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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  Champion boxer Lionel Rose

  A 1968 photograph of Aboriginal boxer Lionel Rose working out at a gymnasium, most-likely at the home of his trainer, Jack Rennie, in Essendon.

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  Charles Kingsford Smith's application for a pilot's licence

  This is the front and back of an application form for a commercial pilot's licence submitted by pioneer Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith in 1921.

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  Cobb & Co coach travel

  This is a black-and-white photograph of a Cobb & Co coach in Yuleba, Queensland, fully laden with passengers and mail.

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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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  Douglas Mawson returning to Australia with rescue party and members of Macquarie Island Base

  This is a black-and-white photograph of Douglas Mawson taken in 1914, with the rescue party returning to Australia.

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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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  George Heath and Chips Rafferty on the set of 'Eureka Stockade'

  Black-and-white photograph of George Heath, Chips Rafferty and a man in the centre captioned only as 'Haring', who may be Harry Watt, the film director.

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  Indigenous activist and leader, Charles Perkins

  A black-and-white photograph of Indigenous activist, leader and public servant Charles Perkins at his desk at the Department of Aboriginal Affairs in Canberra.

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  Indigenous activists Eddie Mabo and Jack Wailu on Mer (Murray Island)

  A black-and-white photograph showing Eddie Mabo with his friend and neighbour Jack Wailu on Mer (Murray Island) in the Torres Strait Islands, in September 1989.