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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  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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  Portrait of Prime Minister Joseph Cook

  This is a black-and-white photograph of the Rt Hon. Joseph Cook, Australia's sixth Prime Minister.

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  Portrait of Prime Minister Joseph Lyons

  This is a black-and-white photograph of the Rt Hon. Joseph Lyons, Australia's tenth Prime Minister.

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  Portrait of Wiradjuri elder Jimmy 'King Billy' Clements outside Parliament House

  A black-and-white photograph of Aboriginal man Jimmy Clements (1847–1927), known as 'King Billy', standing outside (then) Parliament House in Canberra in 1927.

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  Prime Minister Edmund Barton's Oath of Allegiance

  The oath of allegiance to Queen Victoria and 'Her Heirs and Successors according to law' signed by Edmund Barton on 1 January 1901.

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  Royal Commission of Assent to the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act (UK)

  This document is the Royal Commission of Assent to the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act. It was signed by Queen Victoria on 9 July 1900.

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  Suggested names for Australia's new capital

  This is an official government document concerning suggestions from members of the House of Representatives for a name for Australia's new federal capital.

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  The opening of the first Commonwealth Parliament of Australia at the Melbourne exhibition building

  A photograph depicting the ceremony of the opening of the Commonwealth Parliament.

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  Walter Burley Griffin's plan for Canberra - view from the summit of Mount Ainslie

  A hand-coloured perspective sketch of the view from Mount Ainslie on three silk panels.