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Introduction

In a New Light is an ambitious exhibition, the first to extensively explore the National Library of Australia’s massive photography holdings in the Pictures Collection, now numbering more than 600 000 images. Many of the photographs on display have not been previously exhibited or published.

The exhibition is concerned with the interconnections between photography, history and the National Library’s Pictures Collection. It aims to create multi-layered narratives about aspects of life in Australia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

The photographs deal with the diverse range of human activity associated with the colonisation of Australia, and include images of important events, occasions, and people. Also represented are places such as Gallipoli and Antarctica, which have played a key role in Australians’ geographical imaginings.

Members of Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Maori communities are advised that this catalogue contains images and names of deceased persons. Titles have been transcribed from original items and reflect attitudes of the time.

Introduction
1860s and 1870s
A love of order
Panoramas
Photography & war
Communities
A people's history