Unexpectedly came across 1860 photos of Burke and Wills expedition and camels (and drivers) in Royal Park #Melbourne before departure. Photos and sketches are in an album of colonial artist William Strutt.

View online at https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nZNvEaQn/MQKK5vkGgp3Xm via #StateLibraryNSW

#WilliamStrutt #ColonialArtAU #1860 #EarlyPhotography #BurkeAndWills #HistoryAU

A few weeks ago SLNSW's old catalogue records failed linking to their "Digital version of this item". That's fair enough as the new catalogue has been developed and run in parallel for a few years. I had procrastinated transitioning my project from the old to new catalogue for 126 #S_T_Gill artworks. In hand now and should finish this tomorrow.
#StateLibraryNSW

EDIT 25/1 13:30
The digital image viewer at #StateLibraryNSW is back and working now (though their main webpage still has the unavailable “newsflash”.)

Serendipitous (and off-track) find this morning in this book of excellent sketches of Melbourne mostly around 1880 - artist Louis Buvelot's house (mistitled). (The sketcher got the surname wrong and the catalogue followed.) In 1880 Buvelot was at 13 George Street, Fitzroy. Note in front says sketcher's dispute with #StateLibraryVIC led to the book eventually ending up in #StateLibraryNSW! (Buvelot owned several paintings by my research subject #S_T_Gill.)
#ArtHistoryAU #MelbourneHistory #Fitzroy
Browse sketchbook online: https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1wN2WZjn and see image 20.

Just out of a three hour #OralHistory interview for #StateLibraryNSW for their #WorldPride #PrideRevolution Project. Downloading my life as a #QueerPOC was both therapeutic and exhausting and at moments, painful. https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/pride-revolution