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Women nurses on parade, Victory Day celebrations, Sydney 1919.

The Picture This editathon hosted by the City of Sydney is on 15 May 2021 at the Ideas Space, Level 1, Darling Square Library.

The aim of the event is to explore images images in the City of Sydney Archives, upload them to Wikimedia Commons where appropriate and then add them to the relevant Wikipedia articles. In the process participants will learn about copyright of images and upload their first photograph.

Resources for working with images

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Illustrating Wikipedia - click the image to open the pdf

Participants

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Facilitators:

Participants:

Dashboard

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The event Dashboard is here.

Photographs for practice

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Below are the names of some of the articles that do not have good or sufficient images yet. Links to appropriate images with correct licensing/copyright have been provided from the City of Sydney Archives.

Go to Wikimedia Commons to upload the image.

Pictures already uploaded from the City of Sydney Archives are found in commons:Category:Images_from_the_City_of_Sydney_Archives

People
Name Comments Links to images Editor
Reginald James Bartley choose one and add https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/566946

https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/682088

Figbird
Jeremy Bingham add https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/666989 99of9
Charles Brill Bridges add https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/567052 NomesieC
Michael Burke add https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/681733 Joe88
George Lord Carter add https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/681983 MargaretRDonald
Michael Chapman choose one to replace existing image https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/682052

https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/682027

Joek88
George Thomas Clarke add https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/681817 SxAxS
Stanley Sadler Crick add https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/566928 Rickeyre
John Davies add https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/682077 JelloMister
John Daniel FitzGerald add https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/681865 JelloMister
Robert Fowler replace https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/682037 MargaretRDonald
James Graham add https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/681852 Aliaretiree
Chris Harris add https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/690922 NomesieC
William Holdsworth add https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/567070 MargaretRDonald
Charles Edward Jeanneret add https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/681903 MargaretRDonald
Andrew Joseph Kelly add https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/681829 User:JelloMister
James Martin add https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/681910 MargaretRDonald
John Macintosh add https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/682069 MargaretRDonald
John McElhone add https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/566916 Archival Dust
Nelson John Meers add https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/666909 Aliaretiree
John Harold Mostyn choose one and add https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/567008

https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/682091

JelloMister
John Lane Mullins add https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/681879 Rickeyre
James Oatley add https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/682051 User:Editbytes
Daniel O'Connor add https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/681992 Rickeyre
Lawrence O'Hara add https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/582459 JelloMister
Alfred Livingstone Parker add https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/566988 JelloMister
George Arthur Parkes replace in article, SS Canastota https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/567006 MargaretRDonald
Leo Weiser Port add https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/666897 JelloMister
Richard Watkins Richards add https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/681800 JelloMister
Alban Joseph Riley replace poor quality image https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/681889 JelloMister
Charles James Roberts replace poor quality image https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/682041 JelloMister
Frank Sartor add https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/678265 99of9
Samuel Smith add https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/681864 Infjhelper
Henry Tsang add https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/683157 Tenniscourtisland
James Robert Wilshire add https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/566920 Infjhelper
George Withers add https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/681986 Infjhelper
John Douglas Young choose one to add https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/681920

https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/681981

Infjhelper
Parks
Name Comments Links to images Editor
Hyde Park Collection
Archibald Fountain
For more parks, go to City of Sydney Archives – Picture This
Buildings
Name Comments Links to images Editor
Queen Victoria Building Queen Victoria Building Photograph Album, 1898  – includes interior and exterior photographs

Collection

Archives Gal
For more buildings, go to City of Sydney Archives – Picture This
Streets
Name Comments Links to images Editor
Martin Place Collection Understandandyouwillnotfear
Oxford Street
For more streets, go to City of Sydney Archives – Picture This
Suburbs
Name Comments Links to images Editor
Alexandria Collection
Barangaroo quite well illustrated Collection
Brickfield Hill Collection User: Lalla Maus
Camperdown quite well illustrated Collection
Chinatown quite well illustrated Collection
Chippendale Collection
Circular Quay Collection
Darling Harbour Collection
Darlinghurst Collection
Darlington quite well illustrated Collection
For more suburbs, go to City of Sydney Archives – Picture This

Key series in the City of Sydney Archives

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Creative Commons licensed

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City of Sydney Archives resources and search guides

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Photographs held in the City of Sydney Archives are searchable through the Archives and History Resources catalogue.

There are two guides that explain how to do Simple and Advanced searches, and how to locate, view and download a record.

There is a video guide by the City Archivist Janet Villata explaining the photographic collection and some tips and tricks on how to navigate the catalogue.

Photos requested

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If you find a Wikipedia page about a subject from the City of Sydney which needs an image, please add this template to the Talk page {{Photo requested|in=City of Sydney}}. That will list it in the category: Category:Wikipedia_requested_photographs_in_City_of_Sydney.

Resources and help for Wikipedia editing

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