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Fanny Durack's 1912 Olympic Gold Medal

In the early 20th century, female swimmers were often not allowed to swim laps alongside the male swimmers and it was very rare for females to be involved in competitive swimming. They had to wear long...

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Tim Winton’s manuscript for Cloudstreet

Will you look at us by the river!Cloudstreet (1991) is the story of two families, the Lambs and the Pickles, whose lives intersect after they suffer separate disasters and both move to Perth. There,...

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The Wolfgang Sievers Collection

Tagline Photographing Modern Industrial Australia The Wolfgang Sievers CollectionWolfgang Georg Sievers (1913–2007) was a well known modernist photographer who documented Australian industry and...

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First Australians

Tagline Documenting the material culture of Aboriginal Australia Images of physical evidence of Aboriginal Australians can tell us where and how Aboriginal people used to live, and can help us find...

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Shape a nation

‘Shape a Nation’‘Shape a Nation’ is a unique design tool that links sculpture, architecture, urban design, mapping and politics to everyday life. Recipients push out the shapes of Australia’s states...

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Australia at war

Prime Minister Menzies’ 1939 radio addressAt 9.15 pm on Sunday 3 September 1939, Australia’s prime minister, Robert Menzies (1894–1978), gave a radio address, announcing that Australia was at war with...

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Marv!

This my Muppet, Marv. He is from a giant toy store in New York City. He travelled about 16,000 kilometres on a plane with me as my carry on luggage!Award data Featured treasure September 2013

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Vlamingh’s Secret Maps

'Rats', swans, and pewter platesDutch explorer Willem Hesselsz de Vlamingh (1640 – c.1698) left Amsterdam on 3 May 1696 with a fleet of three ships, Geelvinck, Nijptangh and Weeseltje. It was to be the...

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Joan Blaeu’s Archipelagus Orientalis, sive Asiaticus

Australia's Birth CertificateArchipelagus Orientalis, sive Asiaticus (Eastern and Asian archipelago), 1663 was created by master cartographer Joan Blaeu (1596-1673).This remarkable wall chart - one of...

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Matthew Flinders' 1814 General Chart

The first complete map of Australia Lieutenant Matthew Flinders was the cartographer of the first complete map of Australia and the first person to circumnavigate the continent and advocate the name...

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