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Wikipedia:GLAM/State Library of New South Wales/SLNSW Staff Training June 2016

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Trainers:

Agenda

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ORIENTATION

  • Add your user name to the State Library project page
  • Add a description to your user page
  • Orientation to the layout of a Wikipedia article

EDITING

  • Improving existing stub articles
  • Creating an article in your sandbox

Content

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Content for this workshop is editing biographical stub articles for notable NSW people. Participants will be allocated an article and improve the stub by gaining practice in:

  • Adding a sentence and reference
  • Adding a link
  • Adding a heading
  • Adding an infobox
  • Adding an image

Stub articles

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# Person Biographical references SLNSW Cat Record (Collections) Image Allocation
1 Phyllis Margery Anderson (1842-1930) Pathologist and founder of Medical Women's Society of NSW ADB http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/anderson-phyllis-margery-5020 [Medical Women's Society of NSW records, 1970-2003]
Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children (Camperdown)
Kandlewiki
2 John Belisario (1820-1900) Surgeon ADB http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/belisario-john-2967 Belisario family miscellaneous papers No image Suzebrass (talk · contribs)
3 Richard Browne (1776-1824) Convict artist Discover Collections http://www2.sl.nsw.gov.au/archive/discover_collections/history_nation/macquarie/artists/browne/index.html Collection of portraits, predominantly of Aborigines of NSW and Tasmania Select specimens from nature of the birds animals & c of NSW
Lyrebird from Richard Browne's "Select specimen's from nature of the birds animals & c of New South Wales"
Refjulib
4 John Creed (1842-1930) Politician and Doctor ADB http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/creed-john-mildred-3287 John Mildred Creed papers
Portrait of John Mildred Creed
Ktweeddale (talk · contribs)
5 Bruce Dellit (1898-1942) Architect ADB http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dellit-charles-bruce-9947 ANZAC War Memorial and other architectural drawings
ANZAC War Memorial, Hyde Park - Drawing by Charles Bruce Dellit, Architect
gilbert.or.george (talk · contribs)
6 Henry Halloran (1811-1893) Poet ADB http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/halloran-henry-1661 Obituaries Australia http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/halloran-henry-1661 Halloran Family papers
Henry Halloran, ca. 1860-1865 - portrait
Librarianmac
7 Mirrie Hill (1889-1893) Composer ADB http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hill-mirrie-irma-jaffa-12637 Hill family - papers, music and pictorial material of Alfred Hill and Mirrie Hill, 1854-1984
MirrieHill
Beklee (talk · contribs)
8 Sir Edward Knox (1889-1986) Businessman ADB http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/knox-sir-edward-573 Obituaries Australia http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/knox-sir-edward-573 Knox Family papers
Sir Edward Knox portrait
User:Odysseus voyage14
9 Rose Lindsay (1885-1978) Model, Printmaker, Author ADB http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/lindsay-rose-13047 Lindsay family papers, ca. 1893-1963
Rose Lindsay, ca. 1925
User:Aliaretiree
10 Charles Moore (1820-1895) Businessman and Politician ADB http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/moore-charles-4228 City of Sydney website http://www.sydneyaldermen.com.au/alderman/charles-moore/ Australian men of mark
Charles Moore (after whom Moore Park is named) from Album of portraits collected by John William Richard Clarke, ca. 1866-1909
CageS3Newspaper (talk · contribs)
11 Charles Moore (1820-1905) Botanist and Director of Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney ADB http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/moore-charles-4229 EOAS http://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000108b.htm Trove Obit http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/14701541 Papers relating to Charles Moore, 1878-1895; with newspaper cuttings
Portrait of Charles Moore by Freeman and Co. Ltd. (copied by NSW Gov. Printer)
Mygodne
12 John Thomas Playfair (1832-1893) Benefactor and Politician ADB http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/playfair-john-thomas-4405 City of Sydney website http://www.sydneyaldermen.com.au/alderman/thomas-playfair/ The Playfair story, 1860-1960
John Thomas Playfair from Album of portraits collected by John William Richard Clarke, ca.1866-1909
Archivalrose (talk · contribs)

Articles to be created

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# Article References SLNSW References Image Allocation
1 James Henry Ashton (1819-1889) Circus proprietor ADB http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ashton-james-henry-5598 OA http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/ashton-james-henry-jimmy-16699 Mark St. Leon research papers…includes early history of circus in Australia, the origins of Ashton's Circus and a brief record of its travels in Australia and correspondence with James Henry Ashton, founder of Ashton's Circus
James H. Ashton, Anglo Saxon Circus, 1864
Beklee (talk) 05:27, 8 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
2 Una Mabel Bourne (1882-1974) Pianist and Composer ADB http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bourne-una-mabel-5307
Una Bourne, Australian pianist, 1922 / Alice Mills, The Centreway, Melbourne
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3 Rev Robert Cartwright (1771-1856) Anglican clergyman ADB http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cartwright-robert-1882 Discover Collections http://www2.sl.nsw.gov.au/archive/discover_collections/history_nation/religion/foundations/ofthecloth.html
Rev. Robert Cartwright, born 1771, died 1856 [framed portrait]
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4 Edward Miller Gard Eddy (1851-1897) Chief Commissioner for Railways ADB http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/eddy-edward-miller-gard-6084 Grace's Guide to British Industrial History http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Edward_Miller_Gard_Eddy
Mr. E.M.G. Eddy, Chief Commissioner for Railways
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5 Sister Laura Francis (1865-1946) Sydney Methodist Missionary/charity worker Australian Dictionary of Evangelical Biography http://webjournals.ac.edu.au/ojs/index.php/ADEB/article/view/1221/1218 Discover Collections http://www2.sl.nsw.gov.au/archive/discover_collections/history_nation/religion/city_missions/Francis.html Laura Francis journals, 4 August 1890-29 May 1891
Portrait photograph of Laura Francis
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6 James Freeman (1840-1870) photographer - Freeman Studios ADB http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/freeman-james-3896 DAAO https://www.daao.org.au/bio/james-freeman/biography/ Freeman Studio, Sydney, studio portraits, 1855 -
Freeman and Co., Sydney, advertisement, 1900
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7 Phyllis Mander-Jones (1896-1984) Archivist, Librarian ADB http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/jones-phyllis-mander-12705 Australian Women's Register http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE4350b.htm Phyllis Mander Jones papers, 1914-1983 Phyllis Mander-Jones interviewed by Baiba Berzins concerning her career at the State Library of New South Wales, 1983
Australian Institute of Librarians' inaugural meeting at Canberra, August 20, 1937 - Phyllis Mander Jones back row 6 from left
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8 James Mathers (1852-1911) Sydney City Mission/ charity worker Discover Collections http://www2.sl.nsw.gov.au/archive/discover_collections/history_nation/religion/city_missions/mathers.html Australian Dictionary of Evangelical Biography http://webjournals.ac.edu.au/ojs/index.php/ADEB/article/view/977/974 James Mathers - journals of mission work among the poor in Sydney, 1897-1911 (digitised)
James Mathers - Sydney City Mission
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9 Richard Read Senior (1765-1829) convict artist ADB http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/read-richard-2577 Discover Collections http://www2.sl.nsw.gov.au/archive/discover_collections/history_nation/macquarie/artists/read/index.html Richard Reid, Senior – portraits, scenes of the colony, Sydney wildlife etc.
View of the Heads Port Jackson - Richard Read Senior a128859
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10 Elizabeth Jane Ward (1842 - 1908) evangelist, milliner and philanthropist ADB http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ward-elizabeth-jane-8980 Australian Women's Register http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE3972b.htm Australian Dictionary of Evangelical Biography http://webjournals.ac.edu.au/ojs/index.php/ADEB/article/view/720/717 Trove resources http://trove.nla.gov.au/people/744085?c=people Out of weakness made strong: being a record of the life and labours of Mrs E.J. Ward, with photos /preface by the Rev. Canon Boyce (DS Mitchell collection) No image Allocation
11 Austral Groves "Strella" Wilson (1894-1989) soprano ADB http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/wilson-austral-groves-strella-15795 Trove interview http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/45994015
Studio portrait of soprano Strella Wilson
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12 Mary Elizabeth Windeyer (1837-1912) Australian women's rights campaigner ADB http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/windeyer-lady-mary-elizabeth-1059 Australian Women's Register http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE2168b.htm Trove resources http://trove.nla.gov.au/people/742066?c=people Papers of Lady Windeyer 1854-1911 in Windeyer Family Papers 1829-1943
Lady Mary Elizabeth Windeyer 1890
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