#australiaculture — Public Fediverse posts

City of Newcastle Australia: Hidden details of Newcastle’s late 1800s revealed through digital preservation project. “More than 5,500 images taken by renowned Newcastle photographer Ralph Snowball have been meticulously scanned, catalogued, researched, and uploaded online by Newcastle Libraries staff and volunteers, uncovering new insights into the people, places and daily life from the late […]

City of Newcastle Australia: Hidden details of Newcastle’s late 1800s revealed through digital preservation project. “More than 5,500 images taken by renowned Newcastle photographer Ralph Snowball have been meticulously scanned, catalogued, researched, and uploaded online by Newcastle Libraries staff and volunteers, uncovering new insights into the people, places and daily life from the late […]

City of Newcastle Australia: Hidden details of Newcastle’s late 1800s revealed through digital preservation project. “More than 5,500 images taken by renowned Newcastle photographer Ralph Snowball have been meticulously scanned, catalogued, researched, and uploaded online by Newcastle Libraries staff and volunteers, uncovering new insights into the people, places and daily life from the late […]

City of Newcastle Australia: Hidden details of Newcastle’s late 1800s revealed through digital preservation project. “More than 5,500 images taken by renowned Newcastle photographer Ralph Snowball have been meticulously scanned, catalogued, researched, and uploaded online by Newcastle Libraries staff and volunteers, uncovering new insights into the people, places and daily life from the late […]

City of Newcastle Australia: Hidden details of Newcastle’s late 1800s revealed through digital preservation project. “More than 5,500 images taken by renowned Newcastle photographer Ralph Snowball have been meticulously scanned, catalogued, researched, and uploaded online by Newcastle Libraries staff and volunteers, uncovering new insights into the people, places and daily life from the late […]

Sydney Morning Herald: Out of 11 million photos, one news photo taken in the heart of Sydney is nagging Harry. “In a secret climate-controlled facility in Sydney’s west, photo specialist Harry Hollinsworth is working through The Sydney Morning Herald’s archives to save photos that brought history to life. The Herald celebrates its 195th birthday on Saturday, April 18 and Hollinsworth is […]

Sydney Morning Herald: Out of 11 million photos, one news photo taken in the heart of Sydney is nagging Harry. “In a secret climate-controlled facility in Sydney’s west, photo specialist Harry Hollinsworth is working through The Sydney Morning Herald’s archives to save photos that brought history to life. The Herald celebrates its 195th birthday on Saturday, April 18 and Hollinsworth is […]

Sydney Morning Herald: Out of 11 million photos, one news photo taken in the heart of Sydney is nagging Harry. “In a secret climate-controlled facility in Sydney’s west, photo specialist Harry Hollinsworth is working through The Sydney Morning Herald’s archives to save photos that brought history to life. The Herald celebrates its 195th birthday on Saturday, April 18 and Hollinsworth is […]

Sydney Morning Herald: Out of 11 million photos, one news photo taken in the heart of Sydney is nagging Harry. “In a secret climate-controlled facility in Sydney’s west, photo specialist Harry Hollinsworth is working through The Sydney Morning Herald’s archives to save photos that brought history to life. The Herald celebrates its 195th birthday on Saturday, April 18 and Hollinsworth is […]

Sydney Morning Herald: Out of 11 million photos, one news photo taken in the heart of Sydney is nagging Harry. “In a secret climate-controlled facility in Sydney’s west, photo specialist Harry Hollinsworth is working through The Sydney Morning Herald’s archives to save photos that brought history to life. The Herald celebrates its 195th birthday on Saturday, April 18 and Hollinsworth is […]

University of New England (Australia): Digital Window Opens Onto UNE’s Collections . “UNE has launched its Collections Gateway, a digital portal providing access to carefully curated historical, cultural, and academic material amassed in the University’s unique collections over decades.”

ABC News (Australia): Iconic Australian-made pinball machines preserved for generations to come. “A full working set of Australian-made pinball machines will enter the collection of the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA), including designs featuring cricket legend Dennis Lillee, the FJ Holden and the first Star Wars pinball machine ever made.”

The Music: Australian Music Database Jaxsta Announces Its Closure. “Just under two years since it became part of the larger Vinyl Group, Australian music database Jaxsta has announced it will close down next month.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/22/the-music-australian-music-database-jaxsta-announces-its-closure/

ABC News (Australia): The deep Indigenous history of Australia deserves to be up in lights. “Australia’s First Peoples have lived on this continent for 65,000 years. But have you ever thought about what that actually means? … Deep Time is a collection of about 150 cultural stories that bring this ancient history to life.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/19/abc-news-the-deep-indigenous-history-of-australia-deserves-to-be-up-in-lights/

The Conversation: ‘Those paintings belong to us’: how an Indigenous-led project is harnessing technology to protect Kakadu’s rock art. “Kakadu National Park has become one of Australia’s most prized cultural landscapes since it was added to the World Heritage List in 1981. Each year, hundreds of thousands of people travel to the region, usually during the dry season, to witness the […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/02/the-conversation-those-paintings-belong-to-us-how-an-indigenous-led-project-is-harnessing-technology-to-protect-kakadus-rock-art/

The Design Files: What To See + Do At The Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair 2025. “DAAF marks its 19th year this month with a jam-packed, week-long program that’s undoubtably worth travelling to the Top End for…. Not only is it free to attend, but those who can’t make the trip to Darwin can still register to explore and shop exclusive artworks through DAAF Online to get in on the action!”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/09/the-design-files-what-to-see-do-at-the-darwin-aboriginal-art-fair-2025/

The Design Files: What To See + Do At The Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair 2025. “DAAF marks its 19th year this month with a jam-packed, week-long program that’s undoubtably worth travelling to the Top End for…. Not only is it free to attend, but those who can’t make the trip to Darwin can still register to explore and shop exclusive artworks through DAAF Online to get in on the action!”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/09/the-design-files-what-to-see-do-at-the-darwin-aboriginal-art-fair-2025/

The Design Files: What To See + Do At The Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair 2025. “DAAF marks its 19th year this month with a jam-packed, week-long program that’s undoubtably worth travelling to the Top End for…. Not only is it free to attend, but those who can’t make the trip to Darwin can still register to explore and shop exclusive artworks through DAAF Online to get in on the action!”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/09/the-design-files-what-to-see-do-at-the-darwin-aboriginal-art-fair-2025/

Digital Preservation Coalition: Digital Preservation at the National Museum of Australia: Introducing the Changeable and Digital Team. “This month marks the first-year anniversary for the Changeable and Digital team at the National Museum of Australia (NMA). The team are now embedded in the Collections Platform Business Unit within the Growth and Engagement Division. Digital collections […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/03/digital-preservation-at-the-national-museum-of-australia-introducing-the-changeable-and-digital-team-digital-preservation-coalition/

UCLA: Fowler Museum at UCLA returns Larrakia cultural objects to Australia. “The objects, which include 10 green glass spearheads and a kangaroo tooth headband, were collected in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and have been held in the Fowler’s collection for decades. Their return was the result of a multiyear collaboration between the museum, Larrakia elders and the Australian […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/14/ucla-fowler-museum-at-ucla-returns-larrakia-cultural-objects-to-australia/

Yahoo News: Young Aussie’s fears over ancient sites under threat from controversial industry plan . “At 26, Mark Clifton’s adult life is just beginning. He has hopes of having children soon and passing on his culture to them, continuing traditions spanning thousands of years. But a plan by the Albanese government to approve yet another industrial project near his community’s most important […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/02/yahoo-news-young-aussies-fears-over-ancient-sites-under-threat-from-controversial-industry-plan/

Star Observer: ‘Moments In Time’ Series Celebrates Iconic Queer Australian Stories. “Gay bushranger romance, a 1940’s homosexual-friendly church, and a trip to a lesbian bar to celebrate a hundredth birthday are just some of the stories captured within the Australian Queer Archive’s latest short video collection Moments in Time.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/08/star-observer-moments-in-time-series-celebrates-iconic-queer-australian-stories/

Crikey (Australia): Coalition desperate to slash the public service… and plunge our cultural institutions back to austerity. “Returning the arts portfolio to 2022 staffing levels will cost a lot of jobs. Crikey has crunched the current staffing figures at eight prominent cultural institutions — the national galleries, National Museum, National Library, National Archives, Creative […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/30/crikey-coalition-desperate-to-slash-the-public-service-and-plunge-our-cultural-institutions-back-to-austerity/

Sunshine Coast News: Online photo collection offers chance to step back in time. “Thousands of images by a photographer who snapped people and places on the Sunshine Coast for more than 30 years are now available for all to see. Bill Robinson’s collection of 26,000 photos has been added to the Sunshine Coast Heritage Library for everyone to enjoy. The images document the region’s cultural […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/03/sunshine-coast-news-online-photo-collection-offers-chance-to-step-back-in-time/