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Time-balls and feminism

Time-balls and feminism

What was a time-ball and how did it contribute to the feminist movement?

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Author Liz LehetePosted on October 16, 2017October 25, 2017Categories Fashion, Maritime, womenTags corsets, shipping, timekeeping devices, women's education1 Comment on Time-balls and feminism

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To celebrate our cultural collections at the Allpo

To celebrate our cultural collections at the Allport, the Tasmanian Archives and the State Library of Tasmania, we've launched limited-edition library cards!

Register for your Libraries Tasmania membership today and receive one of these beautiful new cards.

These cards are available for a limited time only and only for new members. Visit our website for information on joining.

#LibrariesTasmania #GetCurious #librariesofinstagram #archivesofinstagram #statelibraryoftasmania #tasarchives #hobartandbeyond

It’s World Bicycle Day! According to the United

It’s World Bicycle Day! According to the United Nations, ‘the bicycle contributes to cleaner air and less congestion and makes education, health care and other social services more accessible to the most vulnerable populations’.

📷Tasmanian Archives: ‘Woman with Bicycle’ (1896), NS1553/1/387.
📷Tasmanian Archives, ER Pretyman Collection: ‘Penny Farthing bicycle with rider’ (1880), NS1013/1/704.
📷Tasmanian Archives: ‘Cycling- in front of Cooley’s Hotel, Moonah’ (1900-20), NS392/1/258.

#91stories #getcurious #tasmanianarchives #statelibraryoftasmania #discovertasmania #cycling #cyclinglife #worldbicycleday2021 #pennyfarthing

Today is National Public Education Day and we reco

Today is National Public Education Day and we recognise the hard work and dedication that our teachers provide.
#teachersofinstagram #publiceducation #hardworking #nationalpubliceducationday #archivesofinstagram
👫👌📚🏢
AB713/1/5633 Queenstown Central School, Queenstown (1957)

What happens inside Hobart’s iconic 91 Murray St

What happens inside Hobart’s iconic 91 Murray Street building when the doors close at the end of the day and the lights go out?

On the shelves stand thousands of books. In the archives sit thousands of artefacts, images and priceless documents. Are they sleeping peacefully… or are they sharing their stories?

For one exciting night you will have the chance to find out, as the doors to 91 Murray Street stay open after dark… presenting a mesmerising digital canvas that lights up the walls, ceilings, floors and stairwells.

What stories will YOU uncover as you wander through this iconic building?

We invite you to join us for this exciting event!

Saturday 19 June; 6:30PM – 9.30PM
Libraries Tasmania, 91 Murray Street, Hobart.

This is a free event, open to the public.

Registration is not required; entry on the night will be based on capacity limits (280 at a time).

Family friendly, drug- and alcohol-free event.

#91Stories #GetCurious #HelpTellTasmanianStories #Allport #GetTheFullPicture #StateLibraryTasmania #TasmanianArchives

Would you like to be part of our community led exh

Would you like to be part of our community led exhibition, called '91 Stories'?

Our staff have started nominating their favourite things from our cultural collections.

'This illustration by Alfred Ducote is one of the most popular digitised images in our collection. On first glance, you see a host of beautifully coloured, free-flying butterflies. On closer inspection, however, you uncover a completely different, much darker story' Sandra at Libraries Tasmania

Image: Ducote, Alfred. E-MIGRATION or A flight of fair Game A. Ducot's Lithog. 1832-1843.

Tell us which objects and items matter to YOU from within our cultural collections.

Submissions close 31 May, visit our website (link in the bio) for more information.

#91Stories #GetCurious #HelpTellTasmanianStories #Allport
#GetTheFullPicture #StateLibraryTasmania #TasmanianArchives #librariesofinstagram #archivesofinstagram #tasmania #discovertasmania #91murray #hobartandbeyond #tasmanianstories #tassiestories #tasarchives

Would you like to be part of our community led exh

Would you like to be part of our community led exhibition, called '91 Stories'?

Our staff have started nominating their favourite things from our cultural collections.

'We have so many wonderful items within the Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office, the State Library and the Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts—from rare books, paintings, works of art and convict records, to manuscripts, films, photographs, glass and silverware. I love poring over the convict records (especially since I’m a family history tragic with my share of convict ancestors). But a personal favourite is Lily Allport’s Portrait of a young woman [ca. 1910], which is housed in the Allport. The young woman looks so wistful, maybe even sad, that it makes me want to tell her everything really will be alright.' - Liz from Libraries Tasmania

Tell us about which objects and items matter to YOU from within our cultural collections.

Submissions close 31 May, visit our website (link in the bio) for more information.

Image: Allport, Curzona Frances Louise. Portrait of a young woman. 1860-1949, Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, Hobart.

#91Stories #GetCurious #HelpTellTasmanianStories #Allport
#GetTheFullPicture #StateLibraryTasmania #TasmanianArchives #tasarchives #91murray #91murraystreet #hobartandbeyond #library #librariesofinstagram

What happens inside Hobart’s iconic 91 Murray St

What happens inside Hobart’s iconic 91 Murray Street building when the doors close at the end of the day and the lights go out?
On the shelves stand thousands of books. In the archives sit thousands of artefacts, images and priceless documents.
Are they sleeping peacefully… or are they sharing their stories?
For one exciting night you will have the chance to find out, as the doors to 91 Murray Street stay open after dark… presenting a mesmerising digital canvas that lights up the walls, ceilings, floors and stairwells.

What stories will YOU uncover as you wander through this iconic building?

We invite you to join us for this exciting event!

Saturday 19 June; 6:30PM – 9.30PM,
Libraries Tasmania, 91 Murray Street, Hobart.

This is a free event, open to the public.

Registration is not required; entry on the night will be based on capacity limits (280 at a time).

Family friendly, drug- and alcohol-free event.

#91Stories #GetCurious #HelpTellTasmanianStories #Allport
#GetTheFullPicture #StateLibraryTasmania #TasmanianArchives #tasarchives #tasarchivesandheritage #librariesofinstagram #archivesofinstagram #storiesafterdark #hobartandbeyond #darkmofo #tassie #tasmanianhistory

Tell us which objects and items matter to YOU from

Tell us which objects and items matter to YOU from within our cultural collections.

Submissions close 31 May, visit the link in our bio.

#91Stories #GetCurious #HelpTellTasmanianStories #Allport
#GetTheFullPicture #StateLibraryTasmania #TasmanianArchives

Come and explore the wonderful world of trains wit

Come and explore the wonderful world of trains with our display in the Reading Room celebrating 150 years of Tasmanian Railways! Now showing on the second floor of the State Library of Tasmania.

#91stories #getcurious #statelibrarytasmania #tasmanianarchives #discovertasmania #tasmania #railways #trains #tasmaniantransportmuseum #librariesofinstagram

Would you like to be part of our community led exh

Would you like to be part of our community led exhibition, called "91 Stories"?

91 Stories invites Tasmanians to nominate their favourite cultural object - image, artwork, document, artefact - from Libraries Tasmania's cultural collections (the State Library of Tasmania, the Tasmanian Archives, and the Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts).

The community's favourite items will become a major exhibition to showcase Tasmania’s most-loved cultural stories.

Need inspiration to find an item that is meaningful for you? Perhaps visit our popular Flickr account: http://ow.ly/4kZg50EF9kJ

For more tips on finding your favourite piece, and to submit yours follow the link in our bio.

We can’t wait to hear from you!

Submissions close 31 May 2021.

#91stories #getcurious #getthefullpicture #helptelltasmanianstories #statelibrarytasmania #allport #tasmanianarchives

Hey, it’s Agfest! Celebrating all things agricul

Hey, it’s Agfest! Celebrating all things agricultural in Tasmania, particularly the contribution of rural youth. First held in 1983, Agfest is run by the Rural Youth Organisation of Tasmania.

📷Tasmanian Archives, Mercury Historical Collection: ‘Harvesting Scenes, Richmond District, farming, agriculture, horse and cart’ (1930-40), NS4023/1/272.

#91stories #tasmanianarchives #tasmanianarchivesandheritage #getcurious #statelibraryoftasmania #agfest #tasmania #discovertasmania

On the blog: When the Iron Horse (railways) came t

On the blog: When the Iron Horse (railways) came to Tasmania 150 years ago there was great excitement and enthusiasm that this great modernising force would invigorate the countryside. However, the cost of this infrastructure was overwhelming, and people were not too happy!! Read all about it in ‘The Railway Rate, a Riot, and the Railway Hotel at Longford’.

📷Tasmania Archives: Longford Railway Bridge (1863-65), NS1442/1/10.

#91stories #tasmanianarchives #getcurious #statelibraryoftasmania #railways #trains #longford #tasmania #tasmania

Take a trip to the tropics with our latest #Allpor

Take a trip to the tropics with our latest #Allport exhibition 🏝
Open now!
Banks’ Florilegium - Society Islands, 1769 is an exhibition showcasing stunning botanical plates made from specimens taken during Captain Cook’s first voyage.
Linger over the sumptuous detail of the flowers and foliage, then wander down to the library to learn more about the expedition and how these wonderful illustrations were produced.
Showing in the Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, Ground floor 91 Murray St until 31 July
#botanicalart #art #tahiti #flowers #floral #exhibition #voyagesofdiscovery #josephbanks #captaincook #florilegium #societyislands #copperplateengraving #botany #librariestasmania #allportmuseumoffinearts #tasmanianarchives #statelibrarytasmania

Meet Trixie 🦋 Trixie Meech was a student of the

Meet Trixie 🦋 Trixie Meech was a student of the famous Beattie Jordan Dance Studio when she was photographed by Jack Cato (c.1920). Trixie, as she was always known, was born in Hobart in 1909, and went on to become a dance teacher herself.

You will soon be seeing Trixie everywhere as part of the Libraries Tasmania #91Stories campaign and exhibition. Find out more about the stories and how you can share your own story via the link in our Instagram bio.

📷Tasmanian Archives: Photographs of theatrical performers - Trixie Meech (front view) in butterfly costume - Jack Cato photographer NS2490/1/1
📷Tasmanian Archives: Photographs of theatrical performers - Trixie Meech (back view) in butterfly costume - Jack Cato photographer NS2490/1/1
#statelibraryoftasmania #librariestasmania #tasmanianarchives #91stories #tasmania #getcurious #murraystreet #91murraystreet #hobartandbeyond #tassie #tasmanianhistory #history #dance #beattiedancestudio #archivesofinstagram #librariesofinstagram #tasmanianstories

Celebrating the soft colours and warm shades of a

Celebrating the soft colours and warm shades of a Tasmanian autumn!
📷Tasmanian Archives: Morilla Estate in autumn- colour photograph by Ralph Clarke (1989), PH30/1/9230.
📷 Tasmanian Archives: Fitzroy Gardens, Autumn scene, children walking in leaves (1957), AB713/1/5937.
📷 Tasmanian Archives, Thomas E. Burns Collection: Royal Park in autumn (1957-77), LPIC1/6/8
#statelibrarytasmania #tasmanianarchives #91stories #getcurious #discovertasmania #morilla #mona #tassielife #hobartandbeyond #tasmania

Happy Easter to all our happy hoppy followers 🐰

Happy Easter to all our happy hoppy followers 🐰🐣The Tasmanian Archives are closed for the Easter break. We’ll return on Wednesday April 7th 🍂 Tasmanian Archives: NS1553/1/47 Teenage girl holding rabbit #tasarchives #archivesofinstagram #easter #happyeaster #rabbit #rabbitsofinstagram #rabbits #librariestasmania #statelibraryoftasmania #tasmanianarchives #tassie #tasmania

Love a tinkle of the ivories, or a good family sin

Love a tinkle of the ivories, or a good family singsong around the upright? Today is World Piano Day, so we are celebrating the power that music has in forging friendships, as an outlet for creativity, and for education and learning.

📷Tasmanian Archives: ‘Albuera Street School, music club’ (1958), AB713/1/6336.

📷Tasmanian Archives: ‘Sight-saving School, visually disabled student and teacher at piano’ (1958), AB713/1/6673.

📷Tasmanian Archives: ‘Miss E. Taylor, New Dover Hotel, Port Esperance, Instrument: Pianoforte’, Pianoforte Ledgers (1901- 1905), J. Walch & Sons, NS67/1/1.

📷Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts: Curzona Frances Louise Allport, ‘Two Ladies and a Piano’.

#tasmanianarchives #statelibraryoftasmania #allport #allportlibraryandmuseumoffinearts #tasmania #worldpianoday2021 #music #musicislife

🐶 #InternationalPuppyDay 🐶 Tasmanian Archiv

🐶 #InternationalPuppyDay 🐶 Tasmanian Archives: AB713/1/1438 Photograph - Cadbury Factory, Joyce feeds dog chocolate, #puppies #puppiesofinstagram #puppiesofaustralia #archivesofinstagram #librariesofinstagram #dogs #dogsofinstagram #nationalpuppyday #librariesofinstagram #tasarchives #puppy #hobartandbeyond #puppylove

“I am a Woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, th

“I am a Woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, that’s me.” - Maya Angelou Tasmanian Archives: NS2487/1/43 Group of women wearing first aid uniform during World War 1, taken at North Motton school shelter shed- L to R - Nita Tongs, Grace Guthrie, Mabel Delaney, ?, Miss Faye, Edna Billing, Miss Faye, Mary Shadbolt, Mary Johnstone & Bess Lines. #women #tasarchives #tasmania #librariesofinstagram #archivesofinstagram #march4justice #nurses #worldwar1 #worldwar #nurse #empoweringwomen #history #tasmanianhistory #womeninhistorymonth #womeninhistory

Summer may be officially over, but classic photos

Summer may be officially over, but classic photos like this one from our collection are inspiring us to make the most of the sunny Autumn days ahead☀️ AA375/1/422 Photograph - beach scene at Oppossum Bay - four young women in water in one piece bathing costumes - view of Derwent Estuary and Mt Wellington in background #tassie #tasmania #oppossumbay #derwentestuary #mountwellingtontasmania #mountwellington #kunanyi #hobartandbeyond #archivesofinstagram #librariesofinstagram #library #librariestasmania

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