In 1851 George French Angas went from Sydney to the NSW gold diggings via the Blue Mountains. This map shows his sketches along the way and corrects the dating on these drawings in #NationalLibraryAU collection. (This map was a side activity in the #S_T_Gill project.) #historyAU #historyNSW #historicalMapping
Online map: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/angas-1851-nsw-diggings_802983
Trouble again at #NationalLibraryAU / #TroveAU for display of NLA's images, although newspapers are fine.
HTTP504 Unable to load TileSource. AESST 13:30
EDIT: Working again at 14:30.
Trouble at #NationalLibraryAU / #TroveAU for display of NLA's images, although newspapers are fine.
EDIT 13:30 - back up again!
Early Photography in Colonial Australia
An interesting blend that I wasn't quite expecting, with reflection on photography, First Nations people, the colonial project and modern artistic use of historical photographic methods. James Tylor had some fascinating comments about #Kaurna and other #SouthAustralia place names. Panel at #NationalLibraryAU last week. #historyOfPhotography
Watch, 68 minutes via https://www.library.gov.au/whats-on/events/early-photography-colonial-australia
Head of the #NationalLibraryAU Dr M-L Ayres is to retire in April 2026 - about a year before her second 5-year term expires. #ausGLAM
NLA media (4 August): https://www.library.gov.au/news-media/dr-ayres-to-retire-as-director-general
Australian National and State Libraries have been quitting / archiving Twitter/X recently. #ausGLAM
#StateLibraryNSW - 5 May
#TroveAU - 10 July
#NationalLibraryAU - 10 July
NSLA National & State Libraries Australasia - 30 July
VIC - last tweeted in February
WA - archive date not specified
QLD - still active
#StateLibrarySA - still active
UPDATE: this is working again now.
ORIGINAL: #NationalLibraryAU catalogue links aren't working (including onward links from #TroveAU). e.g. https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/461228 and click View Online - page not found. Haven't seen an NLA outage notice.
@wragge Now that they also make *ongoing* Trove Collaborative Services payments to #NationalLibraryAU how well does their business case still stack up?
At the start the Australian newspapers project made good sense.
Artworks not so ubiquitous with art galleries not broadly participating.
I used to think #TroveAU lists would be good integrators but non-persistent links and constant tinkering has left them weak.
“National Library funding crisis” - Right on cue just before a federal budget. (Letters, Canberra Times)
There is seemingly no end to these “crises”. All under the same management. #NationalLibraryAU
David Coombe
