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A library of more than 1000 images to help you explore defining moments in Australian history.

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Map of Tasmanian highlighting areas of national park in green.

Tasmanian national parks map (national parks show in green)

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Smiling camera man behind large camera with HSV 7 marked on the side. Taken inside a TV studio.

Television station HSV 7 Melbourne began broadcasting on 4 November 1956

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Front cover of The Bulletin featuring a pair of thongs printed with the Australian flag. It is dated 29 January 2008.

The Bulletin’s final cover, 29 January 2008

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The Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902.

The Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902

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Coloured illustration depicting a busy port with sailing ships and row boats filled with passengers and crew. On the wharf are crowds of people gathered. At the bottom is the text 'THE "GREAT BRITAIN" STEAM-SHIP LEAVING PRINCE'S PIER, LIVERPOOL, FOR AUSTRALIA'.

The SS Great Britain steam ship leaving Prince’s Pier, Liverpool, for Australia, 1852

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The aftermath of the Battle of Lone Pine, Gallipoli, 1915.

The aftermath of the Battle of Lone Pine, Gallipoli, 1915

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Coloured illustration of a frenzied scene depicting a man and woman trying to escape in an automobile, as a man in black aims his gun towards the couple. The man in the car has fallen backwards as the woman looks worriedly on, and distressed soldiers reach out towards the car. Another soldier on horseback and dressed in the same uniform as the fallen man charges towards the scene with his sword raised.

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, on the front cover of an Italian newspaper, 1914

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The Australian 7th Division in Lebanon.

The Australian 7th Division in Lebanon

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Black and white photograph of a group of seated and standing men and women in the hallway of a grand building.

The Australian delegates to the Paris Peace Conference of 1919

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Colour photograph of a lush landscape featuring a town with mountain ranges beyond.

The Bathurst Plains from Mount York, New South Wales

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The Battlers for Kelly’s Bush, 1975.

The Battlers for Kelly’s Bush, 1975

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The devastation after Cyclone Tracy, 1974.

The devastation after Cyclone Tracy, 1974

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The distribution of cane toads in Australia.

The distribution of cane toads in Australia

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Illustration of depicting drovers steering a flock of sheep through bushland. At the bottom is the text 'THE DROUGHT-SHEEP AT A DRY CREEK'.

The Drought, Sheep at a Dry Creek, J.W.C. Calvert, 1879

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The first European drawing of a kangaroo, made by Sydney Parkinson at Endeavour River.

The first European drawing of a kangaroo, made by Sydney Parkinson at Endeavour River

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A flour mill surrounded by water.

The flour mill surrounded by water during the 1900 flood in Gundagai, New South Wales