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.
Facilitators:
Participants:
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
Name | Comments | Links to images | Editor |
Hyde Park | Collection | ||
Archibald Fountain | |||
For more parks, go to City of Sydney Archives – Picture This |
Name | Comments | Links to images | Editor |
Queen Victoria Building | Queen Victoria Building Photograph Album, 1898 – includes interior and exterior photographs | Archives Gal | |
For more buildings, go to City of Sydney Archives – Picture This |
Name | Comments | Links to images | Editor |
Martin Place | Collection | Understandandyouwillnotfear | |
Oxford Street | |||
For more streets, go to City of Sydney Archives – Picture This |
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 |
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.
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.
When editing on Wikipedia...
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