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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  Scientist measuring the ozone on Macquarie Island

  This is a black-and-white photograph taken at Macquarie Island in Antarctica in 1978.

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  Scientist studies snow and ice crystals in Antarctica

  This is a black-and-white photograph showing a man studying and photographing ice and snow crystals at Mawson station in Antarctica in 1966.

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  Scientists Go to Antarctica to Study Weather – newsreel

  Newsreel entitled Scientists Go to Antarctica to Study Weather, from the Australian Diary documentary series.

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  Suggestions for prickly pear eradication

  A collection of newspaper cuttings regarding the eradication of prickly pear.

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  Tension over American claims to Antarctic territory – letter from Douglas Mawson to Prime Minister Stanley Melbourne Bruce

  This is a letter from Douglas Mawson to Prime Minister Bruce, revealing tension over American claims to Antarctic territory.

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  X-ray of Antarctic prions (birds) – British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Expedition

  This is an x-ray showing four Antarctic prions, created by Frank Hurley during the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Expedition (BANZARE), circa 1929.