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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  'Life. Be in it' – fitness campaign

  Black-and-white cartoon drawn by Alex Stitt is from the 1977 ‘Life. Be in it’ national public health campaign.

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  Anzac hostel ward for totally and permanently incapacitated soldiers

  Black-and-white photograph of an Anzac hostel for totally and permanently incapacitated soldiers.

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  Australian Army Medical Women's Service – Government recruitment brochure

  This is a government recruitment brochure designed to encourage women to join the Australian Army Medical Women's Service.

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  Bubonic plague outbreak in Melbourne – cartoon depiction referencing Hamlet

  A cartoon, published on 19 May 1900, depicting the outbreak of the bubonic plague in Melbourne. It uses imagery and a stanza from Shakespeare's play 'Hamlet'.

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  Campaign against deportation of Mahomet Allum – newspaper article with praise for work

  This is a newspaper article from 1952 including testimonials and a letter of appreciation for Mahomet Allum.

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  Caring for returned soldier husband – record of evidence for Repatriation Department

  This extract is a record of evidence completed by May Brown in 1929. It attests to the mental state of her brother, First World War veteran Albert George Brown.

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  Cartoon commentary on influenza treatments – Too many cooks

  A black-and-white cartoon commenting on the various methods of treating influenza used in the 1930s.

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  Citation for award of Australian Royal Red Cross – Lieutenant Vivian Bullwinkel

  This is the formal recommendation for Lieutenant Vivian Bullwinkel's award of Associate of the Royal Red Cross (ARRC).

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  Examiner's report on rehabilitation of returned soldier

  This is a document regarding Albert Edmund Leane, who was one of more than 1,000 Indigenous servicemen who served during World War I.