Records

Each record focuses on a single item from the National Archives' collection. Some records contain extra information to help you interpret them.

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  Destruction of dog Horrie – smuggled into Australia by returning soldier

  A letter from the NSW Animal quarantine division, informing the Division of Veterinary Hygiene about the destruction of a dog named Horrie.

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  Destruction of dog smuggled into Australia by returned soldier – Horrie

  Memo for the Secretary, Attorney-General's Department, regarding the destruction of a smuggled dog.

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  Dingo at Innamincka Station in South Australia

  Photograph of a dingo at Innamincka Station.

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  Douglas Mawson describing his ordeal in Antarctica – Radio telegram to Professor Edgeworth David

  This radio telegram was written in 1913 by Douglas Mawson, leader of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition.

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  Emperor Penguin rookery at Mt Taylor, Antarctica – field trip report from Western Coastal Journey

  A report on the emperor penguin rookery at Mt Taylor. It observes that 'abandoned eggs' may be due to 'sudden fright from a fall of ice from the glacier'.

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  Excerpt from documentary film The Shearers at a typical sheep station

  Excerpt from the documentary film showing a shearing team at a typical sheep station.

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  Expeditioners collect Adelie penguins, Antarctica

  Black-and-white photograph of Dr Xavier Mertz, John Hunter and Lieutenant Belgrave Ninnis collecting Adélie Penguins.

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  Farmers protesting raising interest rates in Canberra

  This is a coloured photograph taken of the 1985 farmers' rally in Canberra. It shows five men on horseback carrying flags and a banner.

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  General Sir John Monash leading Melbourne's Anzac Day parade

  This is a black-and-white photograph of General Sir John Monash leading the parade for the 1931 Anzac Day march in Melbourne.