Tag Archives: Mitchell Library

Maps of the Pacific – the Tasman Map remastered

Posted on November 16, 2021 by ianburnet

The remastered Tasman Map is now on view at the Maps of the Pacific exhibition which which is being held at the NSW State Library until April 2022. More than 12 months of conservation work has gone into preparing the … Continue reading →

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Marvellous map in marble is one of NSW’s great treasures

Posted on April 14, 2021 by ianburnet

Mike Scanlon – Newcastle Herald MANY people pass by it today without a second glance. I was going to write that people walk over it, but that’s wrong, as it’s usually roped off. What I’m referring to is a rather … Continue reading →

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Historic Maps in Marble

Posted on May 19, 2020 by ianburnet

The new Amsterdam City Hall was completed in 1655. This remarkable building which was built on 13,659 wooden piles at a cost 8.5 million guilders, is now the Royal Palace and still dominates the Dam Square today. The relatively simple … Continue reading →

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SIGNALS – Tasman Map Book Review

Posted on March 31, 2020 by ianburnet

History Underfoot by Jeffrey Mellefont Like me, many Signals readers will have entered the State Library of NSW through the northern portico of the Mitchell Library and then crossed the vestibule to the muted reading room that’s so solemn with … Continue reading →

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The Sir William Dixon bronze doors at the Mitchell Library

Posted on February 18, 2020 by ianburnet

Inspired by the style of doors that graced the entries of some of America’s most significant public buildings, the bronze portico doors at the entrance to the Mitchell Library in Sydney illustrate various elements of Australian history. Principal librarian William … Continue reading →

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The Dutch Prime Minister and the Tasman Map

Posted on December 18, 2019 by ianburnet

  The Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mr Mark Rutte, spent three days on a working visit to Sydney and Melbourne from 9 to 11 October 2019. Mr Rutte’s busy schedule began at Admiralty House where he was appointed an … Continue reading →

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THE GLOBE – Tasman Map Book Review

Posted on December 5, 2019 by ianburnet

The Tasman Map , also known as the Bonaparte Tasman Map, is a prize possession of the Mitchell Library in Sydney. It was bequeathed to the Library, though in a rather roundabout fashion explained in detail in Chapter 27, by … Continue reading →

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The Tasman Map – Book Review

Posted on November 3, 2019 by ianburnet

Ian Burnet, The Tasman Map – The Biography of a Map: Abel Tasman, the Dutch East India Company and the first Dutch Discoveries of Australia, Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd, 2019 Having grown up in Sydney, I can remember as a … Continue reading →

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The Tasman Map – Abel Tasman, the Dutch East India Company and the first Dutch Discoveries of Australia

Posted on July 31, 2019 by ianburnet

Coming to a bookshop near you – the story of the Tasman Map Every visitor who passes through the vestibule of the Mitchell Library stops to admire the magnificent marble mosaic of the Tasman Map which fills the entire vestibule … Continue reading →

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