Material in the Programs and invitations ephemera collection of Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York visit includes official and state concert programs, ceremony, dinner, and Parliament opening invitations, souvenirs, train timetable, reports from the Royal Celebration Committee, and entry cards to railway stations, parks, and museums.
Material in the trade catalogues ephemera collection covers significant information on Australian companies, businesses, industries, manufacturers, retailers and trades, describing their services and products. This promotional literature includes catalogues, advertisements, announcements, brochures, calendars, cards, coupons, directories, flyers, handbills, labels, notices, novelty advertising, pamphlets, price lists, tokens.
The ephemera collection contains information about housing. These may include brochures from Australia's leading home builders such as Jennings Industries Limited.
Material in the Programs and invitations ephemera collection of the National Library of Australia includes invitations to official events, dinner invitations honouring visiting dignitaries, dance cards, award presentations, openings, commemorative and sporting programs.
The ephemera collection contains documents of everyday life generally covering publications of fewer than five pages. These may include: advertising material, area guides, booklets, brochures, samples of merchandise postcards, posters, programs, stickers and tickets.The list is based on imperfect holdings and is updated over time as gaps in the Library's holdings are filled.
Material in the trade catalogues ephemera collection covers significant information on Australian companies, businesses, industries, manufacturers, retailers and trades, describing their services and products. This promotional literature includes catalogues, advertisements, announcements, brochures, calendars, cards, coupons, directories, flyers, handbills, labels, notices, novelty advertising, pamphlets, price lists, tokens.
photographs : black and white, and colour ; 34 x 55.4 cm. and smaller.37 negatives : acetate, black and white536 negatives : nitrate, black and white17 negatives : glass, black and white ; 12 x 16.3 cm. and smaller.1032 slides : black and white and col. ; 5 x 5 cm.
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Includes photographs of various places in Australia, namely, Magnetic Island, Bowen, Rockhampton, South Molle Island, Normanton, Cloncurry, and, Townsville in Queensland, Sydney Harbour Bridge, Circular Quay, Fort Denison, and St. Mary's and St. Stephen's churches, and the ANZAC Memorial in Sydney, Provisional Parliament House and Australia War Memorial in Canberra, RAAF Bases in Richmond, Bowen, Inverleigh, Pearce, and Torrens Creek, and, University of Western Australia. Some photographs were taken overseas, including Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Japan and Indonesia. The collection also includes many portraits, and images using experimental exposure techniques.
Records of the Privy Council and Privy Council Office. Selected items were filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) from PC1: Miscellaneous unbound papers and PC2: Registers of the Privy Council.