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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  Snowy Mountains Scheme workers on a mountain tunnel road

  Snowy Mountains Scheme workers in a tunnel in 1956.

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  Trans-Australian Railway workers' camp

  This is a black-and-white photograph of the construction camp train used by workers building the Trans-Australian Railway between Kalgoorlie and Port Augusta from 1913 to 1917.

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  Tunnel from Guthega Dam to power station forming part of the Snowy Hydro Scheme

  This black-and-white photo shows a tunnel from Guthega Dam leading to a power station.

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  Woman working in a munitions factory during World War ll

  This is a black-and-white photograph of a woman working in an unidentified munitions factory in 1940.

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  Women working on the jam bottling line at the Cottee's factory

  This is a black-and-white photograph taken at Cottee's General Foods Ltd jam factory at Leichhardt, New South Wales in 1972.

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  Work commences with the first blast on the Snowy Mountain Scheme

  A photograph of the first blast at Adaminaby, New South Wales, which marked the official beginning of construction of the Snowy Mountains Scheme in Australia.