http://www.resourcetipshop.com/appleland fragments of tasmanian lives Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:46:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="567" caption="Appleland invitation"][/caption] Appleland: Fragments of Tasmanian Lives Moonah Arts Centre Exhibition dates: Friday 23th Oct – Friday 6th Nov Opening night: Friday 23th October @ 6 pm http://www.resourcetipshop.com/appleland/?p=151 No writing on the back of this one. http://www.resourcetipshop.com/appleland/?p=116 Fascinating military photo of planning for the Australian paratrooper mission into the Markham River area in New Guinea during the Second World War. The Australians were supported by American paratroopers of the 503rd Parachute Regiment in September 1943. On the back: "Lt Maker (right) Seargent Angus (left) At work on model of Markham River, New ... http://www.resourcetipshop.com/appleland/?p=102 Family photos - possibly of a French family, as there was some accompanying bits of paper with French language on them, while the architecture in the background of some of the pictures would support this...[gallery] http://www.resourcetipshop.com/appleland/?p=72 Written on the back: Zehan, Tas Frances Wells Later Corrigan Written on the back: "At Zehan, Tas Frances Wells on right hand." Which begs the question; who is on the left? http://www.resourcetipshop.com/appleland/?p=93 [gallery] A series of photographs that came from 3 unbound pages of the same album. http://www.resourcetipshop.com/appleland/?p=38 Great photographs found as part of an office load of Waterside Workers' Federation (WWF) files thrown away. An interesting coincidence was one of our workers finding documents written by her own father while sorting through the find. Resource Work Cooperative donated some fabulous ledgers dating back to 1905, some worker's handbooks, ... http://www.resourcetipshop.com/appleland/?p=27 This year Resource will be staging a new exhibition of pre-1950s photographs salvaged from the South Hobart Waste Management Centre at McRobies gully. Resource workers will be busy in the coming months, sorting, cataloging and researching photographs ready for the exhibition. Some of you may remember the "Welcome to Appleland" exhibition ... http://www.resourcetipshop.com/appleland/?p=132 Beautiful portrait of two sisters? Late 1800s or early 1900s? Nothing written on the back of this one. http://www.resourcetipshop.com/appleland/?p=4 All the pictures on this website have been salvaged from McRobies Gully Waste Management Centre in South Hobart, Tasmania by Resource Work Cooperative. Without this, quite simply, all these photographs would now be in landfill - buried under tons of household garbage, building waste and mud. There are many reasons why ... http://www.resourcetipshop.com/appleland/?p=21