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![Wallpaper, c1888](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2022/12/7c603aecc79e4941ae46c8ebb8a28eba.jpg)
Dick Whittington and his cat
The tall tale of Dick Whittington and his adventurous cat reminded children that good deeds and generosity will ultimately lead to great fortune
![Kandos frieze](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2022/12/c08553558d444757973e57c424c03dd5.jpg)
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Handmade wallpaper: Morrison's of Sydney
Morrison's built a successful wallpaper manfacturing business in early 20th century Sydney
![Composite image of a selection of 4 walpapers](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/zl9du87e/staging/3ddf7aa57e1d9b0f19c4171ffca99b94d40cbe10-4363x2454.jpg?fit=max&auto=format)
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Mr Fox’s wallpapers
The digitisation of NSW school files at NSW State Archives has resulted in an unusual discovery: 19th-century wallpaper samples
![Space-age wallpaper](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2022/12/11ee89c4ef394f2b89aec9f9a85cd4cf.jpg)
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Sci-fi wallpaper (and other designs for children)
We dug deep into our collections and found wonderfully whimsical wallpaper, designed for children’s bedroom walls
![West elevation (front) of Hyde Park Barracks, from across Queens Square](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2023/10/a001641df5244ee1897a885aef1cb488.jpg)
The beauties we find
At the rear of the Heritage Team office in the northern range of Hyde Park Barracks there is a room that was the quarters of the District Court Judge
![Leaf pattern samples from a sample book of wallpapers, Essex & Co., 1893](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2023/09/fa784852a46a409dbe752683117c0c4f.jpg)
The cultural history of wallpaper
Wallpaper, once dismissed as old and fusty, is having something of a resurgence of late
![](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2023/09/5dc767547fb649a3b4a8bd3ef94c7ea8.jpg)
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Trainspotting wallpaper from Blackdown, Bathurst NSW
Although the railway did not officially arrive at the New South Wales town of Bathurst until 1876, at a nearby property, Blackdown, a virtual railway station had been created more than 20 years earlier
![Acquisition of the John and Phyllis Murphy wallpaper collection](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2023/09/de4fd0eef6e14840b9ae361a8dae3cef.jpg)
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Wall to wall: a marvellous wallpaper collection
A remarkable donation of over 3,000 wallpaper samples by John and Phyllis Murphy adds to our existing collection to form Australia’s largest repository of historic wallpapers