Anzac Memorial, then and now. 📸 Today, on Remembrance Day, we come together to mark the end of the First World War and remember those who gave their lives in service. The Library holds a large collection of material related to the beautiful @anzac_memorial including photographs, original designs, written proposals and printed programs. You can find more stories about the Library’s WWI collections on our website. #StateLibrary #StateLibraryNSW #AnzacMemorial #RemembranceDay | The State Library o

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Let’s take a look inside. 👀 ‘This Ferral Australis’ by John Hinds is an artists’ book that explores ideas of language, history and colonisation. It’s a concertina book, made from one piece of paper folded back and forth in a zig-zag pattern, and is wrapped in maritime canvas covers with a red wax seal. As you unfold the book, you can see where the artist has printed over facsimiles of colonial publications and documents with animal skulls, antique suns and fake ‘Shakespearean’ sonnets. This is

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Extreme heat and damaging winds are whipping up a recipe for disaster in parts of New South Wales. Total fire bans are in place for regions across the state. #9News READ MORE: https://nine.social/13ha | 9 News Sydney