Caroline Simpson Library

Wallpaper roller undergoing 3D capture using photogrammetry
Wallpaper

Wallpaper printing rollers: from machine printing to 3D capture

In December 2022, Phyllis Murphy AM generously donated to the Caroline Simpson Library more than 3,000 wallpaper samples. While the bulk of the donation consists of wallpaper rolls, lengths and sample books, it also includes two printing rollers

'Only love me’ valentine card and accompanying envelope addressed to Kenneth McKenzie at Mitchell’s Creek, via Kirkconnell (near Bathurst NSW), February 1863
Event

Members Hour: Caroline Simpson Library

Welcome to Members Hour at the Caroline Simpson Library. Members Hour provides members with exclusive access to our properties

Thursday 13 February 10am–11am
Our beautiful homes, N.S.W. Series 2.

House photo albums

These specially produced photograph albums (some in published form and others consisting of photographs pasted into an album) comprise images of one or more domestic dwellings and depict exteriors, interiors and gardens in NSW mostly from the late 19th to the early 20th centuries

Drawing room and entry hall, Fenton, Edgecliff, 1976

Richard Stringer’s architectural photographs, 1968–2003

This portfolio contains 55 photo prints taken by architectural photographer Richard Stringer, dating from 1968 to 2003, documenting significant Australian domestic buildings

286-288 Queen Street, Campbelltown, January 1954 / Barry Wollaston

Barry Wollaston: historic buildings in the county of Cumberland (NSW), 1954

This collection consists of 232 photo negatives by architect and photographer Barry Wollaston of buildings in the Sydney region considered by the Royal Australian Institute of Architects in the early 1950s to be of architectural and historical value

Pictorial guide to identifying Australian architecture collection : style chart and photographs used as illustrations for 'Pictorial guide...' by Richard Apperly, Robert Irving and Peter Reynolds, first published by Angus & Robertson, Sydney, in 1989

A pictorial guide to identifying Australian architecture – photo collection

This collection of over 700 black and white photo prints was used to illustrate the book 'A pictorial guide to identifying Australian architecture' by Richard Apperly, Robert Irving and Peter Reynolds, first published in Sydney in 1989

Caroline Simpson Library, The Mint.
Reading Room

Caroline Simpson Library

A specialised resource centre on home and garden design, history and life

Recipe booklet: Fowler's Method: of bottling fruits and vegetables, Fowlers Vacola, Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, 1952
Talk

An Appetite for History

Cookbooks and manuscript recipes from the 1830s to the 1970s

Wednesday 12 March 6pm–7.30pm
Murphy sample book 2: No. 10. 1925
Talk

A Lesson in Bold Design

Exploring the John and Phyllis Murphy Collection of historic wallpapers

Wednesday 5 February 6pm–7.30pm