Topic

The publication of the Picturesque Atlas was situated within a ‘golden age’ of illustration: the great global explosion of mass-produced images that occurred between 1850 and 1900 with the rise of the illustrated press.

Philip Jones

Topic

As time progressed, the number of people who could read did begin to increase, as some countries began to increase the emphasis on educating their people to basic levels.

Margaret Tucker MBE

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Advertising campaigns for iconic Australian brands and early ads.

Joy McCann, forward by Tim Jarvis AM

Over 10,000 black and white negatives and colour transparencies, about 1000 exhibition prints, several photograph albums, a group of stereographs, plus maps, diaries and personal papers.

About 6500 lantern slides, glass negatives and photographs, mostly of Australian ships, especially sailing ships.

Large collection of papers from the politician William Morris Hughes including correspondence, official papers and reports, diaries, notebooks, newspaper cuttings, speeches, invitations and more.

Collection of Australian drama consisting of 197 unpublished plays in typescript or manuscript form by Australian authors.