Userscript to change url of searches in SLNSW Pictures & Manuscripts catalogue to something easily shareable.

slnsw-ms-catalogue-links.user.js

// ==UserScript==
// @name         SLNSW Manuscripts Catalogue Search Links
// @namespace    http://timsherratt.org/slnsw-ms-catalogue-links
// @version      0.1
// @description  Change url of searches in MS catalogue to something shareable
// @author       Tim Sherratt (@wragge)
// @match        http://archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/results
// @grant        GM_xmlhttpRequest
// @connect      archival.sl.nsw.gov.au
// ==/UserScript==


(function() {
    'use strict';
    GM_xmlhttpRequest({
        method: 'GET',
        url: 'http://archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/history',
        onload: function(response) {
            var page = response.responseText;
            var links = page.match(/(search\/simple\/repeat?.*?)"/g);
            var link = links.pop();
            window.history.pushState({}, '', 'http://archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/' + link);
        }
    });
})();

Install Tampermonkey in your browser. Then click on the 'Raw' button above. You'll be asked to confirm that you want to install this script.

Try a search in the Manuscripts, Oral History and Pictures catalogue. The script replaces the url in your browser's location bar with one that you can copy, save or share.