Farewell Picture Australia

I have noticed recently that a couple of genealogists have referred others to Picture Australia to search for images from the National Library of Australia's collection. In one seminar I attended the presenter told me that Picture Australia held different images from Trove. I didn't want to argue but put it on my list to check out later.

I was under the impression that all of Picture Australia's images were available through Trove. I just checked the Picture Australia site to find here that this has been the case since 2009. As a result I have been using Trove exclusively to locate images.

What I had missed was the April 18 2012 announcement, Picture Australia with a new lens, indicating that "Over the next two months, the Library will be integrating some essential Picture Australia discovery functions into Trove, and switching off its separate user interface at www.pictureaustralia.org." June 30th  2012 is the anticipated date for this change.

I also noticed on Flickr that the Picture Australia Group has been renamed Trove: Australia in Pictures. "

If you are using Picture Australia for image searches it is now time to move over to Trove.

Contribute to Picture Australia

Do you have photos of your ancestors and family at work or play? Do you have photographs of events or locations that you would like to share with others? By contributing your photos to Picture Australia, the National Library of Australia's collection, you can help to establish a collective memory of Australian people, places and events.

The collection is searchable through Picture Australia. By sharing and appropriately describing your images you can make your interests more visible to other genealogists. I notice that Sydney genealogist, Carole Riley, has posted a set of old photos of people that appear to be her ancestors.