About this Event
From sketches to oil paintings, the State Library of NSW collects pictures from many different sources, and each has its own story to tell. The Library’s pictures collections record people, events, and places including buildings and landscapes from the late eighteenth century to the present day. Our aim is always to collect the sorts of images that will reflect people’s lived experiences in this state and our place in the world.
Come along and hear from curators Elise Edmonds and Margot Riley, as they reveal the tales behind some of the fascinating pictures recently added to the Library’s collections.
Elise Edmonds is a senior curator at the State Library of New South Wales. She has curated several exhibitions highlighting the Library’s nationally significant First World War collections: Life Interrupted: personal diaries from World War I in 2014, Colour in Darkness: images from the First World War in 2016 and Quick March! The Children of World War One in 2019. Her most recent exhibition, Dead Central — an immersive, audio experience, told the story of the Devonshire Street Cemetery, where Central Station now stands. She contributed to and narrated two podcast series, The Burial Files in 2019 and The Gatherings Order in 2020.
Margot Riley is a curator in the Collection Acquisition & Curation Branch of the State Library of NSW. A cultural historian with special interests in art, popular culture, photography and dress, she has curated numerous exhibitions and displays for the Library, and written and lectured extensively about its collections.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
State Library of New South Wales, Maps Room, First Floor, Sydney, Australia
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