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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  Radio masts at Main Base, Cape Denison, Antarctica

  This is a black-and-white photograph of radio masts at the Main Base, Cape Denison, Antarctica from the Australasian Antarctic Expedition from 1911-14.

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  Royal Flying Doctors Service

  This is a black-and-white photograph of George Alder in a flat, dry and dusty paddock kneeling beside the first portable radio telephone in the outback, contacting the Flying Doctor Service in Broken Hill.

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  Scientists at Parkes Observatory during the first moon landing

  A photograph of Australian and American scientists at Australia's National Radio Astronomy Observatory at Parkes, during the Apollo 11 moon landing in July 1969

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  Second World War air raid precautions at the Sydney General Post Office

  This is a black-and-white photograph showing the air raid protection erected around the old Sydney General Post Office on the corner of Pitt Street and Martin Place.

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  The first ABC television program broadcast in colour - Aunty Jack

  Excerpt from the first ABC television program broadcast in colour.

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  The possibilities of television – letter to Prime Minister Robert Menzies

  A letter from the Reciprocal Trade Federation of the United Kingdom, discussing the possibilities of television and how it can be used in Australia.