National Library of Australia

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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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Orient liner SS Orford passing under Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19 March 1932

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  • covid convict said:
    The procession of ships under the Harbour Bridge took place after the official opening ceremony on 19th March, 1932... The procession was led by RMS Maloja (P&O)...followed by RMS Orford (Orient Line)...SS Nieuw Zeeland (KPM)...TSMV Manunda (Adelaide SS Co)...SS Port Auckland (Port Line)...MV Viminale (Lloyd Triestino)...Kitano Maru (NYK)...

Unidentified woman seated outdoors on a rug with tea set and books, circa 1906

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  • Disillusioned Spring said:
    Great Rare Autochrome

[Six smiling women in nurses' uniforms, each with a camera] [Frank Hurley]

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  • Blushing Toothbrush said:
    good onya
  • jamica1 said:
    It would be good if a vintage camera buff could identify them all.
  • Flickr said:
    Congrats on Explore! ⭐ March 24, 2021
  • gato-gato-gato said:
    Super Bild, sehr gelungen!
  • incognito7nyc ✈️❤NewYorkCityofDreams✯♛ said:
    ✨🌟★❤✯♥♡✨ Very beautiful ✨♡♥✯❤★🌟✨

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