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Doug Sadler collection of photographs of the Duke of Edinburgh's Commonwealth Study Conference, Australia, 12 May to 4 June 1968

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The collection includes photographs of conference delegates, conference sessions, conference events and site visits attended by delegates. While the conference was held in Melbourne, the collection includes photographs of conference delegates visiting Sydney and Canberra. The collection also includes photographs of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip engaged in formal and informal interactions during the course of the conference and photographs of Prime Minister John Gorton speaking at the conference.

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Ampol and Caltex photograph collection, 1954-1978

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Collection includes photographs of terminals and storage facilities, service stations, plant, equipment, tankers and portraits of staff.

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Papers of Maxwell Ralph Jacobs, 1929-1979

Collection of lantern slides of Canberra, [1927-1934?]

Papers of Patricia St Leon, 1916-2019

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The collection comprises papers of the late Mrs Patricia St Leon (nee Burke), who was one of the nine original flight attendants employed by Qantas Empire Airways in 1947 and includes photographs, correspondence, documents and published material relating to both her personal life and career with Qantas.

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Aviation in New Guinea, 1936-1937

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This collection of photographs taken in New Guinea in the late 1930s includes images of an experimental amphibian Sikorsky aircraft nicknamed 'Tuppy'; the pilots and support crews at work; aerial views of the New Guinean landscape including the Fly and Sepik Rivers; and the local people and villages. Captioned by the photographer Roy Savage, these photographs highlight the challenging logistics of landing, housing and servicing aircraft in New Guinea during this time.

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Referendum on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice campaign and polling places, rural New South Wales, October 2023, 2023

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On 14 October 2023, Australians voted in a referendum about whether to change the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing a body called the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. This collection documents polling places, signage, volunteers and voters in various places throughout rural New South Wales, including Dubbo, Orange, Narromine, Tottenham, Wellington, Stuart Town and Mullion Creek.

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Album of photographs of a voyage to Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney in 1878 by Frederick Green in S.S. Aconcagua, approximately 1878

Construction of New Parliament House, Canberra, 1985-1986 [picture] / Jane Dalton, 1985-1986

Darlington Point Solar Farm, Darlington Point, New South Wales, 2022, 2022

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Collection documenting the Darlington Point Solar Farm, located in Darlington Point, New South Wales showing aerial views of sustainable farming methods and of the infrastructure and layout. The Darlington Point Solar Farm is situated on 2,000 acres of land with a 19km perimeter, housing more than 1 million solar panels. It will provide green energy to over 110,000 homes. At its peak the project provided more than 700 construction jobs including many local to the area.

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