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Things

by National Library of Australia Commons

Since its inception, photography has been used to document objects made by people. This set is a selection of photographs from Things: Photographing the Constructed World, an exhibition showcasing the diverse man-made objects represented in the National Library of Australia’s photography collections: machinery, monuments, industrial products, domestic objects, toys, furniture and more.

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The Face tree, Burke's head carved on a tree trunk near the depot, Cooper's Creek, Queensland, ca. 1916.
Mascot on radiator cap
Two dolls with a potted cactus, Cuppacumbalong, Australian Capital Territory, ca. 1893
Notice on Mount Bundy Station prohibiting shooting beyond sign, Northern Territory, 1945
La Peruse monument, Botany Bay
Victory
Francis Birtles bicycle and a thirst victim's grave in central Australia
Compass on top of snow flower, Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914
A classroom with a display of machinery at Sydney Technical College, 1889
Scientific apparatus, 1939, 1
Wrecked engine from a R.E.8 aeroplane, France, 1918?
Honey and eggs
Native mission station, South Australia
Holtermann's agency stand for Gebrueder Naglo company (Berlin, Germany) fire alarm telegraph works at an international exhibition [probably Sydney, 1879-1880]
Bow and arrows
Close up of curtain and stage area decoration, Capitol Theatre, Swanston Street, Melbourne, Victoria
Domain Gates Way, Sydney, 1901, 2
Petersen Nansen insulated water bottle, [Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914]
Chair with fabric upholstery, front view, Government House, Canberra, 1927
Silverware on four shelves, Government House, Canberra, 1927
Exterior views of Castlecrag houses and surveyor with theodolite in foreground
Man holding a buoy [?] by a rope, ca. 1925