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man working on huge gears

Wolfgang Sievers, The gears gears for the mining industry, Vickers Ruwolt, Burnley, Melbourne, 1967, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-136505226

Documenting modern Australia

Module

This resource is aligned to the Australian Curriculum: Design and Technologies standards for Year 5 and 6. It draws on the Library’s Wolfgang Sievers Collection to explore how photography, design and industry have transformed modern Australia, encouraging students to investigate how technologies are developed, used, and understood in social and environmental contexts.

Digital Classroom

Man leaning against gate

Wolfgang Sievers, [Photograph of Wolfgang Sievers], Berlin, Germany, 1991, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-161009403

Wolfgang Sievers

Topic

Wolfgang Georg Sievers, AO (1913–2007) was a well-known modernist photographer who documented Australian architecture and industry over a career spanning almost 60 years.

Digital Classroom

Bookplate cafe at the Library set up with long tables set with white table cloths, wine glasses and flowers

Interior of Bookplate restaurant at the National Library of Australia.

My Story: An evening with Mike Bowers

Join us for dinner at Bookplate with renowned photojournalist, and guest curator of our Fit to Print exhibition, Mike Bowers.

Event

Cover of the book 'Harold Cazneaux'

Harold Cazneaux

National Library of Australia

Book

NLA Publishing book

Cover of the book 'Our Streets'

Our Streets: The Regional Cities and Major Towns Project

National Library of Australia

Book

NLA Publishing book

White text on a grey background reading 'Fit to Print: Defining Moments from the Fairfax Archive' next to a photo of curator Allister Mills

Curator Tour: Fit to Print exhibition - 30 April

Join curator Allister Mills for a behind the scenes tour of our new exhibition Fit to Print: Defining Moments from the Fairfax Photo Archive.

*Booked out*

Event

White text on a grey background reading 'Fit to Print: Defining Moments from the Fairfax Archive' next to a photo of curator Allister Mills

Curator Tour: Fit to Print exhibition - 7 May

Join curator Allister Mills for a behind the scenes tour of our new exhibition Fit to Print: Defining Moments from the Fairfax Photo Archive.

Event

Grey background with white text reading 'Fit to Print' and individual photos of photographers Mike Bowers, Rick Stevens and Lorie Graham

Life behind the lens

Join veteran photojournalist Mike Bowers in conversation with two of Australia’s greatest photographers: Lorrie Graham, and Rick Stevens.

Event

Photograph of employees at BHP steelworks viewed through a cast steel tilting frame of a slag post.

Frank Hurley, [BHP Steelworks, Newcastle, 1950, 2], 1950, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-159226742

“A symphony in stone that will long be remembered”: Around Australia with Frank Hurley

Learn about iconic photographer and film maker Frank Hurley and explore some of his photographs from around Australia.

Blog

Book cover for 'Fit to Print' which features the title in white text and a black and white photo of two men working on a large ship propeller

Mike Bowers

Book

Grey background with white text reading 'Fit to Print: Defining Moments from the Fairfax Archive' and a black and white photo of two men working on a large ship propeller

Fit to Print: Defining Moments from the Fairfax Photo Archive selected by Mike Bowers

Explore the art of photojournalism with highlights from the Fairfax Photo Archive.

Exhibition

Cover of NLA Publishing book 'Olive Cotton' which features a black and white photograph looking up at a tree and purple along the top and bottom

National Library of Australia

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