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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  Operation of the Immigration Restriction Act in the Northern Territory, South Australia and Thursday Island

  Report regarding the operation of the Immigration Restriction Act.

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  Outline of Australian government's strategy to stop the Franklin Dam

  This is a cabinet minute from 1983, outlining the Commonwealth's strategy to stop the Franklin Dam in Tasmania.

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  Petition for equal voting rights for both sexes

  This is a one-page handwritten petition from the executive of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) of Australasia.

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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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  Portrait of Prime Minister Alfred Deakin

  This is a black-and-white photograph of the Hon. Alfred Deakin, Australia's second Prime Minister.

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  Portrait of Prime Minister Andrew Fisher

  This is a black-and-white photograph of the Rt Hon. Andrew Fisher, Australia’s fifth Prime Minister.

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  Portrait of Prime Minister Chris Watson

  This is a black-and-white photograph of Chris Watson, Australia's third Prime Minister.

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  Queen Elizabeth II signs the Proclamation of the Australia Act (Cth), 1986

  A colour photograph of Queen Elizabeth II seated at a table in Government House, Canberra, signing the Proclamation of the Australia Act (Cth) on 2 March 1986.

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  Referendum for 'Constitution Alteration (Aboriginals) 1967' - how to vote cards

  Cards handed to voters on polling day by volunteers and members of the political parties as they arrive at the polling station.