NSW Government Printing Office : collection of copy negatives, 1870-1988
NSW Government Printing Office : collection of copy negatives, 1870-1988
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Date
1870-1988
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Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
208706 negatives
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Level of description
Fonds
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Copying Conditions
Copyright holder : Crown copyright for the Government Printing Office photographic collection was transferred to the State Library of New South Wales on the 6 November, 1989
Rights and Restrictions Information : May be copied for reference and publication
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
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Full title
NSW Government Printing Office : collection of copy negatives, 1870-1988
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Published information
The following negative indexes were published by the Government Printing Office between 1920-1922 ¶Sydney, 1788-1890 : list of available negatives. Sydney : William Applegate Gullick, Government Printer, 1920¶List of portrait negatives available. Sydney : William Applegate Gullick, Government Printer, 1920.¶List of negatives of historical interest...
Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
The New South Wales Government Printing Office was established in 1840 as printer to State Parliament, government departments and other organisations. In the late 1860s a photographic studio was established. The first photographs were often promotional and documentary images, produced for the Government, to illustrate the progress of the colony. Th...
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Primary Identifiers
Record Identifier
94RkxWk1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/94RkxWk1
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Reference code
153687
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