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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  Female apprentice learning metal trade

  This is a 1967 black-and-white photograph of Dawn Wild, an apprentice fitter and machinist in Sydney.

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  Former serviceman's death – letter from widow to Repatriation Department

  A letter from widow Barbara Leane asking for her husband's death to be accepted as war service. Without this decision, she could not receive a pension.

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  Gay pride march in Adelaide

  This is a colour photograph of the first gay pride demonstration by gay activists in Adelaide, South Australia, in 1973.

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  Gold medallist swimmer Dawn Fraser at the Melbourne Olympics

  Colour photograph of Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser taken during the Melbourne Olympic Games in 1956.

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  Graves of soldier sons – letter to Prime Minister Stanley Melbourne Bruce

  A letter from Annie Munro to Prime Minister Stanley Bruce in 1928, asking for government assistance to visit her sons' graves. Her request was denied.

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  International Women's Day rally, Melbourne

  This black-and-white photograph was taken on 8 March 1975 at the first International Women's Day rally held in Australia.

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  International Women's Day rally, Melbourne

  This black-and-white photograph was taken on 8 March 1975 at the first International Women's Day rally held in Australia.

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  Jessie Street appointed peace conference delegate

  A newspaper article about the appointment of feminist Jessie Street as a delegate to the San Francisco Peace Conference in 1945, by Prime Minister John Curtin.

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  Joan Child, Speaker of the House of Representatives

  This is a colour photograph of Joan Child, the Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1986 to 1989.