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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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Tasmanian Textiles and Clothing in Film
Conservation of a tastevin
The Race to a Thousand Pounds: Unravelling Tasmania’s Woollen Industry (Part Three: Success or Misfortune?)
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The Race to a Thousand Pounds: Unravelling Tasmania’s Woollen Industry (Part One: In the North)

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The treasures of the Tasmanian Archives and State

The treasures of the Tasmanian Archives and State Library of Tasmania collection are housed in the Tower Block, a building constructed in the early 1970s in the Brutalist style of architecture. The building design is characterised by concrete: textured concrete, vaulted concrete, and concrete adorned with shells combine to make this unique building that stands tall on the Hobart city skyline.

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#FilmFriday 🎥 Includes footage of the Launcesto

#FilmFriday 🎥 Includes footage of the Launceston Silverdome, Lake Barrington rowing, Brady’s Lake Slalom, Hobart Domain Athletic Centre, Kingborough Sports Centre, Penguin Sports Centre, Cornelian Bay Hockey Centre, Clarence Swimming Centre, Glenorchy Swimming Pool, Clifton Beach Lifesaving Championships, TCA Grounds Hobart, Sandown Croquet, Orienteering Championships Bothwell, Southern Equestrian Championship Wynyard, Rosny Park Bowling Club, Lenna Hobart, Wrest Point Casino. Produced by the Tasmanian Film Corporation for the Tasmanian Dept of Sport and Recreation.
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🎞️ Tasmanian Archives Film - Sport Tasmania 1986 AB869/1/2529 #archivesofinstagram #librariesofinstagram #hobartandbeyond #launcestonandbeyond #tassie #tasmania #sport #tasmaniansport #sporttasmania #getcurious #statelibraryoftasmania #tasarchives

🏉 Grand Final weekend is almost here and @state

🏉 Grand Final weekend is almost here and @statelibrary.archives.tas have a pop up exhibition of football memorabilia to ignite your footy fever 🏉 Thanks to Damian Dillon of the Tasmanian Australian Rules History and Heritage Museum for creating this amazing exhibiton. Highlighting the 1973 VFL Grand Final featuring seven Tasmanian players playing on opposing teams. Craig Davis, Peter Jones and Brent Crosswell playing for Carlton. Ian Stewart, Royce Hart, Noel Carter and Paul Sproule for Richmond. Visit the 2nd floor at 91 Murray Street to check out the footy trophies, guernseys, photos and more! #afl #vfl #tassie #tasmaniansport #tassiesport #football #aussierules #carltonfootballclub #richmondfootballclub #librariesofinstagram #archivesofinstagram #hobartandbeyond

The cracker of a film was produced by the Tasmania

The cracker of a film was produced by the Tasmanian Film Corporation in 1970 to promote Tasmanian industry, particularly wool and textiles, timbers, processed foods and metal products. Find out more about this film and the Tasmanian Film Corporation in the latest publication in our State Library and Tasmanian Archives Blog (link in the bio)

📷Tasmanian Archives: Film – The Other Face Of The Island (1970), AB869/1/2002

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Happy Wednesday: “Whoa, we're halfway there!”

Happy Wednesday: “Whoa, we're halfway there!” This delightful image was taken in 1948 during a Hobart Walking Club trip that involved crossing the iconic Franklin River in Tasmania’s rugged west.

📷 Tasmanian Archives, Jack Thwaites Collection: Photograph - Martin Johnston (aged 9) crossing the Franklin River (1948), NS3195/1/311

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Our #FilmFriday offering this week is a quirky pro

Our #FilmFriday offering this week is a quirky production from 1979 about artist Vita Endelmanis and her wearable wool sculptures. Find out more about this film and the Tasmanian Film Corporation who produced it in a new publication in our State Library and Tasmanian Archives Blog (Link in the bio)

📷Tasmanian Archives: Film – Glimpses: Vita Endelmanis – story of artist and her development of wearable wool sculpture (1979), AB869/1/1239

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New to State Library and Tasmanian Archives Blog:

New to State Library and Tasmanian Archives Blog: the fascinating story of The Tasmanian Film Corporation, and several fabulous films that were produced to promote Tasmanian industries and fashion. These films are now showing as part of our exhibition “Duck Trousers, Straw Bonnets, and Bluey: Stories of fabrics and clothing in Tasmania”, and you can watch them on our Youtube Channel too. Link to the blog in the bio.

📷Tasmanian Archives: a still taken from Film – The Other Face Of The Island (1970), AB869/1/2002

📷Tasmanian Archives: a still taken from Film – Glimpses: Vita Endelmanis – story of artist and her development of wearable wool sculpture (1979), AB869/1/1239

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We'll take any excuse to share some chocolate toge

We'll take any excuse to share some chocolate together, but Happy International Chocolate Day! Enjoy these wonderful photographs from the Tasmanian Archive collection that captures the wonder of chocolate.

📷Tasmanian Archives: Photograph - Looking in confectioners window, "Cadburys - A Cake of Chocolate" (1952), AB713/1/1422
📷Tasmanian Archives: Photograph - A block of Cadbury chocolate (1950-9) AB713/1/3318
📷Tasmanian Archives: Photograph - Cadbury Factory, Joyce feeds dog chocolate, "Cadburys - A Cake of Chocolate" (1952), AB713/1/1438

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It’s International Literacy Day. In 1949, the St

It’s International Literacy Day. In 1949, the State Library of Tasmania initiated a new venture: a Bookmobile filled with library books for people to borrow. ‘Kranky Kate”, as the bookmobile was lovingly known, travelled around greater Hobart, and into the countryside providing a vital service to rural communities. By the time this film was produced in 1962, Kranky Kate had been put out to pasture and a new modern bus had been commissioned. This film shows the importance and benefit of such initiatives to the community, for learning and literacy.

📷 Tasmanian Archives: Film - Books Go Walkabout. Bookmobile service, an important adjunct to the State Library (1962), AB869/1/364

#filmfriday #TasmanianArchives #LibrariesTasmania #archivesofinstagram #archives #hobartandbeyond #explore #internationalliteracyday #bookmobile #statelibraryoftasmania #tasarchives #books #libraries #mobilelibraries

Love adventures in the great outdoors, but stuck a

Love adventures in the great outdoors, but stuck at your work desk? Why not go on an online adventure to explore the numerous digitised photographs that capture the rugged beauty of Tasmania available on the Libraries Tasmania catalogue. Here’s a taster of what you can find.

📷 Tasmanian Archives, Jack Thwaites Collection: Photograph - On the Climbing Ridge en route to Federation Peak (1948), NS3195/1/49

📷 Tasmanian Archives, Jack Thwaites Collection: Photograph - 72/532 - Hobart Walking Club members at Lookout overlooking Waterfall Bay (1972), NS3195/2/1359

📷 Tasmanian Archives, Jack Thwaites Collection: Photograph - Bridge at Huon Crossing - Una Williams and Dorothy Keats crossing bridge - Federation Peak trip (1948), NS3195/1/25

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National Wattle Day marks the start of Spring in A

National Wattle Day marks the start of Spring in Australia, and when the acacias are at their most vibrant. This film explores the wonderful dry sclerophyll forests of Tasmania, in which you’ll commonly find wattles, eucalyptus and banksias. Happy Spring!

📷 Tasmanian Archives: Film - The Dry Bush (episode 4) from series - A Man And His Forest (1970-79), AB869/1/1068

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New to State Library and Tasmanian Archives Blog:

New to State Library and Tasmanian Archives Blog: the fascinating story of a silver cup that belonged to a prominent Tasmanian, with links to a historic French fraternity. Find out more about this unusual item and how it has been conserved by our Conservation team. Link in the bio

📷 Tasmanian Archives: Tastevin / owned by the Alcorso family [silver cup with a red and yellow braided ribbon attached] (1950), NS3483/1/1

#TasmanianArchives #LibrariesTasmania #archivesofinstagram #archives #hobartandbeyond #wine #tastevin #ConfreriedesChevaliersduTastevin #MoorillaEstate #vineyards #statelibraryoftasmania #libariesofinstagram #hobartandbeyond #launcestonandbeyond #tasarchives

🌳Each year during National Family History Month

🌳Each year during National Family History Month one of the most popular speakers is @statelibrary.archives.tas own Kate Vermey. This year was no different and Kate drew a huge crowd with her talk about a flirty Mrs Allport. National Family History month is almost over but you can view all preivous talks on our @youtube channel.

🎥 Mrs Allport is the greatest flirt in the Colony, presented by Kate Vermey. View the full talk on our @youtube channel. Link in bio.

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We hope you have been enjoying our National Family

We hope you have been enjoying our National Family History Month talks as much as we have. Join us tomorrow (Friday 18th August) when our very own archivist, Jen Jerome will be presenting a talk entitled “A curious mixture- commonplace books in the Tasmanian Archives.” You can hear this talk in person in the State Library of Tasmania, via webinar, or later on our YouTube Channel. Please see our bio for links and more information about this wonderful talk.

📷 Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, State Library of Tasmania: Scrapbook of Henrietta Maria Garrett [between 1836 and 1872], Accession number FA1393, Images 12 and 45.

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Good luck to the Matildas tonight as they face Eng

Good luck to the Matildas tonight as they face England in the FIFA World Cup Semi-final! 💚⚽💛 Whatever the outcome, they are trailblazers.

Role models like the Matildas and the Australian Diamonds netball team (who just won the World Cup for a 12th time!) inspire generations to come.

This video from 1980, called A Sporting Chance, encourages girls to actively participate in sport and physical activities and includes interviews from a girl’s perspective about school life, sport and body image.

It features staff and pupils of various schools including Lenah Valley Primary and Taroona High and also features the Tasmanian Women’s Hockey Association and the Tasmanian Women’s Netball Association among other social and sporting groups in Hobart.

🎞️: Tasmanian Archives: Film - A Sporting Chance - film encourages girls to actively participate in sport and physical activities (1980), AB869/1/2533

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An exhibition capturing the daily lives and experi

An exhibition capturing the daily lives and experiences of two sisters exploring Tasmania’s east coast 160 years ago opens at the Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts on August 11.

In 'Dear Kate: the vision of the Mitchell women', Tasmania artist Jane Giblin has created a striking new body of original lithographs and watercolours in response to the drawings of Mitchell sisters, Catherine and Sarah.

Catherine was affectionately known as Dear Kate and created hundreds of detailed pen, ink and wash drawings which her sister, Sarah preserved in The Sarah Mitchell Scrapbook, with hundreds of her own handwritten notes.

Jane Giblin is a descendant of the extended Mitchell family. “I learn about most things by drawing, and so I began copying little details from Kate’s works," Jane explains. "I learnt about her vision and the quite unusual inclusion of herself in most of her works. My watercolours and lithographs in this show respond to some of the details I have enjoyed in Kate’s works over the past few years."

A version of the scrapbook and original Mitchell works will also be on display for the first time. Jane will also be holding workshops related to the exhibition.

Dear Kate is at 91 Murray Street, Nipaluna/Hobart until 10 November 2023.

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August is National Family History month, and the S

August is National Family History month, and the State Library of Tasmania has numerous free talks for you to attend in person or via a webinar. But did you know that these talks are also available on the Libraries Tasmania YouTube channel? You can view talks from previous years, as well as ones presented just a few days ago, like this wonderful one. Click on link in bio and view the YouTube link.

📷 Just One Piece of the Puzzle: Connecting your Family History, presented by Chloe House and Amberlei Darlington Beresford (presented 1st August 2023)

#filmfriday #StateLibraryofTasmania #TasmanianArchives #LibrariesTasmania #archivesofinstagram #archives #familyhistorymonth #youtubetalks #familyhistory #exploreyourpast

🌿 National Family History Month August 2023 Eve

🌿 National Family History Month August 2023 Events Program 🌿
There are lots of free family history events including public talks and practical workshops presented by local historians, authors, researchers, and staff from @statelibrary.archives.tas LINK IN BIO to book your seat (virtual or in person) to all events. #librariestasmania #statelibraryoftasmania #tasarchives #archivesofinstagram #librariesofinstagram #hobartandbeyond #launcestonandbeyond #tasmanianhistory #familyhistory #tassiehistory #nfhm #nfhm2023

This beauty of a film from 1980 will make you laug

This beauty of a film from 1980 will make you laugh: a film dedicated to convincing people over fifty years of age to exercise. The underlying argument: if you don’t get fit, you’ll be a grump!

📷 Tasmanian Archives: Film - Fit As A Fiddle - film to motivate the fifty and over age group to undertake proper and regular exercise (1980), AB869/1/951

#filmfriday #StateLibraryofTasmania #TasmanianArchives #LibrariesTasmania #archivesofinstagram #archives #hobartandbeyond #fitness #agedfitness #getfit #exercise #hilarious

With so much sport on around the world at the mome

With so much sport on around the world at the moment, we thought we would share this gem of a film that contains early footage of a cycling competition, a game of cricket, and a football match. The real highlight in this film is footage of two women’s hockey matches between Western Australia and Victoria, and Tasmania and South Australia at Launceston, with both teams wearing extremely formal uniforms, that must have been so hot and uncomfortable!

📷 Tasmanian Archives: Film - Cycle Road race, hockey, Cradle reserve, Launceston, Cricket match, Football match, construction of bridge (possibly near Longford) Royal Visit of 1954 and bowls match (1930-59), NS1574-1-4

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