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| Welcome
to the December edition |
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Our final edition for 2009 brings you season's
greetings, our latest grant winners, good
news about our 'search for Ethel' and the popular
quirky quiz. Our next edition will be in February
2010. |
| Season's greetings |
The National Archives wishes you a safe and
happy festive season. Hear our choir, Archivally
Sound perform 'Christmas bush and Christmas
bells', registered for copyright by Sydney
resident George Ince in 1955.
See famous artist Lionel
Lindsay's whimsical images about how ordinary
Australians and our native wildlife celebrate the
Christmas season.
Click here
for Christmas opening hours for National Archives'
galleries, reading rooms and telephone inquiry
service.
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| Cabinet records release
– check our website 1 January |
Be sure to check our website
on 1 January for a glimpse of the nation as it was
in 1979, with the annual Cabinet
records release.
These records reveal key decisions and events,
providing insight into the major issues of the
time.
This year we look back to 1979 with Malcolm
Fraser leading his third ministry into a fifth
year as Prime Minister.
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| We found Ethel! |
In our October edition we were 'desperately
seeking Ethel' – for letters or objects
connected with Ethel Bruce, wife of our eighth
prime minister – to be included in our latest
exhibition Stanley
Melbourne Bruce: Prime Minister &
Statesman.
Not only did we receive some fascinating
objects and information, but we also discovered
that ABC radio's PM presenter Mark Colvin is the
great-great-nephew of Stanley and Ethel Bruce.
Learn about 'the forgotten prime minister' on Mark's
blog. Also, watch the installation of our
exhibition on flickr.
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| New grant winners
announced |
The National
Archives' grant winners for 2009 have been
announced. Dr Christina Twomey from Monash
University was awarded the Frederick Watson
Fellowship for a study into Australia's National
Service Scheme.
Dr Twomey was a Margaret George fellow in 2004,
becoming the first to receive two awards in the
National Archives' grants program.
A team from Edith Cowan University led by Dr
Martin Masek, has received the Ian Maclean Award
for their simulation of submarine HMAS
AE2 for the Archives' website. Dr
Michele Cunningham from the University of Adelaide
has been granted the Margaret George Award for her
research into Australian and British prisoners of
war in Sandakan between 1942 and 1945.
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| This month in
history |
This month marks 90 years since the first
flight from England to Australia.
Flying a Vickers Vimy biplane, the crew,
Sirs Ross and Keith Smith and Sergeants Shiers and
Bennett (all wearing army uniforms) are
pictured along with a welcome party just after
landing in Darwin, 10 December 1919.
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| Shake your family tree
open day – 2010 |
Family history seekers, mark Tuesday 23
February 2010, in your diary for Shake
your family tree day, an open day in our
offices around the country.
Activities will help
you learn to locate family treasures that
could include service records, immigration and
citizenship applications, employment records,
copyright registrations, letters and
photographs.
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| Quirky quiz |
Congratulations to last month's winners Betty
Candy, NSW, Tony Lee, NSW, Geoff Millar, ACT, and
Diane Sharp, WA, who correctly answered 'FX
Holden'.
They have each received a copy of our
publication which accompanies our new exhibition
Stanley
Melbourne Bruce: Prime Minister &
Statesman. The 6th and 12th correct entries
received for this month's quirky quiz will each
win a Christmas pack of goodies.
Of value were we, as searched for we
would be, amongst the delights of the festive
fare, not swallowed, but licked with flair.
Search here
for a hint. Email us with
your answer in the subject line and your postal
address in the body of the email. View terms
and conditions.
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| Tip of the month – keep
your family memories intact |
Christmas means family reunions, festivities,
and for some, evading the home-movie enthusiast.
Plenty of households would have old videotapes
tucked away somewhere, containing precious
memories of summers past.
Known as ‘magnetic
media’ because of the magnetised film they
contain, these items can easily deteriorate.
To prolong their life, handle carefully and don’t
touch the film.
Store your videotapes in containers made of
plastic, rather than paper or cardboard, which
generate dust. Consider copying the data to a
CD-ROM. See more tips in our publication Keep
it for the future!
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