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album, we can see how these dual elements work
hand-in-hand.
The Queen’s Album reimagines the album which
was gifted to Queen Victoria on behalf of the
people of NSW in 1882. It presents a selection of
photographs from the 64 scenes featured in the
album accompanied by brief interpretive overviews.
Today, we can only guess at how Victoria imagined
NSW through these photographs. As we see what
she saw, we can imagine our place 140 years ago.
And as we understand our past, we can dream
of our future.
Fern Trees, Mount Wilson
c. 1880
Black and white photograph
State Library of NSW
X981/3
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