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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  Larrakia petition to the Queen for land rights

  This set of 3 images shows the 1972 petition to Queen Elizabeth II organised by the Larrakia people of the Kulaluk area (near Darwin) in the Northern Territory.

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  Letter from William Cooper on behalf of the Australian Aborigines League

  This is a letter written by William Cooper to the Minister for the Interior, Canberra, regarding the goals and views of the Australian Aborigines League.

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  National Aborigines Day in Canberra – Report on 1967 and 1968

  A report on National Aborigines Day by NADOC, ACT for 1967 and 1968. The reason for celebrating and the current theme.

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  Olympic athlete Cathy Freeman

  This is a colour photograph of Australian Olympic and Commonwealth athlete Cathy Freeman, aged 19 or 20, at a running track.

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  Petition to King George V from the 'Aboriginal Inhabitants of Australia’

  A typed page from a formal petition to King George V, requesting his intercession 'to prevent the extinction of the Aboriginal Race'.

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  Prime Minister Paul Keating

  This is a colour photograph of the Hon. Paul Keating, Australia's twenty-fourth Prime Minister.

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  Protest against bicentennial celebrations

  Aboriginal protest in Hobart against the Bicentennial celebrations.

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  Request for First Australian representation in federal parliament – Letter to Prime Minister Chifley

  This is a letter from Labor Member of Parliament Kim E Beazley (Senior) to Prime Minister Ben Chifley.

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  School students raise money to support Gurindji Wave Hill walk off

  Letter to Mr. Vincent Lingiari confirming support by school children for the Gurindji people.