The Age · National / NSW

From fruit stickers to human hair: The State Library’s strangest collections

· By Julie Power
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A collection of fruit stickers from Sydney’s northern beaches doesn’t seem to have much in common with slightly icky, Victorian-era mourning jewellery made from human hair, a book smaller than the nail on a pinky finger, or the original First Fleet journals.

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