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
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
Born #OTD 23 October 1813 Ludwig Leichhardt German explorer and naturalist famous for his exploration of Australia and his disappearance in 1848. Portrait by Isobel Fox, 1846. Uploaded to Wikipedia by State Library NSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_...
October 22, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Born #OTD 23 October 1813 Ludwig Leichhardt German explorer and naturalist famous for his exploration of Australia and his disappearance in 1848. Portrait by Isobel Fox, 1846. Uploaded to Wikipedia by State Library NSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_...
New South Wales Contingent, Soudan Campaign, 1885, composite photo by Barcroft Capel Boake. A copy was presented to Queen Victoria in 1886 and shown in the Indian and Colonial Exhibition in South Kensington. Uploaded to Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Sou...
October 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
New South Wales Contingent, Soudan Campaign, 1885, composite photo by Barcroft Capel Boake. A copy was presented to Queen Victoria in 1886 and shown in the Indian and Colonial Exhibition in South Kensington. Uploaded to Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Sou...
For the United Nations World Statistics Day (20 October 2025) I'm sharing this graph showing views of freely available content uploaded to #Wikipedia by
@StateLibraryNSW
@StateLibraryNSW
October 19, 2025 at 11:23 PM
For the United Nations World Statistics Day (20 October 2025) I'm sharing this graph showing views of freely available content uploaded to #Wikipedia by
@StateLibraryNSW
@StateLibraryNSW
Clinton Hartley Grattan was an American authority on 20th-century Australian history in the mid-C19th. Born 19 Oct 1902 he spent two years in Australia in 1937 as a Carnegie traveling scholar. Portrait held by @StateLibraryofNSW uploaded to wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Hart...
October 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Clinton Hartley Grattan was an American authority on 20th-century Australian history in the mid-C19th. Born 19 Oct 1902 he spent two years in Australia in 1937 as a Carnegie traveling scholar. Portrait held by @StateLibraryofNSW uploaded to wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Hart...
Reposted by Geoff Barker
The parking lot at Disneyland #Paris went #solar. 67,000 #solarpanels will make it one of the largest solar canopies in Europe. Time to give every parking lot a #solarpower upgrade.
We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#climateAction #climate #endfossilfuels
We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#climateAction #climate #endfossilfuels
October 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The parking lot at Disneyland #Paris went #solar. 67,000 #solarpanels will make it one of the largest solar canopies in Europe. Time to give every parking lot a #solarpower upgrade.
We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#climateAction #climate #endfossilfuels
We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#climateAction #climate #endfossilfuels
Photos of Beatrys Vitringa, a dancer living in the artists commune at Merioola, in Woollahra, Sydney, taken in June 1946. In 1945 Beatrys (Beatrice) had been evacuated from Java after being a Dutch POW. @StateLibraryNSW uploaded to #FlickrCommons flic.kr/p/2rzLS97
October 17, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Photos of Beatrys Vitringa, a dancer living in the artists commune at Merioola, in Woollahra, Sydney, taken in June 1946. In 1945 Beatrys (Beatrice) had been evacuated from Java after being a Dutch POW. @StateLibraryNSW uploaded to #FlickrCommons flic.kr/p/2rzLS97
Contortionist dressed as a scarecrow, Sydney, 27 July 1938, Australian Consolidated Press Archive. Uploaded to #FlickrCommons by @StateLibraryNSW flic.kr/p/2rjAXrR
October 16, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Contortionist dressed as a scarecrow, Sydney, 27 July 1938, Australian Consolidated Press Archive. Uploaded to #FlickrCommons by @StateLibraryNSW flic.kr/p/2rjAXrR
Australian writer and feminist Miles Franklin was born #OTD 14 Oct 1879. Best known for her novel My Brilliant Career she never married but as this postcard suggests remained a 'merry widow'. From the collections of @StateLibraryNSW collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9qoav...
October 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Australian writer and feminist Miles Franklin was born #OTD 14 Oct 1879. Best known for her novel My Brilliant Career she never married but as this postcard suggests remained a 'merry widow'. From the collections of @StateLibraryNSW collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9qoav...
Two Chinese men in the street, Sydney, 1885-1890, Arthur K. Syer, vintage albumen print. Uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese...
October 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Two Chinese men in the street, Sydney, 1885-1890, Arthur K. Syer, vintage albumen print. Uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese...
Cyclists escorted by police, 1000-mile cycle, Dural Street, Hornsby, Sydney, 10 October 1945, by Alec Iverson for Pix Magazine. RR Daniel photographer's shop visible in background. @StateLibraryNSW collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9qoa3...
October 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Cyclists escorted by police, 1000-mile cycle, Dural Street, Hornsby, Sydney, 10 October 1945, by Alec Iverson for Pix Magazine. RR Daniel photographer's shop visible in background. @StateLibraryNSW collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9qoa3...
Vanuatuan recruits for sugar plantations in Australia, Vanuatu, c. 1910, by unknown, gelatin silver print, State Library of New South Wales. Uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackbi...
October 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Vanuatuan recruits for sugar plantations in Australia, Vanuatu, c. 1910, by unknown, gelatin silver print, State Library of New South Wales. Uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackbi...
Born #OTD 7 Oct 1816 - Edward Hammond Hargraves the Australian gold prospector whose expedition in the Macquarie River resulted in the New South Wales gold rush. Portrait by Thomas Tyrwitt Balcombe uploaded to Wikipedia by State Library of NSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_...
October 6, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Born #OTD 7 Oct 1816 - Edward Hammond Hargraves the Australian gold prospector whose expedition in the Macquarie River resulted in the New South Wales gold rush. Portrait by Thomas Tyrwitt Balcombe uploaded to Wikipedia by State Library of NSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_...
Actor and singer Evie Hayes (1912-1988), best known for her stage success in Australia with English comedian and actor Arthur Askey, Sydney 1950. Photo by Robert Rice. Uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evie_Ha... & en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_...
October 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Actor and singer Evie Hayes (1912-1988), best known for her stage success in Australia with English comedian and actor Arthur Askey, Sydney 1950. Photo by Robert Rice. Uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evie_Ha... & en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_...
Harry Fell, hairdresser, Melbourne, 28 October 1952, photograph by L. Shea. Uploaded to #FlickrCommons by @StateLibraryNSW flic.kr/p/2rhRU3t
September 30, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Harry Fell, hairdresser, Melbourne, 28 October 1952, photograph by L. Shea. Uploaded to #FlickrCommons by @StateLibraryNSW flic.kr/p/2rhRU3t