at Gallipoli, we have added a selection of photographs taken by Henry C. Marshall who served at Gallipoli.
You can find out more about Henry C. Marshall...
Aboriginal-Australian Fellowship Conference,...
20 photos
A remarkable series of portraits taken by the Tribune newspaper (Communist Party of Australia) photographer Noel Hazard at the 1965 conference of the Aboriginal-Australian Fellowship. The conference...
Pyrmont Bridge, Sydney
10 photos
Vintage Tennis
26 photos
Classic grand slam images of Aussies at play
Flashback - Australian fashion photos
67 photos
Trams in Sydney
54 photos
The Sydney tramway network has served the inner suburbs of Sydney, Australia since 1879 but there was an extended break between 1961 and 2019 when inner city and eastern suburbs lines were...
Opera, operetta and music
60 photos
Opera has always been a popular entertainment in Australia. Celebrate the singers and the sets with a selection of images from the State Library of New South Wales' collection - www.sl.nsw.gov.au
Check
195 photos
Aboriginal Activism from the Tribune newspaper
12 photos
A selection of photographs from the Tribune newspaper archive.
Australian Consolidated Press
246 photos
Bikes, bicycles, pushbikes
38 photos
It's as easy as riding a bike. These photographs from the collection of the State Library of New South Wales celebrate the timeless joy of the bicycle.