Alice Springs Public Library

In 2024, Wikimedia Australia entered into a partnership with Alice Springs Public Library to add images from their Central Australian Historical Images Collection to Wikimedia Commons.

Sharing Central Australian histories with respect, A Wikimedia Australia and Alice Springs Public Library Collaboration. Wikimania 2025 poster. Aliceinthealice, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Central Australian Historical Images Cellection on Wikimedia Commons

• Anton Faymann Collection
• Donald and Isabel Dowling Collection
• George Bastian Collection
• Hamilton Downs Collection
• Pat Govers Collection
• Stan Cawood Collection
• Joe and Eleanor Mengel Collection
• Lionel and Heather Whittaker Collection
• Bill and Daphne Vivian Collection
• Chas Wales Collection
• Dale Conrick Collection
• Pat McDonald Collection
• Rhondda Tomlinson Collection
• Roger Crowe Collection
• Suzanne Blakely Collection

See all the images in the Wikimedia Commons Category for Central Australian Historical Images.

Project Dashboards

• Project statistics for the 2024/2025 financial year

Contact

Project Coordinator: Alice Woods

Alice Springs Public Library Services Manager: Dunja Ganama

Blog Posts:

Central Australian images on Wikimedia Commons The Anton Faymann Collection is now on Wikimedia Commons. This collection consists of 85 images taken primarily in Alice Springs (Mparntwe).

Alice Springs Wartime Heritage on Wikimedia Commons The Dowling Collection is now on Wikimedia Commons. Taken between 1938 and 1948 these photographs capture the transformative impact of World War II on Alice Springs and the Northern Territory.

Work continues adding Central Australian Historical Images to Wikimedia Commons Over 1,000 images have now been added to Wikimedia Commons

Presentations and publications

Sharing Central Australian Histories with Respect: A Wikimedia Australia and Alice Springs Public Library Collaboration 2025 Blog post on Diff from Alice Woods about the project.

ALIA INCITE Magazine - Issue 04 2024 - Wikimedia Australia’s partnership with Alice Springs Public Library.pdf Reproduced with permission from ALIA and published under a CC by 4.0

2024 ESEAP Conference A presentation at the 2024 ESEAP Conference in Kota Kinabalu. Presented by Alice Woods and Belinda Spry from Wikimedia Australia