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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  Cyclone Tracy – excerpt from ABC documentary The Darwin Story

  This is an excerpt from the ABC television documentary on Cyclone Tracy.

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  Damage from a bomb attack in Darwin, Second World War

  A black-and-white photograph showing damage from a Japanese bomb attack to an oil storage site on Stokes Hill, above Darwin harbour, in 1942.

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  Departure of survivors of Clan Ranald ship wreck – acknowledgement letter

  Letter from the Secretary, Department of External Affairs to the Acting Collector of Customs about the departure of survivors from the Clan Ranald ship wreck.

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  European migrants disembarking in Sydney

  This black-and-white photograph shows European migrants disembarking from a ship in Sydney.

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  First Turkish assisted passage migrants arrive in Sydney

  Since Australia became a nation in 1901, federal governments have adopted many different migration policies.

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  Glaciology traverse of Amery Ice Shelf, Antarctica

  A video of glaciologists on an expedition from Mawson Station, Antarctica.

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  Huskies pulling a sled in Antarctica

  This is a black-and-white photograph of ten husky dogs pulling a sled across snow in Antarctica.

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  Letter from student Denis Cox to Chief Scientist with a rocket design

  This is a hand-drawn diagram of a rocket ship by a young Denis Cox, sent in October 1957 to 'A Top Scientist at Woomera Rocket Range, South Australia'.

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  Mawson Station changeover, Antarctica

  This is a video about the 'changeover' — the process of relieving an over-wintering party at an Australian Antarctic station.