State Library of NSW. Maps Section, original materials branch.Staff 2 (1 curator; 1 librarian grade 2) Contact Cheryl Evans, Curator of Maps Opening hours opening hours open npl → heures fpl d'ouverture opening hours open npl → Öffnungszeiten pl Access to the maps collection is available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room (9am-9pm Monday to Friday; 11am-5pm Saturday) Location or access Mitchell Wing State Library of New South Wales The State Library of New South Wales is a large public library owned by the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located in Macquarie Street, Sydney near Shakespeare Place. The public library started as the 'Australian Subscription Library' in 1826. Macquarie Street, Sydney Macquarie Street is the easternmost street of Sydney's central business district. Macquarie Street extends from Hyde Park at its southern end to the Sydney Opera House at its north. , NSW NSW New South Wales Noun 1. NSW - the agency that provides units to conduct unconventional and counter-guerilla warfare Naval Special Warfare 2000 Significant new materials, resources or equipment The State Library and Mitchell Library is developing the atmitchell website to bring collection highlights of Australian history online http://www.atmitchell.com/ http://www.atmitchell.com/journeys/history/voya/voya.cfm Exhibitions or events Sydney--State Library of New South Wales New South Wales, state (1991 pop. 5,164,549), 309,443 sq mi (801,457 sq km), SE Australia. It is bounded on the E by the Pacific Ocean. Sydney is the capital. The other principal urban centers are Newcastle, Wagga Wagga, Lismore, Wollongong, and Broken Hill. , Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW 2000. The Nelson Meers Foundation Heritage Collection opened in the State Library of New South Wales' refurbished Dixson Galleries in January 2003, with the aim of revealing a selection of the State Library's finest objects. Over the next ten years, the Heritage Collection will showcase some of the rare, famous and most significant items from the Library's collection. Map highlights selected for 2004 included: Louis Charles Desnos (1725-1805), Grande mappemonde celeste Celeste is a woman's first name. Celeste may also refer to: in Music
Le beau monde fashionable society. See Beau monde. Demi monde See Demimonde. , Scale [c.1:35 000 000]. Paris: Desnos, 1786, engraving, hand-coloured on six sheets joined; John Oxley (1783-1828), A Chart of part of the interior of New South Wales by John Oxley, Surveyor General, Scale [c.1:1 000 000]. London: Published June 4th 1825, by A. Arrowsmith, Hydrographer hy·drog·ra·phy n. pl. hy·drog·ra·phies 1. The scientific description and analysis of the physical conditions, boundaries, flow, and related characteristics of the earth's surface waters. 2. to His Majesty, No. 10 Soho Square, 1825, engraving, hand-coloured on six sheets; Peter Lewis Bemi (1795-1853), Part of the surveyed portion of His Majesty's Colony of New South Wales A. D. 1828 P.L. Bemi, Delt. Scale [c.1:507 000], manuscript, hand-coloured; Robert Russell (1808-1900), Map of the District of Port Phillip: shewing the extent of the surveys, the position of the Special Surveys taken up to this date &c--from recent authorities, 1841 Aug. 9, Scale [c.1:506 880], manuscript, hand-coloured. Map highlights selected for 2005 are: Charts by William Bradley (1758?-1833), from William Bradley, A Voyage to New South Wales, December 1786-May 1792, compiled 1802 or later; Manuscripts (disbound) Purchased from Francis Edwards Booksellers, London, 1924, ML Safe 1/14 (20 charts will be displayed during the display period: January-December 2005) http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/heritage/archive/guides.cfm Cheryl Evans Curator of Maps State Library of New South Wales Macquarie Street Sydney NSW 2000 7 June 2005 |
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