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slnsw-card--size-sm slnsw-card--image-align-left slnsw-card--read-more-display node node--type-landing-page-tile node--view-mode-homepage-tile slnsw-card"> <div class="slnsw-card__wrap"> <div class="slnsw-card-with-image__card_label"> </div> <figure class="slnsw-card__image"> <ul class="slnsw-card__image__badges slnsw-d10-badges"> </ul> <a href="https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/stories/gifts-sea" class="slnsw-card__image__link"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/lpt_750/public/shells_004.jpg?h=745fda46&itok=0Skgdcx6 1x, /sites/default/files/styles/lpt_1500/public/shells_004.jpg?h=745fda46&itok=u44Obfdi 2x" media="all and (min-width: 768px)" type="image/jpeg" width="750" height="482"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/lpt_750/public/shells_004.jpg?h=745fda46&itok=0Skgdcx6 1x, /sites/default/files/styles/lpt_1500/public/shells_004.jpg?h=745fda46&itok=u44Obfdi 2x" media="all and (min-width: 576px)" type="image/jpeg" width="750" height="482"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/lpt_750/public/shells_004.jpg?h=745fda46&itok=0Skgdcx6 1x, /sites/default/files/styles/lpt_1120/public/shells_004.jpg?h=745fda46&itok=JRpWmUtZ 2x" type="image/jpeg" width="750" height="482"/> <img loading="lazy" class="slnsw-card__image__inner" width="560" height="390" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_560/public/shells_004.jpg?itok=Yxcy-QLc" alt="Illustration from The Voyager’s Companion or Shell Collector’s Pilot, 1825, by J Mawe" /> </picture> </a> </figure> <div class="slnsw-card__content"> <ul class="flush slnsw-card__content__badges slnsw-d10-badges"> </ul> <a href="https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/stories/gifts-sea" class="slnsw-card__image__link slnsw-card__content__title"> <h3 > Gifts from the sea </h3> </a> <div class="slnsw-card__content__content"> <div><p>The timeless appeal of shells has seen them preserved in many ways over the centuries.</p></div> </div> <div class="slnsw-card__content__cta"> <a href="https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/stories/gifts-sea" class="slnsw-card__content__cta__icon"> <span class="sr-only"> <h3 > Gifts from the sea </h3> </span> </a> </div> <div class="slnsw-card__content__buttons"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="carousel__item"> <div class="slnsw-card--fill-yes slnsw-card--orientation-horizontal slnsw-card--size-sm slnsw-card--image-align-left slnsw-card--read-more-display node node--type-landing-page-tile node--view-mode-homepage-tile slnsw-card"> <div class="slnsw-card__wrap"> <div class="slnsw-card-with-image__card_label"> </div> <figure class="slnsw-card__image"> <ul class="slnsw-card__image__badges slnsw-d10-badges"> </ul> <a href="https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/stories/george-caddy-collection/george-caddy-collection-introduction" class="slnsw-card__image__link"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/lpt_750/public/landing-pages/tiles/images/a2391013colour.jpg?itok=1_6UVShS 1x, /sites/default/files/styles/lpt_1500/public/landing-pages/tiles/images/a2391013colour.jpg?itok=1csEfrfT 2x" media="all and (min-width: 768px)" type="image/jpeg" width="750" height="450"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/lpt_750/public/landing-pages/tiles/images/a2391013colour.jpg?itok=1_6UVShS 1x, /sites/default/files/styles/lpt_1500/public/landing-pages/tiles/images/a2391013colour.jpg?itok=1csEfrfT 2x" media="all and (min-width: 576px)" type="image/jpeg" width="750" height="450"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/lpt_750/public/landing-pages/tiles/images/a2391013colour.jpg?itok=1_6UVShS 1x, /sites/default/files/styles/lpt_1120/public/landing-pages/tiles/images/a2391013colour.jpg?itok=XbjcaGKa 2x" type="image/jpeg" width="750" height="450"/> <img loading="lazy" class="slnsw-card__image__inner" width="560" height="336" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_560/public/landing-pages/tiles/images/a2391013colour.jpg?itok=Jm7JhWF7" alt="Beachobatics and jitterbug photographs, Bondi Beach, 1936-1941, 1943 / by George Caddy (with blue colour)" /> </picture> </a> </figure> <div class="slnsw-card__content"> <ul class="flush slnsw-card__content__badges slnsw-d10-badges"> </ul> <a href="https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/stories/george-caddy-collection/george-caddy-collection-introduction" class="slnsw-card__image__link slnsw-card__content__title"> <h3 > Summer in Sydney </h3> </a> <div class="slnsw-card__content__content"> <div><p>The life and lens of photographer George Caddy.</p></div> </div> <div class="slnsw-card__content__cta"> <a href="https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/stories/george-caddy-collection/george-caddy-collection-introduction" class="slnsw-card__content__cta__icon"> <span class="sr-only"> <h3 > Summer in Sydney </h3> </span> </a> </div> <div class="slnsw-card__content__buttons"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="carousel__item"> <div class="slnsw-card--fill-yes slnsw-card--orientation-horizontal slnsw-card--size-sm slnsw-card--image-align-left slnsw-card--read-more-display node node--type-landing-page-tile node--view-mode-homepage-tile slnsw-card"> <div class="slnsw-card__wrap"> <div class="slnsw-card-with-image__card_label"> </div> <figure class="slnsw-card__image"> <ul class="slnsw-card__image__badges slnsw-d10-badges"> </ul> <a href="https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/stories/kathleens-voyage-love-story" class="slnsw-card__image__link"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/lpt_750/public/detail_fl18915491.jpg?h=f8448502&itok=HFUhLKpU 1x, /sites/default/files/styles/lpt_1500/public/detail_fl18915491.jpg?h=f8448502&itok=8UrCBL0m 2x" media="all and (min-width: 768px)" type="image/jpeg" width="750" height="482"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/lpt_750/public/detail_fl18915491.jpg?h=f8448502&itok=HFUhLKpU 1x, /sites/default/files/styles/lpt_1500/public/detail_fl18915491.jpg?h=f8448502&itok=8UrCBL0m 2x" media="all and (min-width: 576px)" type="image/jpeg" width="750" height="482"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/lpt_750/public/detail_fl18915491.jpg?h=f8448502&itok=HFUhLKpU 1x, /sites/default/files/styles/lpt_1120/public/detail_fl18915491.jpg?h=f8448502&itok=pTkvdB4k 2x" type="image/jpeg" width="750" height="482"/> <img loading="lazy" class="slnsw-card__image__inner" width="560" height="511" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_560/public/detail_fl18915491.jpg?itok=OrmkPtjJ" alt="Detail: [The Kathleen Gillet in full sail], oil on card, Kathleen's voyage number 2, Thursday Island to Christmas Island, July-August 1947" /> </picture> </a> </figure> <div class="slnsw-card__content"> <ul class="flush slnsw-card__content__badges slnsw-d10-badges"> </ul> <a href="https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/stories/kathleens-voyage-love-story" class="slnsw-card__image__link slnsw-card__content__title"> <h3 > Kathleen’s voyage: A love story </h3> </a> <div class="slnsw-card__content__content"> <div><p>Passion separated by the oceans revealed in logbook love letters.</p></div> </div> <div class="slnsw-card__content__cta"> <a href="https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/stories/kathleens-voyage-love-story" class="slnsw-card__content__cta__icon"> <span class="sr-only"> <h3 > Kathleen’s voyage: A love story </h3> </span> </a> </div> <div class="slnsw-card__content__buttons"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="carousel__item"> <div class="slnsw-card--fill-yes slnsw-card--orientation-horizontal slnsw-card--size-sm slnsw-card--image-align-left slnsw-card--read-more-display node node--type-landing-page-tile node--view-mode-homepage-tile slnsw-card"> <div class="slnsw-card__wrap"> <div class="slnsw-card-with-image__card_label"> </div> <figure class="slnsw-card__image"> <ul class="slnsw-card__image__badges slnsw-d10-badges"> </ul> <a href="https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/stories/five-bridges" class="slnsw-card__image__link"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/lpt_750/https/files-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/fotoweb/public_archive/1141/11414150.jpg?itok=tK2m459w 1x, /sites/default/files/styles/lpt_1500/https/files-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/fotoweb/public_archive/1141/11414150.jpg?itok=uu5Bt37m 2x" media="all and (min-width: 768px)" type="image/jpeg" width="750" height="620"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/lpt_750/https/files-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/fotoweb/public_archive/1141/11414150.jpg?itok=tK2m459w 1x, /sites/default/files/styles/lpt_1500/https/files-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/fotoweb/public_archive/1141/11414150.jpg?itok=uu5Bt37m 2x" media="all and (min-width: 576px)" type="image/jpeg" width="750" height="620"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/lpt_750/https/files-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/fotoweb/public_archive/1141/11414150.jpg?itok=tK2m459w 1x, /sites/default/files/styles/lpt_1120/https/files-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/fotoweb/public_archive/1141/11414150.jpg?itok=Ptr4L59p 2x" type="image/jpeg" width="750" height="620"/> <img loading="lazy" class="slnsw-card__image__inner" width="560" height="465" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_560/https/files-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/fotoweb/public_archive/1141/11414150.jpg?h=48e3f678&itok=HXYSH_vI" /> </picture> </a> </figure> <div class="slnsw-card__content"> <ul class="flush slnsw-card__content__badges slnsw-d10-badges"> </ul> <a href="https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/stories/five-bridges" class="slnsw-card__image__link slnsw-card__content__title"> <h3 > The five bridges </h3> </a> <div class="slnsw-card__content__content"> <div><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(44, 44, 44);display:inline !important;float:none;font-family:"Gotham A", "Gotham B", Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, 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width="750" height="817"/> <img loading="lazy" class="slnsw-card__image__inner portrait" width="560" height="610" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_560/public/e33677_pxd682_11_2000.jpg?itok=bWo7lBSc" alt="Illustration of a ferry on the river, with the Sydney Harbour Bridge in the background." /> </picture> </a> </figure> <div class="slnsw-card__content"> <ul class="flush slnsw-card__content__badges slnsw-d10-badges"> </ul> <a href="https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/stories/stories-sun" class="slnsw-card__image__link slnsw-card__content__title"> <h3 > Stories in the sun </h3> </a> <div class="slnsw-card__content__content"> <div><p>Explore the Library's vast collections on Australian children’s book publishing in the ‘golden age’ of the 1970s and 80s.</p></div> </div> <div class="slnsw-card__content__cta"> <a href="https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/stories/stories-sun" class="slnsw-card__content__cta__icon"> <span class="sr-only"> <h3 > Stories in the sun </h3> </span> </a> </div> <div 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