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About the National Library of Australia The National Library of Australia is the country's largest reference library. Our role is to ensure that documentary resources of national significance relating to Australia and the Australian people, as well as significant non-Australian library materials, are collected, preserved and made accessible either through the Library itself or through collaborative arrangements with other libraries and information providers. Our Collections The Library holds the greatest collection in the world of material relating to Australia and the Australian people. It ranges from the earliest European works about the Great Southern Land to the most current publications. The collection includes all formats of material, from books and magazines to pictures, photographs, maps, sheet music, oral history recordings, manuscript papers, ephemera and much, much more!

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Portrait of John Dease interviewing Gino Mattera, 1953 uploaded March 2019
Unidentifed man with a Flying Doctor Service transceiver, central Australia, ca. 1946 uploaded March 2019
Kerry Norton, an Australian actress, rehearsing a 2GB radio play uploaded March 2019
View of AWA (i.e. Amalgamated Wireless Australasia) building, Sydney New South Wales, [2] A.G. Foster uploaded March 2019
Marconi medium wave aircraft direction finder as used by E.W. Searle, Camden, New South Wales, ca. 1938 uploaded March 2019
AWA radio-electric works at Ashfield, Sydney, approximately 1937, 3 uploaded March 2019
Great Britain Lions national rugby league team listening to a radio broadcast, Sydney, 1936, 1 uploaded March 2019
Radio announcer with a man playing a ukelele at a radio broadcasting studio, Sydney, 1936 uploaded March 2019
Russian orchestra at 2CH, Sydney, 17 September 1936, 2 uploaded March 2019
Vesta plate lock batteries supplying power for 2.C.H Radio station, Sydney, 1936, 1 uploaded March 2019
Radio station 2UW broadcasting the Australia vs South Africa test match, Sydney, 1935 uploaded March 2019
Sydney radio station 2UW broadcasting a cricket match the 2nd Test of Australia versus South Africa at Johannesburg, Sydney, 24 December 1935 uploaded March 2019
Wireless officer A.J. Williams receiving farewell greetings as the Discovery leaves Cardiff, Wales, 1929 / Frank Hurley uploaded March 2019
Copy from radio log A4CM showing James W. Warner and [Charles] Kingsford Smith on arrival, Brisbane, 9 June 1928 / Stanford X-Ray Co. Pty. Ltd., Brisbane uploaded March 2019
Portrait of radio operator James Warner testing the wireless in the Southern Cross, Fokker monoplane F.VII/3m, VH-USU, 1928 / Sun Feature Bureau uploaded March 2019

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Private Wallace Tratford arrives home on leave, Drouin, Victoria

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6 older comments, and then…
Photos of the Past said:
The emotion in this one is fantastic!
pellethepoet said:
An extension now stands in the driveway where this moment was captured - Google Maps Street View

Designed by A. J. MacDonald (1864-1951) in September 1891 while an Assistant Architect for the Public Works Department of Victoria (1889-1897). One of a number of remarkable building designs produced while he was still in his 20s. - A J Macdonald: Enigma and Romance in the Public Service by Anne Neale in FABRICATIONS, Volume 10, August 1999.

left image by phunnyfotos phunnyfotos (2006)
right image from 65butterflies 65butterflies' collection (c.1908-1915)
Photos of the Past said:
pellethepoet nice finds Ben, and the contrast with today as seen in that Google Maps link is astonishing
beachcomber australia said:
pellethepoet "Enigma & Romance in the Public Service" - admiring your choice of bed-time reading! Great find and addition to this wonderful photo.
beachcomber australia said:
This is 90 degrees to the left of

Great Britain Lions national rugby league team listening to a radio broadcast, Sydney, 1936, 1

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hector olivares lopez said:
Oye viejo!.....me ves?

Synchronised surfing,Manly beach, New South Wales, 1938-46

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Paul Hagon said:
Is the guy on the left not on a surfboard? The board looks bigger & he's holding a paddle?
BobMeade said:
I agree with Paul Hagon, looks like a kind of early surf ski, rather than a surf board being used by the bloke at left. On the other hand, I guess if he's standing up on it and riding a wave, then it's probably surfing!
Flickr said:
Congrats on Explore! ⭐ January 15, 2024
Sigurd Krieger said:
Congrats on Xplore!!
gato-gato-gato said:
Excellent