Geoff Barker
@spritebark.bsky.social
Add in equal parts - History, Photography, Music, Wikis - digitise - then serve chilled. Library/Museum Curator. Works @ State Library NSW. Shared views mine own. https://geoffbarker.wordpress.com/ & Q64778919
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'Dissonance' a free online Zine pulling together research relating to cultural collections in Australia. NZ National Flag 1834, #Australiafirst photographer, #Darwin, #Funafuti, #UNESCO, #migration, #MobyDick, Concord Hospital, #Architecture. Download @ geoffbarker.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
Two versions of Dr Frederick Bridges, posed as 'The Anaesthetist,' Sydney, March 1933. Photo by Harold Cazneaux, vintage glass negative, State Library of New South Wales, uploaded to #flickrcommons by @StateLibraryNSW flic.kr/p/2rwByDr
December 31, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Two versions of Dr Frederick Bridges, posed as 'The Anaesthetist,' Sydney, March 1933. Photo by Harold Cazneaux, vintage glass negative, State Library of New South Wales, uploaded to #flickrcommons by @StateLibraryNSW flic.kr/p/2rwByDr
Dissonance 3.0 - a selection of my favourite historic photos of 2025
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Tags- Sam Hood, Max Dupain, Frank Hurley, Jerusalem, Ford Anglia, Gas Power, scooters, Avro Anson, Fox Glacier, Tattoos, Dymphna Cusack, Mary Gilmore, circus, Don Bradman, Cazneaux,
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Tags- Sam Hood, Max Dupain, Frank Hurley, Jerusalem, Ford Anglia, Gas Power, scooters, Avro Anson, Fox Glacier, Tattoos, Dymphna Cusack, Mary Gilmore, circus, Don Bradman, Cazneaux,
December 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Dissonance 3.0 - a selection of my favourite historic photos of 2025
geoffbarker.wordpress.com/dissonance-m...
Tags- Sam Hood, Max Dupain, Frank Hurley, Jerusalem, Ford Anglia, Gas Power, scooters, Avro Anson, Fox Glacier, Tattoos, Dymphna Cusack, Mary Gilmore, circus, Don Bradman, Cazneaux,
geoffbarker.wordpress.com/dissonance-m...
Tags- Sam Hood, Max Dupain, Frank Hurley, Jerusalem, Ford Anglia, Gas Power, scooters, Avro Anson, Fox Glacier, Tattoos, Dymphna Cusack, Mary Gilmore, circus, Don Bradman, Cazneaux,
Schnapper Point after sunset', Mornington, Victoria, 1859-63, Eugene Von Guerard, drawing. Uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning...
December 19, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Schnapper Point after sunset', Mornington, Victoria, 1859-63, Eugene Von Guerard, drawing. Uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning...
'Dissonance' a free online Zine pulling together research relating to cultural collections in Australia. NZ National Flag 1834, #Australiafirst photographer, #Darwin, #Funafuti, #UNESCO, #migration, #MobyDick, Concord Hospital, #Architecture. Download @ geoffbarker.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
December 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
'Dissonance' a free online Zine pulling together research relating to cultural collections in Australia. NZ National Flag 1834, #Australiafirst photographer, #Darwin, #Funafuti, #UNESCO, #migration, #MobyDick, Concord Hospital, #Architecture. Download @ geoffbarker.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
Model in a dress, studio portrait from above, Sydney, 26 July 1938, by Ivan for Pix magazine, State Library of NSW, collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9gkRj...
December 4, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Model in a dress, studio portrait from above, Sydney, 26 July 1938, by Ivan for Pix magazine, State Library of NSW, collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9gkRj...
The Studley Park Asylum, Melbourne, 1870-1875, American & Australasian Photographic Company. Uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarra_B...
December 4, 2025 at 5:08 AM
The Studley Park Asylum, Melbourne, 1870-1875, American & Australasian Photographic Company. Uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarra_B...
Friday 2 December 1932 - Captain Douglas Jardine leads the English Team onto the Sydney Cricket Ground to begin the #Bodyline series. Uploaded to #wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodyline
December 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Friday 2 December 1932 - Captain Douglas Jardine leads the English Team onto the Sydney Cricket Ground to begin the #Bodyline series. Uploaded to #wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodyline
Sir Neville Wilkinson and his 'Titania Palace of Fairies' dolls' house on display on 4th floor David Jones, Sydney, to raise money for children, 1934, by Sam Hood. Uploaded to #wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titania...
November 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Sir Neville Wilkinson and his 'Titania Palace of Fairies' dolls' house on display on 4th floor David Jones, Sydney, to raise money for children, 1934, by Sam Hood. Uploaded to #wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titania...
Taj Mahal at night, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, 25 July 1945, by Norman Herfort, uploaded to Flickr by @StateLIbraryNSW flic.kr/p/2qJvwU1
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Taj Mahal at night, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, 25 July 1945, by Norman Herfort, uploaded to Flickr by @StateLIbraryNSW flic.kr/p/2qJvwU1
'Bidura' Georgian style house, Glebe Point, Sydney, c. 1890, architectural drawing, Edmund Thomas Blacket, and his sons collection of architectural plans. Image uploaded to Wikipedia by
@StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_...
@StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_...
November 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
'Bidura' Georgian style house, Glebe Point, Sydney, c. 1890, architectural drawing, Edmund Thomas Blacket, and his sons collection of architectural plans. Image uploaded to Wikipedia by
@StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_...
@StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_...
John Hunter, State Theatre, Sydney, May 1952. In WW2 Hunter was a female impersonator with the NZ Armed forces and became the ballet dancing star of the Kiwi Review Co. in the late 1940s. Uploaded to Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_qu...
November 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
John Hunter, State Theatre, Sydney, May 1952. In WW2 Hunter was a female impersonator with the NZ Armed forces and became the ballet dancing star of the Kiwi Review Co. in the late 1940s. Uploaded to Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_qu...
Born #OTD 18 Nov 1794 - John Bede Polding first Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Australia. This portrait was taken by Adelaide Photographic Company c. 1875 and was uploaded to #Wikipedia by State Library NSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Be...
November 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Born #OTD 18 Nov 1794 - John Bede Polding first Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Australia. This portrait was taken by Adelaide Photographic Company c. 1875 and was uploaded to #Wikipedia by State Library NSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Be...
'Dissonance' 1.0 - a new Zine pulling together research I post on the internet. Some are snippets, others are articles from Wiki's, Substack, LinkedIn & WordPress. #Photography, #AntarcticExploration #Leeches, #murder, #RoyalTours download - geoffbarker.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
November 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM
'Dissonance' 1.0 - a new Zine pulling together research I post on the internet. Some are snippets, others are articles from Wiki's, Substack, LinkedIn & WordPress. #Photography, #AntarcticExploration #Leeches, #murder, #RoyalTours download - geoffbarker.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
Taken #OTD 14 November 1945 Atomic bomb Variety Revue nightclub, street photography 'Smile Art Studio,' Manila, Philippines, by Ray Olsen for Pix Magazine. @statelibrarynsw uploaded to Flickr Commons flic.kr/p/2rFjuVq
November 14, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Taken #OTD 14 November 1945 Atomic bomb Variety Revue nightclub, street photography 'Smile Art Studio,' Manila, Philippines, by Ray Olsen for Pix Magazine. @statelibrarynsw uploaded to Flickr Commons flic.kr/p/2rFjuVq
Shots of flowers - poppies, ca.1946, by Australian photographer Olive Cotton, State Library of New South Wales, ON 559/Box 23/nos. 226-236
November 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Shots of flowers - poppies, ca.1946, by Australian photographer Olive Cotton, State Library of New South Wales, ON 559/Box 23/nos. 226-236
#OTD 11.11.1975 - 50 years since Gough Whitlam's government was dismissed by the Governor-General. Photo of Whitlam taken on 4 March 1968 by FR Johnson. State Library of New South Wales collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nZNWe...
November 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
#OTD 11.11.1975 - 50 years since Gough Whitlam's government was dismissed by the Governor-General. Photo of Whitlam taken on 4 March 1968 by FR Johnson. State Library of New South Wales collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nZNWe...
Photo of Corranderrk Aboriginal Reserve, taken 160 years ago by Charles Walters. Coranderrk was successfully run for many years as an Aboriginal enterprise, selling wheat, hops and crafts to Melbourne. Uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Wa...
November 10, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Photo of Corranderrk Aboriginal Reserve, taken 160 years ago by Charles Walters. Coranderrk was successfully run for many years as an Aboriginal enterprise, selling wheat, hops and crafts to Melbourne. Uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Wa...
The Lost Girl Waxwork Display - In 1885, after surviving 21 days lost in the bush without food 12-year-old Clara Crosbie became a live exhibit at the Australian Waxworks Museum. full story ... geoffbarker.wordpress.com/2025/11/07/t...
November 7, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The Lost Girl Waxwork Display - In 1885, after surviving 21 days lost in the bush without food 12-year-old Clara Crosbie became a live exhibit at the Australian Waxworks Museum. full story ... geoffbarker.wordpress.com/2025/11/07/t...
Taken #OTD 6 November 1934 - Dodge six car showing radiator covered in grasshoppers. Uploaded to #FlickrCommons by State Library of New South Wales flic.kr/p/2qGzwJX
November 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Taken #OTD 6 November 1934 - Dodge six car showing radiator covered in grasshoppers. Uploaded to #FlickrCommons by State Library of New South Wales flic.kr/p/2qGzwJX
DKW, Hudson and Wolseley car showrooms (for Building Publishing Co); corner Cathedral and Riley Streets, Woolloomooloo, Sydney, November 1938, Sam Hood uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DKW
November 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
DKW, Hudson and Wolseley car showrooms (for Building Publishing Co); corner Cathedral and Riley Streets, Woolloomooloo, Sydney, November 1938, Sam Hood uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DKW
Pan sculpture (nighttime), Archibald Foundation, Hyde Park, Sydney, c. 1933, by Harold Cazneaux, uploaded to Wikipedia by State Library of New south Wales en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archiba...
November 2, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Pan sculpture (nighttime), Archibald Foundation, Hyde Park, Sydney, c. 1933, by Harold Cazneaux, uploaded to Wikipedia by State Library of New south Wales en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archiba...
Celebrating #Halloween with Disney's1929 animation 'Hell's Bells' which came into the Public Domain this year. lnkd.in/gugYaYzf
October 31, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Celebrating #Halloween with Disney's1929 animation 'Hell's Bells' which came into the Public Domain this year. lnkd.in/gugYaYzf
Magicians known collectively as the ‘Five Demons’, Sydney, 1938, by Ivan Ive. Uploaded to #FlickrCommons by @StateLIbraryNSW flic.kr/p/2q2ieqE #Halloween
October 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Magicians known collectively as the ‘Five Demons’, Sydney, 1938, by Ivan Ive. Uploaded to #FlickrCommons by @StateLIbraryNSW flic.kr/p/2q2ieqE #Halloween
Facade of the Garrick Theatre, Castlereagh Street, Sydney. It was renamed the Tivoli Theatre in 1893 and operated as a popular vaudeville venue. The billing suggests this is about 1907. Uploaded to Wikipedia by
@StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrick...
@StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrick...
October 29, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Facade of the Garrick Theatre, Castlereagh Street, Sydney. It was renamed the Tivoli Theatre in 1893 and operated as a popular vaudeville venue. The billing suggests this is about 1907. Uploaded to Wikipedia by
@StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrick...
@StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrick...
Photographer reflected in car boot with his Graflex camera, Sydney, 1937, by Ivan, possibly for the Sun newspaper, uploaded to Flickr Commons by State Library NSW, flic.kr/p/2rix9YA
October 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Photographer reflected in car boot with his Graflex camera, Sydney, 1937, by Ivan, possibly for the Sun newspaper, uploaded to Flickr Commons by State Library NSW, flic.kr/p/2rix9YA