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
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Dissonance 3.0 - a selection of my favourite historic photos of 2025
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Tags- Sam Hood, Max Dupain, Frank Hurley, Jerusalem, Ford Anglia, Gas Power, scooters, Avro Anson, Fox Glacier, Tattoos, Dymphna Cusack, Mary Gilmore, circus, Don Bradman, Cazneaux,
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Tags- Sam Hood, Max Dupain, Frank Hurley, Jerusalem, Ford Anglia, Gas Power, scooters, Avro Anson, Fox Glacier, Tattoos, Dymphna Cusack, Mary Gilmore, circus, Don Bradman, Cazneaux,
French heavy cruiser Montcalm, Sydney Harbour, January 1911, Sam Hood, vintage glass photonegative, Uploaded to WIkipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_...
January 22, 2026 at 9:29 PM
French heavy cruiser Montcalm, Sydney Harbour, January 1911, Sam Hood, vintage glass photonegative, Uploaded to WIkipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_...
When we think of books for people with visual impairment, we often think of the tactile writing system designed by Louis Braille, first presented in 1824. This article looks at another less well-known system developed by an Englishman named William Moon. geoffbarker.wordpress.com/2026/01/16/m...
January 19, 2026 at 10:11 PM
When we think of books for people with visual impairment, we often think of the tactile writing system designed by Louis Braille, first presented in 1824. This article looks at another less well-known system developed by an Englishman named William Moon. geoffbarker.wordpress.com/2026/01/16/m...
'My Lady Plucks a Red Red Rose,' watercolour by Thea Procter c.1905. Uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLIbraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thea_Pr...
January 18, 2026 at 10:55 PM
'My Lady Plucks a Red Red Rose,' watercolour by Thea Procter c.1905. Uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLIbraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thea_Pr...
New Year's painting completed.
January 18, 2026 at 2:14 AM
New Year's painting completed.
Photo of Douglas Mawson, Alistair Mackay & TWE David who #OTD 16 January 1909, were first to reach the South Magnetic Pole in Antarctica. Uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas...
January 15, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Photo of Douglas Mawson, Alistair Mackay & TWE David who #OTD 16 January 1909, were first to reach the South Magnetic Pole in Antarctica. Uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas...
Aerial photograph of RAN naval depot, Garden Island, Sydney, c. 1930, by Sam Hood. Vintage film negative uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_...
January 13, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Aerial photograph of RAN naval depot, Garden Island, Sydney, c. 1930, by Sam Hood. Vintage film negative uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_...
#OTD 13 January 1938, permanent waving a man's hair, Australia, Ivan Ive, vintage film negative, uploaded to #flickrcommons by @StateLibraryNSW, flic.kr/p/2ryXc9C
January 12, 2026 at 9:07 PM
#OTD 13 January 1938, permanent waving a man's hair, Australia, Ivan Ive, vintage film negative, uploaded to #flickrcommons by @StateLibraryNSW, flic.kr/p/2ryXc9C
#OTD Children Jitterbug dancing, 11 January 1941. Uploaded to #flickrcommons by @StateLibraryNSW flic.kr/p/2r28Ykq
January 11, 2026 at 8:54 AM
#OTD Children Jitterbug dancing, 11 January 1941. Uploaded to #flickrcommons by @StateLibraryNSW flic.kr/p/2r28Ykq
#OTD 8 January 1912 the first boat of Mawson's Australian Antarctic Expedition went ashore at Cape Denison, Antarctica, event captured by Bernard McGrath, State Library of NSW collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n7o7bv3n
January 8, 2026 at 4:10 AM
#OTD 8 January 1912 the first boat of Mawson's Australian Antarctic Expedition went ashore at Cape Denison, Antarctica, event captured by Bernard McGrath, State Library of NSW collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n7o7bv3n
New entries for Australians on #PublicDomainDay 2026. Sydney Long, Keith Macpherson Smith, Helen Elizabeth Gillan, John Radecki and Alan Geoffrey Fairfax. Includes a full list of Australians who died in 1955 and whose works entered the Public Domain in 2025. geoffbarker.wordpress.com/2026/01/06/p...
January 6, 2026 at 3:14 AM
New entries for Australians on #PublicDomainDay 2026. Sydney Long, Keith Macpherson Smith, Helen Elizabeth Gillan, John Radecki and Alan Geoffrey Fairfax. Includes a full list of Australians who died in 1955 and whose works entered the Public Domain in 2025. geoffbarker.wordpress.com/2026/01/06/p...
Airplane Southern Cross at Mascot Sydney before making the first commercial trans-Tasman flight, January 1933, by Sam Hood, Uploaded to Wikipedia by State Library NSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-T...
January 5, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Airplane Southern Cross at Mascot Sydney before making the first commercial trans-Tasman flight, January 1933, by Sam Hood, Uploaded to Wikipedia by State Library NSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-T...
Two versions of Dr Frederick Bridges, posed as 'The Anaesthetist,' Sydney, March 1933. Photo by Harold Cazneaux, vintage glass negative, State Library of New South Wales, uploaded to #flickrcommons by @StateLibraryNSW flic.kr/p/2rwByDr
December 31, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Two versions of Dr Frederick Bridges, posed as 'The Anaesthetist,' Sydney, March 1933. Photo by Harold Cazneaux, vintage glass negative, State Library of New South Wales, uploaded to #flickrcommons by @StateLibraryNSW flic.kr/p/2rwByDr
Dissonance 3.0 - a selection of my favourite historic photos of 2025
geoffbarker.wordpress.com/dissonance-m...
Tags- Sam Hood, Max Dupain, Frank Hurley, Jerusalem, Ford Anglia, Gas Power, scooters, Avro Anson, Fox Glacier, Tattoos, Dymphna Cusack, Mary Gilmore, circus, Don Bradman, Cazneaux,
geoffbarker.wordpress.com/dissonance-m...
Tags- Sam Hood, Max Dupain, Frank Hurley, Jerusalem, Ford Anglia, Gas Power, scooters, Avro Anson, Fox Glacier, Tattoos, Dymphna Cusack, Mary Gilmore, circus, Don Bradman, Cazneaux,
December 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Dissonance 3.0 - a selection of my favourite historic photos of 2025
geoffbarker.wordpress.com/dissonance-m...
Tags- Sam Hood, Max Dupain, Frank Hurley, Jerusalem, Ford Anglia, Gas Power, scooters, Avro Anson, Fox Glacier, Tattoos, Dymphna Cusack, Mary Gilmore, circus, Don Bradman, Cazneaux,
geoffbarker.wordpress.com/dissonance-m...
Tags- Sam Hood, Max Dupain, Frank Hurley, Jerusalem, Ford Anglia, Gas Power, scooters, Avro Anson, Fox Glacier, Tattoos, Dymphna Cusack, Mary Gilmore, circus, Don Bradman, Cazneaux,
Schnapper Point after sunset', Mornington, Victoria, 1859-63, Eugene Von Guerard, drawing. Uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning...
December 19, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Schnapper Point after sunset', Mornington, Victoria, 1859-63, Eugene Von Guerard, drawing. Uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning...
'Dissonance' a free online Zine pulling together research relating to cultural collections in Australia. NZ National Flag 1834, #Australiafirst photographer, #Darwin, #Funafuti, #UNESCO, #migration, #MobyDick, Concord Hospital, #Architecture. Download @ geoffbarker.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
December 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
'Dissonance' a free online Zine pulling together research relating to cultural collections in Australia. NZ National Flag 1834, #Australiafirst photographer, #Darwin, #Funafuti, #UNESCO, #migration, #MobyDick, Concord Hospital, #Architecture. Download @ geoffbarker.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
Model in a dress, studio portrait from above, Sydney, 26 July 1938, by Ivan for Pix magazine, State Library of NSW, collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9gkRj...
December 4, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Model in a dress, studio portrait from above, Sydney, 26 July 1938, by Ivan for Pix magazine, State Library of NSW, collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9gkRj...
The Studley Park Asylum, Melbourne, 1870-1875, American & Australasian Photographic Company. Uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarra_B...
December 4, 2025 at 5:08 AM
The Studley Park Asylum, Melbourne, 1870-1875, American & Australasian Photographic Company. Uploaded to #Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarra_B...
Friday 2 December 1932 - Captain Douglas Jardine leads the English Team onto the Sydney Cricket Ground to begin the #Bodyline series. Uploaded to #wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodyline
December 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Friday 2 December 1932 - Captain Douglas Jardine leads the English Team onto the Sydney Cricket Ground to begin the #Bodyline series. Uploaded to #wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodyline
Sir Neville Wilkinson and his 'Titania Palace of Fairies' dolls' house on display on 4th floor David Jones, Sydney, to raise money for children, 1934, by Sam Hood. Uploaded to #wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titania...
November 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Sir Neville Wilkinson and his 'Titania Palace of Fairies' dolls' house on display on 4th floor David Jones, Sydney, to raise money for children, 1934, by Sam Hood. Uploaded to #wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titania...
Taj Mahal at night, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, 25 July 1945, by Norman Herfort, uploaded to Flickr by @StateLIbraryNSW flic.kr/p/2qJvwU1
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Taj Mahal at night, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, 25 July 1945, by Norman Herfort, uploaded to Flickr by @StateLIbraryNSW flic.kr/p/2qJvwU1
'Bidura' Georgian style house, Glebe Point, Sydney, c. 1890, architectural drawing, Edmund Thomas Blacket, and his sons collection of architectural plans. Image uploaded to Wikipedia by
@StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_...
@StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_...
November 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
'Bidura' Georgian style house, Glebe Point, Sydney, c. 1890, architectural drawing, Edmund Thomas Blacket, and his sons collection of architectural plans. Image uploaded to Wikipedia by
@StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_...
@StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_...
John Hunter, State Theatre, Sydney, May 1952. In WW2 Hunter was a female impersonator with the NZ Armed forces and became the ballet dancing star of the Kiwi Review Co. in the late 1940s. Uploaded to Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_qu...
November 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
John Hunter, State Theatre, Sydney, May 1952. In WW2 Hunter was a female impersonator with the NZ Armed forces and became the ballet dancing star of the Kiwi Review Co. in the late 1940s. Uploaded to Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_qu...
Born #OTD 18 Nov 1794 - John Bede Polding first Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Australia. This portrait was taken by Adelaide Photographic Company c. 1875 and was uploaded to #Wikipedia by State Library NSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Be...
November 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Born #OTD 18 Nov 1794 - John Bede Polding first Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Australia. This portrait was taken by Adelaide Photographic Company c. 1875 and was uploaded to #Wikipedia by State Library NSW en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Be...
'Dissonance' 1.0 - a new Zine pulling together research I post on the internet. Some are snippets, others are articles from Wiki's, Substack, LinkedIn & WordPress. #Photography, #AntarcticExploration #Leeches, #murder, #RoyalTours download - geoffbarker.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
November 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM
'Dissonance' 1.0 - a new Zine pulling together research I post on the internet. Some are snippets, others are articles from Wiki's, Substack, LinkedIn & WordPress. #Photography, #AntarcticExploration #Leeches, #murder, #RoyalTours download - geoffbarker.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
Taken #OTD 14 November 1945 Atomic bomb Variety Revue nightclub, street photography 'Smile Art Studio,' Manila, Philippines, by Ray Olsen for Pix Magazine. @statelibrarynsw uploaded to Flickr Commons flic.kr/p/2rFjuVq
November 14, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Taken #OTD 14 November 1945 Atomic bomb Variety Revue nightclub, street photography 'Smile Art Studio,' Manila, Philippines, by Ray Olsen for Pix Magazine. @statelibrarynsw uploaded to Flickr Commons flic.kr/p/2rFjuVq