Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.
The University of Sydney Library acknowledges that our buildings, collections, and practices exist on unceded Aboriginal lands. We recognise the diversity and knowledges of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff and students across all the lands the University stands on, and respect the ongoing connection Aboriginal people have to these lands, their cultural practices, knowledge systems and histories. We pay our respects to their Elders, past and present, who have handed down custodianship to each generation for more than 60,000 years.
Money, J. (2021). Yilabara (Now). Filmed on Gadigal Country. Commissioned by the University of Sydney Library
John Bradfield collection now online
Pyrmont Bridge, Sydney, NSW. Date: Between 1890-1940.
Take a trip down memory lane and discover how many of our familiar streets and landmarks – including the Pyrmont Bridge, as pictured above – came to be. Other notable locations include the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Flinders Street in Melbourne, and St George's Terrace in Perth.
Collected and created by Dr. J.J.C. Bradfield, most famously known for the design and construction of the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge, the scrapbooks and photograph albums that comprise this collection trace Australia’s rich construction history from the late 19th century through to the early 20th century.
These were digitised from the Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections copies, and contain the bookplate, “This book is the gift of Dr. K.N.E. Bradfield.”
View the John Bradfield collection on our Digital Collections website.
Scrapbook with four black and white photos showing construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Three pages from a scrapbook - the cover says Roads and Bridges of Tasmania, and the third has three photos and white photos of roads in vast landscapes.
Scrapbook with four black and white photos showing construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Slide 1: selected pages from Roads and Bridges of Tasmania
Slides 2-3: selected pages from Sydney Harbour Bridge and city railway construction, Volume 3