National Library of Australia - Gateways

ISSN 1443-0568 | no. 69 | June 2004


New contributors to PictureAustralia

Over the past few months, PictureAustralia has continued to grow with 36 institutions now contributing images to the service. The number of contributing institutions has more than doubled over the past year.

Collections from State Records of New South Wales, the National Portrait Gallery and the Australian National University are recent additions. These three collections portray diverse aspects of Australia and Australian life, from portraits of famous Australians to photographs of Australia’s industrial and business heritage. There are historic images of New South Wales depicting the construction of the Harbour Bridge and Sydney city, as well as images of rural towns.

A colour photograph of Andy Thomas by Montalbetti+Campbell, commissioned with funds providedby L. Gordon Darling AO CMG 2002. National Portrait Gallery, Australia

Montalbetti+Campbell
Andy Thomas 2002
Commissioned with funds provided by
L.Gordon Darling AO CMG 2002
National Portrait Gallery, Australia

 

The National Portrait Gallery
The National Portrait Gallery aims to increase the understanding of the Australian people—their identity, history, creativity and culture—through portraiture. Its collections feature portraits of the people who have shaped our nation. Works range across time, from figures in colonial history such as Governor and Lady Grey and Bungaree, to the Aboriginal Cricket team of 1886 (Australia's first touring side), to contemporary icons such as Deborah Mailman, Ian Thorpe, Peter Garrett, Peter Doherty and Justice Michael Kirby. The collection also includes images across a variety of media—paintings, photographs, sculpture, cartoons, drawings and ceramics. A selection of 224 images are digitised and available on PictureAustralia.

Australian National University
Selected image collections from the ANU’s DSpace repository have been added to PictureAustralia, including significant photographs from the Noel Butlin Archives and the University Archives collections. The Noel Butlin Archives houses one of the largest collections of business and trade union records in Australia. There are also images of the history of the ANU campus in Canberra. Currently the ANU has 326 images available on PictureAustralia.

State Records of New South Wales
State Records of New South Wales includes many tens of thousands of photographic images, from the late nineteenth century to the present, in its collection. These images capture life in the state in much of it richness and diversity—from the beaches of Sydney to the rural areas of the country. The photographs have been created by, or on behalf of, New South Wales Government agencies in support of their official business, and than transferred to State Records for permanent retention as state archives. The State Records facility is gradually digitising its image collections and will be regularly adding more to the PictureAustralia service. There are over 1600 images from State Records currently on PictureAustralia.

Discover the PictureAustralia collections at <www.pictureaustralia.org/>

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