Wallpaper
Dick Whittington and his Cat
The tall tale of Dick Whittington and his adventurous cat reminded children that good deeds and generosity will ultimately lead to great fortune
Handmade wallpaper: Morrison's of Sydney
Morrison's built a successful wallpaper manfacturing business in early 20th century Sydney
Mr Fox's wallpapers
The digitisation of NSW school files at NSW State Archives has resulted in an unusual discovery: 19th-century wallpaper samples
Sci-fi wallpaper (and other designs for children)
We dug deep into our collections and found wonderfully whimsical wallpaper, designed for children’s bedroom walls
The beauties we find
At the rear of the Heritage Team office in the northern range of Hyde Park Barracks there is a room that was the quarters of the District Court Judge
The cultural history of wallpaper
Wallpaper, once dismissed as old and fusty, is having something of a resurgence of late
Trainspotting wallpaper from Blackdown, Bathurst NSW
Although the railway did not officially arrive at the New South Wales town of Bathurst until 1876, at a nearby property, Blackdown, a virtual railway station had been created more than 20 years earlier
Wall to wall: a marvellous wallpaper collection
A remarkable donation of over 3000 wallpaper samples by John and Phyllis Murphy adds to our existing collection to form Australia’s largest repository of historic wallpapers
Wallpaper 'sandwich' from Pyrmont
A ‘sandwich’ of many layers of wallpaper uncovered behind timber panelling has opened a small, colourful window into the popularity of wallpaper in mid 19th century Sydney