Feb 5, 2012
Bedroom, David Scott Mitchell's residence, c. 1907, by unknown photographer by State Library of New South Wales collection on Flickr.
Via Flickr: David Scott Mitchell (1836-1907) was an avid collector of Australiana. In 1898 Mitchell agreed to bequeath his collection to the state of NSW provided that the government constructed a new Library building to house it. His gift is perhaps one of the greatest acts of benefaction ever seen in Australia. The Mitchell Library was officially opened on 8 March 1910, and opened to the public the next day, 9 March. www.onehundred.sl.nsw.gov.au/100-years/DS-Mitchell-and-th... From the collection of the State Library of New South Wales
Exile Bibliophile: Adventures in Book Collecting/
