Born #OTD 22 April 1793, Anna Maria Macarthur (nee King), watercolour by William Nicholas, 1843, State Library of New South Wales, collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9qoVQ...

Gold miners at mine head, Gulgong area, New South Wales, c.1872, likely by Beaufoy Merlin, vintage glass negative, Uploaded to #FlickrCommons flic.kr/p/2rSGGv7 by @StateLIbraryNSW

Portrait of British surgeon Richard Partridge, 1863 by Ernest Edwards. Uploaded to #wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard...

Christ's College Grammar School with Archdeacon William Chambers Harris, Ann Mathilda Louisa (Sanders) Harris, and baby George Harris, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1867. Uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ%...

Woman in Egyptian pose silhouette, taken for 'The Home' magazine, 1924, heavily worked vintage glass negative by Harold Cazneaux, uploaded to Flickr Commons by @StateLibraryNSW flic.kr/p/2rvdPm1

Royal Easter Show, Sydney, April 1938, by Sam Hood, from vintage nitrate negative, uploaded to @StateLibraryNSW #FlickrCommons hhttps://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nX6mDOzY

Australasian Antarctic Expedition - Voyages of the S.Y. Aurora 1911-1914

The story of the Aurora and her work for the Australasian Antarctic Expedition highlights the importance of the ship and its crew to the overall success of Mawson’s expedition. more @ geoffbarker.wordpress.com/2026/04/01/a...

Taken #OTD 31 March 1941 Lloyd Lamble undergoing steam treatment at Langridge's, photographed by Robert Donaldson, Uploaded to #FLickrCommons by @StateLibraryNSW flic.kr/p/2rsvN9

Born #OTD 30 March 1862 - David Henry Souter Australian artist and journalist. Portrait c. 1915 by Leonard Whithair Appleby uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLIbraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_H...

Boy pushing a pram, Chinese community at Burwood, Sydney, 30 March 1942, by Ray Olson. Uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese...

Hornby Lighthouse, South Head, Sydney, images uploaded to #wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornby_...

The Great Varieties Hall tent theatre run by William B. Gill and Captain Gus Pierce [i.e. Augustus Baker Peirce], Hill End, New South Wales, 1872, by Beaufoy Merlin [attrib], State Library of NSW collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yol8q...

Two men in masks, Lunar Park, Sydney, c. 1945, by Edward Hopkins. Uploaded to #FlickrCommons by
@StateLibraryNSW
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Benevolent Asylum, Hotham, Melbourne, 1870-1875, American & Australasian Photographic Company. Uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_M...

Lion fish in Taronga Zoo aquarium, Sydney, 27 November 1938, film negative, Australian Consolidated Press Archive. Uploaded to #FlickrCommons by @StateLibraryNSW flic.kr/p/2rHHjPd

Children at the migration centre, Uranquinty, New South Wales, 18 January, 1950, by L Bartholomew. Image uploaded to Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranqui...

Taken for a Pix article these 1949 photos appeared in a Pix article about workers and people out and about after dark. Looking like Film Noir stills or the work of WeeGee, the photos by L Bartholomew are held by the State Library of New South Wales. collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9arWx...

Speedway Champion Lionel Van Praag, Sydney, 1940, photographed by B. Rice for Pix magazine, Australian Consolidated Press Archive, Uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_...

International Women’s Day - June Marie Dally-Watkins OAM (1927 – 2020) was an Australian businesswoman and fashion model, recognised by the Australian honours system as an entrepreneur, vintage negative, Uploaded to Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Da...

Born #OTD 3 March 1874, English actress Ada Reeve. Photographed at The Tivoli, Sydney, 1914, by Talma & Co., uploaded to Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Reeve

British-born Australian customs official and artist Frederick Garling Jr. born 23 Feb 1806. Portrait and watercolour uploaded to @Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederi....

Phillip Parker King - an Admiral in the Royal Navy and surveyor of the Australian coast died 26 Feb 1856. This painting of his Funeral at Port Jackson is by Conrad Martens and was uploaded to Wikipedia by State Library of New South Wales en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillip...

Actor dressed as a gaucho for 'The Sun' toy fund performance, roof of New Tivoli Theatre [?], Sydney, 1936, by Alec Iverson. State Library NSW

Born #OTD 17 Feb 1907, Marjorie Lawrence, Australian soprano & first Metropolitan Opera soprano to perform the immolation scene in Götterdämmerung by riding her horse into the flames as Wagner had intended. Uploaded to Wikipedia by
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Macquarie Harbour Penal Station on Sarah Island, Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania), 1833, by W.B. Gould. Updated the Wikipedia thanks @geniaus.bsky.social

yes you are correct it is Macquarie Harbour Penal Station o Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania)

#OTD 13 Feb 1942, Frederick Stanley Grimes photographed Australia’s oldest contortionist David Mitchell - aged 73, uploaded to Wikidata by @stateLibraryNSW www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133853...

Convicts in New South Wales, lithograph, 1793, wash drawing, Juan Ravenet, State Library of New South Wales uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convict...

Bondi Beach, Sydney, c. 1872, by American & Australasian Photographic Company, vintage collodion glass negative. Uploaded to #FlickrCommons by @StateLibraryNSW flic.kr/p/2rUYU9R