The National Library of Australia today posted their 100,000th digital image--an orphaned joey in a sweater. Awwww.
Australian history has many parallels with that of the American West, as these digital collections remind us. Indigenous peoples. Gold Rushes. Steamboats. Aboriginal drawings reminiscent of North American Ledger Art. Fire. Frontier travel. Daring outlaws. Chinese immigrants.
This collection would make for an easy comparative frontiers lecture, or an assignment for a class.
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