Collections

An immersive solution to preserving the past

An important part of Collections Care work at the Western Sydney Records Centre is to conserve records that have been requested by readers and assessed as requiring repair

First Nations

Grief in the archives: a Blak reflection on Sorry Day

In this article, Dylan Hoskins, Project Assistant on the First Nations Community Access to Archives project, reflects on the significance of National Sorry Day through his lived experience as an Aboriginal person

Photograph of seven NSW Police capturers of the Andrew George Scott (alias Captain Moonlite) gang of bushrangers, New South Wales, Australia, 1879, reproduction black and white photograph
Talk

In conversation: Community Policing, Policing a Community

On the anniversary of the first Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras (24 June 1978), join us for this special Collections Series event

Tuesday 24 June 6pm–7.30pm
c.1923 coloured sketch of alternative cantilever Sydney Harbour Bridge

State Archives Collection

Making history every day

Translation of Luke
Online talk

First Nations Community Access to Archives: Bridging Now to Next

The First Nations Community Access to Archives team at Museums of History NSW will be discussing how improving access to archival material can support the revitalisation and reclamation of First Nations languages and cultures

Friday 30 May 10.30am–11.30am
Tapis linoleum : saisons 1893-94 / John Barry, Ostlere & Co. Ltd., fabricants a Kirkcaldy (Ecosse) [trade catalogue]
Featured display

Repurposed: Creative reuse in the library collection

Our current library display explores the unique and sometimes surprising ways in which items from the library collection have been repurposed

Tuesday 11 March
Woodgraining tools, rollers, stamps, combs

Caroline Simpson Collection

Home and garden design, history and life

Women police in NSW: a history of firsts

A collection of photographs at the Justice & Police Museum document the hard-won firsts, beginning in 1915, that led to women attaining equal status within the NSW Police Force

Government Printing Office 1 - 07748 - Mental Hospital Parramatta: patients' bedrooms
Online talk

Mental Health Patient Records

This webinar will explore the surviving patient records created by government mental health facilities that are held within the State Archives Collection

Friday 27 June 10.30am–11.30am