Hi all,
Just in case you missed it, Sydney's Powerhouse Museum is now taking part in Flickr's "The Commons" thing, following the Library of Congress's suit.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/
They plan to release 50 new ones each week. This seems like a manageable stream. Also: yay, geotagging.http://www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/map/
on Commons: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Powerhouse_Museum_PD_images
There are really some wonderful Australian historical images: daily life, architecture, people, places and even animals (baby emus!). I mean baby emus today are probably the same as baby emus 100 years ago, but still, not exactly an everyday photograph being uploaded by the dozen.
I would love to see some juxtapositions of some of the buildings/streets of Sydney. If anyone in Sydney tries to "recreate" any of these images and put them side by side, let me know. I think it would be really cool to see.
cheers, Brianna