Collections

Australian federal election pre-polling and polling booths, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, 21 May, 2022

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Collection documenting pre-polling booths and polling booths, election signage, Turner Primary school, MoAD Polling booth, Civic polling booth, Campbell High School polling booth, Ainslie, Watson, around Canberra for the 2022 Australian federal election.

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Australian federal election pre-polling and polling places in the Northern Territory, May 2022

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Collection documenting pre-polling and polling days for the 2022 Australian federal election at several locations in and around Alice Springs, including Santa Teresa, Charles Darwin University, Alice Springs Town Council, Gillian Primary School and Living Waters School. The images feature voters, politicians, volunteers and candidates from various political parties.

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Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey, 2017 : ephemera material collected by the National Library of Australia, 2017-2018

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Includes original campaign materials publicly disseminated during the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey period seeking to influence both a YES or a NO vote. Includes badges, brochures, handbills, stickers, t-shirts, small objects like an "Acceptance Ring" issued by Airbnb, cloth bags, a beach towel, wrist bands and other printed campaign material. Further large format material is held seperately in the poster collection.Box 1: YES campaign material, from a variety of sourcesBox 2: NO campaign material, from a variety of sourcesBox 3: YES "Equality Campaign" materials, produced by Australian Marriage Equality (AME) and Australians for Equality (A4E) who together ran the Equality Campaign during 2016 and 2017. These materials were either disseminated at rallies and events, mailed to residents, or sold through the Equality Shop (either online, or at physical locations in Capital cities such as Oxford Street in Darlinghurst, Sydney)Box 4: invitations, menus and other printed materials from same-sex weddings held in Australia during the first year after the change to the marriage law.

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Australian Music Foundation : programs and invitations ephemera material collected by the National Library of Australia, 16 October 2001-10 March 2020

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Programs and invitations to musical performances hosted by Australian Music Foundation in London. Membership information.

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Australian Musicians Academy : programs and related material collected by the National Library of Australia

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Material in the Australian performing arts programs and ephemera (PROMPT) collection consists of programs and related items of the Australian Musicians Academy including flyers and booking sheets for concerts such as the Magical voice of the violins, Festival of choirs, and annual Xmas concert.

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Australian Mutual Provident Society : ephemera material collected by the National Library of Australia, 1950

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Various ephemera items. Pamphlets.

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Australian Opera [1970-1996] : programs and related material collected by the National Library of Australia, 1970-1996

Australian orchestral and band music collection, 1920-1960

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Collection of Australian orchestral scores and some performing sets. Some Australian band music and Australian imprints of overseas band music.

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Australian outdoor cartes de visite collection, 1860-1890

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This collection of Australian outdoor cartes de visite documents rural and urban Australia from the 1860s through to the 1890s and includes images of exteriors of homes and businesses, highlighting the unique architectural styles of the period. The architectural styles range from rural thatched-roofed slab huts to elaborate homes in city suburbs. There are photographs of business exteriors that show rarely documented subjects including a horse bazaar, plumber, and chemist, and which also document the occupants of the premises standing outside wearing the various fashions and working clothes of the time. The collection also includes images of women and children outside of the home and the fashions of the time. Photographers include Beaufoy Merlin, Charles Nettleton, Samuel Clifford, John Degotardi, Thomas Chevalier, Alfred Bock, J.P. Lind and a variety of photographic studios including the American Australasian Photographic Company.

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Australian Performing Arts Programs and Ephemera (PROMPT) Collections in the National Library of Australia, 1880-2019