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Federation - Australia's Culture PortalThe Federation Kiosk, Centennial Park, Sydney at the Proclamation of Federation, 1 January 1901. Image courtesy of the National Archives of Australia. Commonwealth Arch, Park Street, Sydney. ...
But as Peter Biskup points out in his book Libraries in Australia, the most important thing brought to Australia in the First Fleet which impacted on the development of libraries was the 'idea' of libraries. In Australia, the term Mechanics' Institutes wa...
Unknown, Portrait of the bushranger Ned Kelly, 1880, glass plate negative. More books, songs and websites have been written about Ned Kelly and the Kelly Gang than any other group of Australian historical figures. Unknown, Kate Kelly, sister of Ned Kelly...
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Powerhouse Museum Collection (website Powerhouse Museum )irn=348106&search=Town+Hall&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=39075&search=Town+Hall&site_id=3 85/230 Watercolour, stained glass window, Town Hall Sydney, 1888 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=756...
irn=9976&search=classical+architecture&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=345595&search=classical+architecture&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=324624&search=classical+architecture&site_i...
Henry Parkes was born on 27 May 1815 in Stoneleigh, England, and is known as the 'Father of Federation' . After assisting in political campaigns including that of John Dunmore Lang in 1850 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council (the Ne...
irn=162409&search=postal+uniforms&site_id=3 > 98/2/56 Postal uniforms (2), wool/metal, Australia Postal Service, NSW, Australia, [1880] http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=162409&search=postal+uniforms&site_id=3 http://www.powerhouse...
irn=23481&search=GPO&site_id=3 > 85/1076 Envelope with Sydney GPO seal, Sydney, Australia, 1938 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=23481&search=GPO&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=9721&search=GPO&...
irn=251753&search=sorting&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=376139&search=sorting&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=53852&search=sorting&site_id=3 85/99 Photograph, wool sorting, Sydney T...
irn=579&search=stone+bridge&site_id=3 1050 Building stone, Wild Carr, quarried near Pateley Bridge, in Yorkshire, England, purchased 1883 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=579&search=stone+bridge&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuse...
irn=29949&search=classical+revival+style&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=18396&search=classical+revival+style&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=29364&search=classical+revival+style&site...
The Sir Henry Parkes Memorial School of Arts (formerly known as the Tenterfield School of Arts) played an influential role in the development of the Commonwealth of Australia. This nationally-historic site, now conserved, houses the Sir Henry Parkes Coll...
Sir Henry Parkes¬+ ,ÄúThe Father of Federation,Äù stood on the site that would become The National Trust's first museum where in October, 1889 he delivered a speech that in the words of Sir Robert Garran; ,Äúturned a vague ideal into a practical working p...
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irn=319610&search=Bronze+casting&site_id=3 > 2003/136/1 Figure of Siva, bronze, maker unknown, South India, Vijayanagara period, 1600-1699 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=319613&search=Bronze+casting&site_id=3 > 2003/136/12 Figur...
Isabella and Varney had five children, > of whom three survived (Mary, Murray and Norman). Valance, Mantle drape, embroidered, cotton/satin/silk, Isabella Murray (daughter-in-law of Sir Henry Parkes), Australia, c 1890. Isabella Murray was one of three d...
Title: Henry Parkes Creator: H. W. BARNETTBirth Date: 1862Death Date: 1934Florence HUMPRHEY Date Created: 1892 Collection Area: Photography Medium: platinum photograph Subject: Hon. Sir Henry PARKES GCMG Extended Wall Label: The Hon. Sir Henry Parkes GCMG...
Beginnings The Land Cities & Suburbs Boom & Bust Patriotic Duty At Ease Encounters Browse Artists | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Credit Line: Elder Bequest Fund 1901. ...
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