#StateLibraryNSW has an extended outage affecting the new catalogue, which is used by my #S_T_Gill project. However you can still use the old catalogue where you can search by work title or call number.
https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/news/accessing-library-services-during-online-service-disruption
@timritchie Colonial artist #S_T_Gill pictured work underway at the Argyle Cut (probably 1850s). He was in Sydney and NSW from 1856 to 1863. #historySydney
From Mitchell Library, #StateLibraryNSW https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1JkmDm5Y/ywy22rggL4d6E
The State Library NSW is celebrating its 200th Anniversary and the "power of libraries and their enduring place in the hearts of communities across NSW and beyond", inviting people to share personal reflections on libraries. Here's mine! ❤️
Link to post on the State Library website: https://shareyourstory.sl.nsw.gov.au/story/my-three-favourite-libraries
#StateLibraryNSW has a surprisingly large number of South Australian colonial artworks. I've finished updating SLNSW links to their new catalogue from my #S_T_Gill project. This includes my maps of 1840s #SouthAustralia and #Adelaide which are now practically complete. Mapping using #uMap (OpenStreetMap).
#StateLibraryNSW has done a wonderful job with a *gradual* transition over several years from old catalogue to new catalogue. This has allowed users plenty of time to adjust.
Recently the old catalogue image links stopped working. As my digital project includes a mix of old and new catalogue references, I need to catch up! I have about 110 to update in the next few days.
#S_T_Gill project
This is one of the earliest street scenes in #Adelaide - from 1840. It's in Hindley St where the Grand Chancellor is now. (From #StateLibraryNSW collection.)
These are among the early #SouthAustralia works by #S_T_Gill. This new article accompanies the early narrative I've just added to the project. #1840s #colonialArtAU #catalogueRaisonne
https://coombe.id.au/S_T_Gill/S_T_Gill_Works_1839_to_1844.htm
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
Last week I got to research at #StateLibraryNSW Sydney.
An artwork I "reidentified" is "The Avengers" by #S_T_Gill showing colonists about to fire on a group of #Aboriginal people. I date this to about 1844/1845 - a decade before his previous earliest known of this subject. #frontierWars #1840s #colonialArtAU
Read: https://coombe.id.au/S_T_Gill/S_T_Gill_and_E_L_Montefiore.htm
David Coombe
Robert Fairhead
Elliott Bledsoe