This site is an expanded and significantly upgraded version of the Flickr Commons based tool I wrote several years ago. As well as a major design/UX overhaul, it now includes data from further providers such as those available through Europeana, and also the Imperial War Museum. I'd welcome further suggestions as the harvesting tool and database are easily extendable.
For information, questions and bug reports please contact James Morley @jamesinealing | james@jamesmorley.net
The data has been harvested from providers using some custom php scripts to query respective APIs based on dates. Data is harmonised and stored in a local mySql database.
Additional jQuery plugins are used to enhance the display, including Masonry and Bootstrap Image Gallery (based on blueimp).
The code is openly licensed so please feel free to copy, modify, distribute as you please. It will be shared on Github shortly!
Queen Elizabeth the Second alighting the Royal Barge in Sydney Harbour 1954]
Taken some time in 1954
National Library of Australia Commons
Royal tour decorations, statue of Queen Elizabeth II on horseback, Sydney, 1954 [transparency] /
Taken some time in 1954
National Library of Australia Commons
Snowy Mountains Scheme T-2 tunnel work, 1957, Dept. of Overseas Trade, Melbourne / Wolfgang Sievers
Taken some time in 1954
National Library of Australia Commons
The Lord Mayor of Hobart, Sir Richard Harris, receives the Queen after she leaves her car in front of Hobart Town Hall, Tasmania, 1954.
Taken some time in Feb 1954
National Library of Australia Commons
Her Majesty arrives at Parliament House, Canberra ... escorted by the Prime Minister, Mr. R.G. Menzies ... to open the third session of the 20th Federal Parliament on February 15 [1954]
Taken 15 Feb 1954
National Library of Australia Commons
H.M. Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip arrive at the Cocos Islands, April 1954
Taken some time in Apr 1954
National Library of Australia Commons