| 563 |
National Library of Australia Sheet Music collection |
National Library of Australia |
National Library of Australia |
2013-05-12T08:15:33.163142 |
2015-03-07T09:32:57.119742 |
The National Library of Australia Sheet Music collection includes printed
music created by Australians, published in, performed in, or otherwise
associated with, Australia. This dataset contains just over 11,000 items.A
Highlights of the scores include the original scores of [Waltzing
Matilda](http://nla.gov.au/nla.mus-an7412026) and our official national
anthem [Advance Australia Fair](http://nla.gov.au/nla.mus-an6012238).
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data.gov.au |
https://data.gov.au/dataset/c53ab05a-03f8-4414-9f31-68359e8ebdac |
1800-2002 |
|
nla-sheet-music-collection-2013-01-16.zip |
http://data.gov.au/storage/f/2013-05-12T181502/tmphjqDQwnla-sheet-music-collection-2013-01-16.zip |
ZIP |
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2013-05-12T08:15:55.459229 |
|
13649039.0 |
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia |
| 564 |
Journal of the H.M.S. Endeavour, 1768-1771 |
National Library of Australia |
National Library of Australia |
2013-05-12T09:50:02.783472 |
2015-03-07T09:32:18.214501 |
James Cook was born in 1728 in Yorkshire. Apprenticed to a coal shipper in
Whitby he began to learn the skills of sound navigation and accurate charting.
In 1755 he joined the Royal Navy and steadily advanced. In North America he
took part in the siege of Quebec City, and began coastal surveys of Nova
Scotia and Newfoundland. In 1768 Cook was promoted to become commander of
Endeavour Bark sent to Tahiti to observe the transit of Venus. The Admiralty
in asecret instructionsa asked Cook to find the mythical southern continent.
In 1769 Cook circumnavigated New Zealand, charted its coast and took formal
possession for England. On 19 April 1770 Cook sighted another coastline.
Sailing north Cook landed at Botany Bay. And charted 5000 miles of coastline
with great accuracy. Cook took formal possession of New South Wales for
England. In 1772 Cook led a second expedition to confirm the great south land.
In 1777, Cookas third voyage explored the Pacific coasts of North America and
Siberia. Cook was killed on 14 February 1779 in the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii).
This dataset contains transcripts of Cookas journal with corresponding links
to the digitised pages. Where possible, location information has been
extracted. For further information please see the aRead mea file within the
dataset. Data has been sourced from [South Seas](http://southseas.nla.gov.au/)
and the [Manuscripts collection](http://nla.gov.au/nla.ms-ms1) of the National
Library of Australia.
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data.gov.au |
https://data.gov.au/dataset/7f03ac78-7210-4702-8cd5-f3e373f4097b |
1768-1771 |
|
endeavour-journal.zip |
http://data.gov.au/storage/f/2013-05-12T194932/tmpeCKIYWendeavour-journal.zip |
ZIP |
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2013-05-12T09:50:10.709889 |
|
941044.0 |
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia |
| 565 |
Picture Australia metadata |
National Library of Australia |
National Library of Australia |
2013-05-12T09:30:42.974512 |
2015-03-07T09:30:46.559457 |
[Picture Australia](http://www.pictureaustralia.org) is an Internet based
service that allows you to search many significant online pictorial
collections at the same time. When you do a search on Picture Australia,
thumbnail images are retrieved from [participating institutions](http://www.pi
ctureaustralia.org/contribute/participants/index.html) on the fly and inserted
into the search results.
Picture Australia provides access to images that cover all aspects of
Australiana:
* Artworks include paintings, drawings, prints and posters of abstract art, fine art and portraits
* Photographs capture people, places and events
* Objects include sculpture, scrimshaw, bark, costume, weapons
* Images may be in black and white or full colour.
This dataset contains metadata from all participating institutions (except for
those from the State Library of Tasmania).
|
data.gov.au |
https://data.gov.au/dataset/86bb09b6-acc9-4666-b464-9cf3fe59080b |
Not specified |
|
picture-australia.zip |
http://data.gov.au/storage/f/2013-05-12T193018/tmpGGITPopicture-australia.zip |
ZIP |
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2013-05-12T09:35:22.997881 |
2013-05-12 |
216396788.0 |
notspecified |