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

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Gold Cradle

Gold cradle

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Studio photo of a game board with three pieces, an instruction manual and the box they came in. the box has a colourful illustration showing men holding a flag pointing at ships at sea. The pieces on the game board are ships and the board itself suggests that the game involves moving around an oval sea with an illustration of gold diggings in the centre.

‘Race to the Gold Diggings’ board game

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Illustration of an army of soldiers kneeling around a flagpole. Some are lifting their arms upwards in a motion of victory. Printed at the bottom is 'ADMINISTERING THE OATH, EUREKA STOCKADE, 1854'.

Administering The Oath, Eureka Stockade, 1854

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<i>Diving for pearl shell on the north-east coast</i>

Diving for pearl-shell on the north-east coast

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Red and white uniformed soldiers overwhelm the flimsy stockade.

Eureka Stockade riot, Ballarat, 1854, by J.B. Henderson

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Drawing of 19th century railway station.

Flinders St. 1854, by Samuel Thomas Gill

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A colour lithograph depicting people working along a creek.

Gold Washing. Fitz Roy Bar, Ophir Diggings, 1851, by George Angas

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Black and white illustration depicting people preparing food. Huts with thatched roofs can be seen in the mid ground and sail boats further beyond.

Macassans at Victoria, Port Essington, drawn in 1845

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Makasar Prau,by Birrikitji Gumana, 1966

Makasar Prau, by Birrikitji Gumana, 1966

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Mother whale, by Narritjin Maymuru, 1978.

Mother whale, by Narritjin Maymuru, 1978

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<em>Mr E.H. Hargraves, the Gold Discoverer of Australia, Feb 12th 1851 Returning the Salute of the Gold Miners</em> by TT Balcombe

Mr E.H. Hargraves returning the salute of the gold miners [5th] of the ensuing May, June 1851, by T.T. Balcombe

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Onthophagus Gazella, one of the four species of dung beetles successfully introduced to Australia in 1968.

Onthophagus Gazella, one of the four species of dung beetles successfully introduced to Australia in 1968

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Etching of a group of people in the water surrounded by sail boats.

Pearling in Torres Straits, artist unknown

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South Sea Whalers boiling blubber / Boats preparing to get a whale alongside, 1876, by Oswald W. Brierly

South Sea Whalers boiling blubber / Boats preparing to get a Whale alongside, by Oswald W. Brierly, 1876

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Hundreds of men encircle flag pole with Eureka flag at the top.

Swearing Allegiance to the Southern Cross, watercolour by Charles A Doudiet, 1 December 1854

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Black-and-white illustration depicting a large group of hunters pursuing wild rabbits in bushland. At the bottom is printed "PRNICE AT THE RABBIT WARREN, BARWON PARK – DRAWN BY N. CHEVALIER."

The Prince at the Rabbit Warren, Barwon Park, engraving by Robert Bruce