Local history
The Ferguson Collection situated in the National Library stacks
Michael Terry examining Lasseter's message carved into a tree trunk, Lake Christopher region, Western Australia, 1932, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-149282377
Mallee farmer and family with his bullock wagon, Victoria, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-153091696
Frank Hurley, [Ballarat, Sturt Street] [Ballarat, Victoria], 1910, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-160199422
Convict uniform and two caps [realia], 1830, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2398685
Harold Cazneaux's first camera, 1904, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-141166704
Harold Cazneaux (1878–1953) was perhaps Australia's best-known photographer of the early twentieth century. He purchased this camera in 1904, shortly after moving from Adelaide to Sydney, and made photographs of Sydney's streets and waterways.
In 1909 he became the first Australian photographer to exhibit his works in a solo show.
Cazneaux was a master of the pictorialist style of photography, using soft focus to capture scenes that were - and remain - familiar to many Australians in a new light. He was able to find a timeless, extraordinary beauty in the everyday.
Jeff Carter, Planting out, Ovens Valley, 1955, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-148667470
H M Rolland, Canberra, view from Camp Hill looking towards St. John' s Church, Mt. Ainslie in the distance, 1924, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-135217175