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 prickly pear with war tanks, circular saws, rollers and poison spray

  This is a letter to the Bureau of Science and Industry regarding the destruction of prickly pear.

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  AIF recruitment poster – Are you shooting breakers when you should be behind a gun?

  This is a recruitment poster for the Australian Imperial Force (AIF). It shows a photograph of a soldier lying on the ground shooting a Bren light machine gun.

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  Australian soldiers at a bomb site in Darwin, Second World War

  This is a black-and-white photograph of six Australian soldiers at a bomb site in Darwin, Northern Territory, in 1942.

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  Australia–USA talks about Vietnam and nuclear weapons

  This is a 5-page record of high-level talks held in Canberra on 9 May 1962, between Australia and the United States.

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  Cablegram regarding the declaration of 'non-use' of nuclear weapons

  This is a confidential cablegram sent from the Department of External Affairs (DEA) on 14 September 1968 to the Australian consulate-general in Geneva.

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  Diversion of Australian troops in Burma – draft cablegram from Prime Minister John Curtin to Winston Churchill

  A draft cablegram from Prime Minister John Curtin to Winston Churchill. Curtin notes that Churchill ignored Australia's wishes by diverting ships towards Burma.

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  First British atomic bomb test on Montebello Islands – documentary

  Excerpt from the documentary film of the first British atomic bomb test.

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  First World War – India's offer of support to Great Britain

  Support offered by the princes and peoples of India in connection with the war.

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  Launch of Australia's first satellite – documentary

  This is an excerpt from the documentary film showing the launch of Australia's first scientific satellite.