Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that the National Archives' website and collection contain the names, images and voices of people who have died.
Some records include terms and views that are not appropriate today. They reflect the period in which they were created and are not the views of the National Archives.
Cartoon of members of Parliament doing a dictation test
[Ten caricatured politicians sit at desks in a classroom, with another standing at the front wearing a white 'dunce cap', while a man in a traditional teacher’s outfit labelled 'CASEY' reads from a piece of paper.]
Write down the following: - "In promulgating your esoteric cogitations, or articulating your superfluous sentimentalities or amicable, philosophical or physiological observations, beware of platitudinous ponderosities [sic]. Let your extemporaneous descantings [sic] and unpremeditated expatiations have intelligibility, veracious vivacity… …"
