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Ancient Australia
8: Peter Dombrovskis, Cloud Forest … Tasmania, 1990, nla.pic-vn4801914, Courtesy Liz Dombrovskis; 9: Platypus and Fruit Bats, c. 1880, nla.pic-an23288906; 9 & 10: Anton Hartinger and Carl Horegschj, Telopea speciosissima … Neu Holland, 1850s, nla.pic-an8420691; 10: Zoe Shuttleworth, Proteas at Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, 2012, reproduced under Creative Commons licence, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en; 11: Four Maps Showing Continental Drift, iStock image; 12: John Gould and Henry Constantine Richter, Phascolarctos cinereus, 1863, nla.aus-vn760101-1-s80; John Gould and Henry Constantine Richter, Phascolomys Wombat, 1863, nla.aus-vn760101-1-s168; 13: Mark Mohell, Canowindra Fish Fossil Site, 2004, Courtesy Mark Mohell and the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities; 14: Jason Baker, Diprotodon (Skeleton), 2011, http://www.flickr.com/photos/mezuni/5678638476/, reproduced under Creative Commons licence, creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/deed.en; 15: Andrew Kerr, Megalania, DK Images.
The Dreaming
16 & 23: William Barak, Dancing Scene, c. 1880–1890, Courtesy State Library of Victoria, H3725; 17: Tommy McRae, Aboriginal Men Hunting … Wahgunyah Region, Victoria, 1880, nla.pic-an6431252-15; 18: Samuel Thomas Gill, Native Village … South Australia, c. 1846, nla.pic-an2377287; 17 & 20: Port Jackson Painter, Aboriginal Hunting Implements and Weapons, c. 1790, nla.pic-an5600392; 19: Joseph Lycett, Aborigines Using Fire to Hunt Kangaroos, c. 1817, nla.pic-an2962715-s20; 21: Tim Webster, Dancer from Munyarryun Family in ‘Laka Bunkul’ … at the Bangarra Dance Theatre Studios … Sydney, November 1998, nla.pic-vn3096223; 22: Mickey of Ulladulla, Corroboree, in Drawings by Tommy McRae and Mickey of Ulladulla, 1860s–1901, Courtesy Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, PXA 364.
Voyages of Discovery
24: Richard Cushee, A New Terrestrial Globe, 1731, nla.map-glob6; 25: Francisco Pelsaert, title page from Ongeluckige Voyagie van’t Schip Batavia, 1649, nla.aus-vn5350559; James Cook, page from Journal of HMS Endeavour, 1768–1771, nla.ms-ms1-s298r; 26: Geoffrey Chapman Ingleton, Luis Vaes de Torres, 1606, 1938, nla.pic-an6152180, Courtesy Michaela King; 27: Pieter Goos and Johannes van Keulen, Oost Indien Wassende-Graade Paskaart … Meede de Zeekusten van Asia, c. 1690, nla.map-t792; 28: Jacob Gerritsz Cuyp, Portrait of Abel Tasman, His Wife and Daughter, 1637, nla.pic-an2282370; 29: Table of Star Signs and Dates … Belonging to Captain James Cook, c. 1750, nla.pic-an7905959; James Cook, page from Journal of HMS Endeavour, 1768–1771, nla.ms-ms1-s66r; 30: Pritchard, Bass and Flinders in the Tom Thumb, 1795, 1910s, nla.pic-vn5216510; 31: Aaron Arrowsmith, A Chart of Basses Strait, 1800, nla.map-rm684; Captain Matthew Flinders, R.N., 1814, nla.pic-an9455829-1.
Founding Colonies
32: Algernon Talmage, The Founding of Australia, 1937, nla.pic-an4910556; 33: George William Evans and J. Tyrer, Chart of Van Diemens Land, 1822, nla.map-f500; John Appleby … Taken at Port Arthur, 1874, nla.pic-vn4270331; 34: John Allcot, The First Fleet in Sydney Cove, January 27, 1788 in The Sydney Mail, 26 January 1938, nla.pic-an7891482; 35: Henry Macbeth-Raeburn and Francis Wheatley, The Pioneer, Captain Arthur Phillip R.N., 1936, nla.pic-an9846228; 36: Convict Uniform, 1830s, nla.pic-an6393471; Convict Portraits, Port Arthur, 1874, nla.pic-an11590418; 37: Sir William Dixson, Leg Irons, before 1849, Courtesy Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, DR 167; 38: William Oswald Hodgkinson, Bulla, Queensland, 1861, in Album of Miss Eliza Younghusband, nla.pic-vn4189024-s46; 38: Governor Arthur’s Proclamation to the Aborigines 1st Nov. 1828, nla.pic-an2291826; 40: James Reid Scott, Flogging Prisoners, Tasmania, 1850s, nla.pic-an6332106; Attack on a Settler’s Hut, 1860s, nla.pic-an5576563; 41: Portrait of Tasmanian Aboriginal Woman Truganini, c. 1890, nla.pic-vn6154561; 42: Government Printing Office, Arrest of Governor Bligh, January 26, 1808, 1900s, nla.pic-an7655522; 43: John Macarthur, 1850s, Courtesy Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales, DG 222; Alexander Huey, Portrait of Rear-Admiral William Bligh, 1814, nla.pic-an11230917; 44: Paul Mick, Lachlan Macquarie, Governor of New South Wales, 1810–1821, 1920s, nla.pic-an9721060; 45: Frank Hurley, Farm Cove & Conservatorium of Music … Sydney, New South Wales, 1910–1962, nla.pic-an23478438; 46–47: Robert Dale and Robert Havell, Panoramic View of King George’s Sound, 1834, nla.pic-an7404363; 47: William Alfred Clarson, Brisbane, 1888, nla.pic-an7878644; 48: William Knight, Collins Street, Town of Melbourne, 1839, nla.pic-an5695310.
Exploring the Land
50: Nicholas Chevalier, The Great Australian Exploration Race, in Punch (Melbourne), 18 November 1860, nla.cat-vn1625521; Samuel Thomas Gill, George French Angas and James William Giles, The Departure of Captain Sturt, August 1844, 1847, nla.pic-an7350668; 51: Joseph Lycett, Bathurst Cataract … New South Wales, 1824, nla.pic-an7691000; Portrait of Ludwig Leichhardt, c. 1850, nla.pic-an21971599; 52: Augustus Earle, Waterfall in Australia, c. 1830, nla.pic-an2273848; 53: Charles Rodius, Convicts Building Road over the Blue Mountains, 1833, nla.pic-an6332110; 54: George William Evans, James Taylor and John Clark, Arbuthnot’s Range from the West, 1820, nla.pic-an11324187; 55: Captain Charles Sturt, 1895, nla.pic-an9941030; Samuel Thomas Gill, based on a sketch by Charles Sturt, The Sandy Ridges of Central Australia, c. 1846, nla.pic-an2377285; 56: John Arrowsmith, Sketch Map of Captain Sturt’s Tracks … South Eastern Central Australia, 1849, nla.map-t115; Waterbottle Used by Captain Charles Sturt, 1820s, nla.pic-an6393462; 57: Henry Hering, Portrait of Edward John Eyre, London, c. 1865, nla.pic-vn5982505; 58: Samuel Thomas Gill and Frederick Grosse, Overlanders with Cattle, in The Illustrated Sydney News, 16 October, 1865, nla.pic-an7096134; 59: Ebenezer Edward Gostelow, The Pink Cockatoo, 1928, nla.pic-an3810826; 60: J. Macfarlane, Meeting of Major Mitchell and Edward Henty, Portland Bay, 1836, 1890s, nla.pic-an9025855-3; 61: Samuel Augustus Perry, Overland Expedition to Port Essington, 1846, nla.map-f517; 63: Eugene Montagu Scott, Natives Discovering the Body of William John Wills … Coopers Creek, June 1861, 1862–1864, Courtesy State Library of Victoria, H6694; Thomas Adams Hill, The Burke and Wills Australian Exploring Expedition, in The Illustrated London News, 1 February 1862, nla.pic-an8960212; 64: J. Macfarlane, John McDouall Stuart Planting the Union Jack on Central Mount Stuart, 1860, 1890s, nla.pic-an9025855-5; 65: Portrait of John McDouall Stuart, c. 1862, nla.pic-an10038025; 66: Joshua Reynolds and Samuel William Reynolds, Sir Joseph Banks, 1820, nla.pic-an9283213; 67: Sketches of the Alleged Bones of a Bunyip, Sydney Morning Herald, 9 February 1847, p. 3, nla.news-page1516637; Alexander Walker Scott and Helena Forde, The Kangaroo (Macropus major), in The Mammals of Australia by Gerard Krefft, 1871, nla.aus-f11248-12x.
The Lure of Gold
68: Samuel Thomas Gill, The Rush to the Ballarat Goldfields in 1854, 1872, nla.pic-vn3112351; 69: Samuel Thomas Gill, Cradling, Forrest Creek, 1853, nla.pic-an7537575; Prospecting for Gold or Rewarded at Last, 1860s, nla.pic-an7096208-4; 70: Map of the Counties of Wellington and Bathurst Shewing the Present Gold Field of New South Wales, 1852, nla.map-rm3108; 71: Thomas Balcombe, Mr. E.H. Hargraves, the Gold Discoverer of Australia, 1851, nla.pic-an10343135; 72: Samuel Thomas Gill, Zealous Gold Diggers, Bendigo, 1852, nla.pic-an7537712; 73: L.R., Charles Joseph Staniland, Emigrants Going to Australia, 1880s, nla.pic-an8924234; 74: George Baxter, News from Australia, 1840s, nla.pic-an8930070; 75: Beryl Ireland, Eureka Stockade, c. 1890–c. 1900, Courtesy State Library of Victoria, H141890; Replica of the Flag Flown … at the Eureka Stockade, 1854, c. 1970, nla.pic-an11278531.
Settling the Land
76: Joseph Lycett, Raby, a Farm … New South Wales, 1826, nla.pic-an7690856-1; 76–77: Australian Labor Party, Australian Labor Party: A Collection of Hand- Bills, Newspaper Cuttings and a Manuscript, 1891–1906, nla.aus-vn5266949; 77: Samuel White Sweet, Sheep Shearers, 1870s, nla.pic-an20886593-27; 79: William Rodolph Thomas, Shepherd’s Hut … South Australia, 1864, nla.pic-vn4935823; 80: Selector’s Hut, Gippsland, 1880s, nla.pic-an8929053; 81: James Hazel Adamson, Lady Augusta & Eureka, Capt. Cadell’s First Vessels on the Murray, 1854, nla.pic-an6016067; 82: Two Iron Grey Mares, 1868, nla.pic-an24110715, Charles Henry Kerry, Storing the Harvester, New South Wales, c. 1895, nla.pic-vn6100576; 83: Samuel Calvert, Morgan the Bushranger, 1864, nla.pic-an9900666; 84: Wanted Poster, Offering a Reward … Kelly Gang, 1879, nla.pic-an8391421; 85: George Lacy, Capture of Bushrangers … by Gold Police, c. 1852, nla.pic-an3103554; 86: Melton Prior, Collins Street, Melbourne, from The Illustrated London News, May 1889, nla.pic-an8701391; 87: Albert Charles Cooke, Melbourne, from The Illustrated Australian News, April 1882, nla.pic-an8533521; Wes Stacey, Close-up of Victorian-style Suburban House, Melbourne, c. 1970, nla.pic-vn5155355; 88: Australian Labor Party, Australian Labor Party: A Collection of Hand-Bills, Newspaper Cuttings and a Manuscript, 1891–1906, nla.aus-vn5266949; 89: Brookong Station Union Shearers, 1890s, nla.pic-an23150657.
The Growth of Cities
90: Gibbs, Shallard and Co., Sydney, 1879, nla.pic-vn3625708; 91: Walter G. Mason, Arrival of the First Railway Train at Parramatta from Sydney, 1857, nla.pic-an8021264; 92: John Skinner Prout and Thomas Heawood, The Old Tank Stream, Sydney, c. 1874, nla.pic-an7370585; 93: Professional Rat Catchers, c. 1900, Courtesy State Records New South Wales; 94: William Henry Corkhill, Couria Creek School Pupils, c. 1890, nla.pic-an2475247; M. De Metz and Gibbs, Shallard & Co., The Writing Lesson, 1878, nla.pic-an8926627; 95: State School Children, in Illustrated Australian News, May 1878, nla.cat-vn2495305; 96: Amelia C. Rusden, Roman Catholic Chapel, Sydney, July, 1834, nla.pic-an4857980; 97: Samuel Calvert, Planting the First Pole on the Overland Telegraph Line, c. 1870, nla.pic-an10328023; 98: South Australia, Government Printer, Map of South Australia with Adjacent Colonies, 1882, nla.map-rm1163; 99: Samuel White Sweet, Overland Telegraph Party, 1872, nla.pic-an5770764; 100: Ploughing Engine … Gippsland, Victoria, 1886, nla.pic-vn3106641; 101: Samuel Thomas Gill, Mill at North Adelaide on the Torrens, 1840s, nla.pic-an2835422; 102: George Lacy, Nothing like Opposition, c. 1855, nla.pic-an3103379; 103: Murray River Paddle Steamers, c. 1880; nla.pic-an6152993; 104: Francis Birtles on His Bicycle, 1899–c. 1928, nla.pic-vn3303106; 105: Thomas Carrington, The Electric Light, 1882, Courtesy State Library of Victoria, mp008965; 106: One of the First Cars in the Electric Tramway … Perth, Western Australia, c. 1899, nla.pic-vn4778596; 107: J. Lizars, Magic Lantern, c. 1895–1905, Collection: Powerhouse Museum Sydney; The Actual Armour as Worn by Ned Kelly … ‘The Story of the Kelly Gang’ Movie, 1906, nla.pic-an24932346.
Federation
108: Tom Roberts, Opening of the First Parliament of the Commonwealth, 1903, nla.pic-an8334379; The Referendum, the West Australian Score Board and some of the Federal Leaders, 1900, nla.pic-an24462857; 109: Julian Ashton and Howard Ashton, An Invitation to Meet Their Royal Highnesses … the Opening of the First Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, 1901, nla.pic-an8334487; 110: Australasian Federal Referendum, 1899, nla.pic-an7435035; 111: West Australians … Voting Yes, 1900, nla.pic-vn3302372; 112: William James Mildenhall, Federation Celebrations in Centennial Park, Sydney, 1901, nla.pic-an11030057-405; 113: Scene in Swanston Street, Melbourne, 6 May 1901 as their Royal Highnesses … the Edward VII Arch, nla.pic-an9125196-s18-a1; 114: Norman Lindsay, Official Programme … the Opening of the First Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia … Melbourne, 1901, nla.ms-ms1540-14-438; 115: Herbert Walter E. Cotton, Enfranchised!, 1902, nla.pic-an6222116; 116: Portrait of Dame Enid Lyons, nla.pic-an23259539; 117: Three Chinese Farm Workers … New South Wales, c. 1885, nla.pic-an3367238-s107; Recruits, New Hebrides, 1890s, nla.pic-an24494646; 118: Samuel Thomas Gill, The Invalid Digger, 1852, nla.pic-an7537636-1; 119: Lionel Lindsay, Ruins, 1922, nla.pic-an10887870; 120: NSW Department of Lands, Canberra Contour Survey: Proposed Site for the Federal City, 1909, nla.map-gmod102; 121: Portrait of Federal Capital Site Surveyors … Canberra, 1910, nla.pic-vn4599805; 122: Frank Hurley, In the Blizzard, Getting Ice for Domestic Purposes … Adelie Land, 1911–1914, nla.pic-an23478538; 123: Frank Hurley, Portrait of Sir Douglas Mawson, c. 1930, nla.pic-vn4925816; Sir Douglas Mawson, South Polar Region: With the Antarctic Continent Drawn, 1911, nla.map-rm4064.
Becoming Anzacs
124: Frank Hurley, The Morning after the First Battle of Passchendaele … Zonnebeke Railway Station, October 12, 1917, nla.pic-an24574133; 125: May Gibbs, We Are the Gumnut Corps, c. 1916, nla.pic-vn5816909; Quick! Give Us a Hand Old Sport!, c. 1915, nla.pic-an7697023-1; 126: Departure of N.S.W. Contingent for Soudan in 1885, nla.pic-vn3597135; 127: Garnet Garfield, The Transvaal War: For the Pianoforte, 1890s, nla.mus-an4994966; 128: W. & A.K. Johnston Ltd., Formation of the Modern German Empire, A.D. 1914, 1917, nla.map-vn4769373; Edward Stanford Ltd, The World Showing the British Empire, 1925, nla.map-ra314-s4; 130: David Henry Souter, It Is Nice in the Surf but What About the Men in the Trenches, c. 1915, nla.pic-an7697011-3; Australia Has Promised Britain 50,000 More Men, c. 1916, nla.pic-an7697084; 131: Allan C. Green, Boorara X Pfalz, between c. 1914 and 1954, Courtesy State Library of Victoria, H91.325/711; 132: J.H. Leonard, The ‘Farmer & Settler’ map of Gallipoli War Area, 1915, nla.map-vn4197591; 133: The Anzacs Landing at Gallipoli on cover of Birth of a Nation: March for the Pianoforte by Richard Stanley, between 1915 and 1920, nla.mus-an8423013; 134: Horses Being Loaded on the S.S. Southern Cross … en Route to the Boer War, 1900, nla.pic-vn3408857; 135: Australian Soldier, R. Brownell, Riding a Camel … Egypt, c. 1915, nla.pic-vn4654434; 136: Major General John Monash, Glisy, France, 1918, nla.pic-vn3997572; W.B. McInnes, Lieutenant General Sir Harry Chauvel, 1938, Courtesy Australian War Memorial, ART13521; 137: Frank H. Boland, Group Portrait of Military and Navy Officers … Duntroon, 1911, nla.pic-an23764191; 139: Frank Hurley, The 7th Brigade of Australian Field Artillery … the Hindenburg Line, France, 1 October 1918, nla.pic-an10885587-s71; Frank Hurley, Soldiers in a Trench along the Front Line … Flanders, October 1917, nla.pic-an23478306; 140: Frank Hurley, A Soldier Standing near the First Tank Captured from the Germans … France, 26 May 1918, nla.pic-an10885587-s35; 141: A Bristol F2B Fighter (J-6586), c. 1917, nla.pic-vn3723283; Will Longstaff, War Planes of the Australian Flying Corps, 1918–1919, Courtesy Australian War Memorial, ART03029; 142: Frank Hurley, Australians of the Imperial Camel Corps … 1917–1918, nla.pic-an23478294; 143: Frank Hurley, Forty Thousand Horsemen … Palestine during World War I, 1910–1962, nla.pic-an23816545; 144: Australian Light Horse Brigade … Middle East, 18 October, 1917, nla.pic-vn4982264; 145: Portrait of Kemal Pasha (Mustafa Kemal/Atatürk), c. 1919, Courtesy Australian War Memorial, P04621.002; The Turkish Flag, iStock image; 146: The War!, 1915, nla.pic-an7696969; Australians Arise!, 1916–1918, nla.pic-vn4938850; 147: Australian Labor Party … ‘Vote No Mum, They’ ll Take Dad Next’, nla.pic-vn3697266; 148: John Finnemore, The Signing of the Treaty of Peace at Versailles, June 28th, 1919, nla.pic-an8312098; 149: Portrait of Hughes Being Carried by Soldiers … 1918, nla.pic-an23150756.
Modern Times
150: Australia: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, 1940s, nla.pic-an20044744; 151: John Flynn, Unidentified Woman with Pedal Powered Transceiver and Morse Typewriter, 1926, nla.pic-an24601399; Harold Betteridge, We’re Going Up: Song Fox-Trot, nla.mus-vn3118614; 152: Russell Roberts, Portrait of Gladys Moncrieff, 1930s, nla.pic-an23378109; Commercial Photographic Co., Cavalcade Radio, c. 1930–1969, Courtesy State Library of Victoria, H2011.52/363; 153: Amalgamated Wireless Australasia, The First Direct Wireless Messages from England to Australia, 1918, nla.pic-vn3421834; 154: The Invasion of Australia: A Silent Terror … Our Inheritance, c. 1910, nla.pic-an24261643; 155: Computer—CSIRAC, 1949–1964, Courtesy Museum Victoria, HT 20756; D. Moore, Radio Telescope, 210 Foot, Parkes, New South Wales, October 1961, nla.pic-vn4589692; 156: Walter Burley Griffin, Canberra Federal Capital of Australia Preliminary Plan, c. 1914, nla.map-gmod34; Jorma Pohjanpalo, Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin, 1930, nla.pic-vn4513629; 157: Edward William Searle, Old Parliament House Opening Ceremony, Canberra, 1927, nla.pic-vn4655983; 158: Francis Birtles and His Dog … Arnhem Land, c. 1899–1928, nla.pic-vn3301921; 159: John Flynn, From Trekalano, Group Portrait, 1912–1951, nla.pic-an24630914; 160: Edward Burke, Our Heroes of the Air, 1930s, nla.mus-an9057275; 161: H.B. Miller, Portrait of Harry Lyon, Charles Ulm, Charles Kingsford Smith and James Warner in front of the Southern Cross … United States, 23 May 1928, nla.pic-vn3930681.
The Great Depression
162: Sydney, Domain, 25 June 1930, nla.pic-vn3697234; Edward William Searle, Bridge Opening Ceremony, 1932, nla.pic-vn4653837; 163: ‘Wild Selling: New York Panic: Profits Wiped Out’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 October 1929, p. 17, nla.news-article16596498; Five Men Looking for Work in the Great Depression, c. 1930, nla.pic-vn5125787; 164: Jack Lumsdaine, Banish the Budget Blues, c. 1930, nla.mus-an8527093; 165: Johnstone, O’Shannessy & Falk, Portrait of J.H. Scullin, 1920s, nla.pic-an23310317; Portrait of Joseph A. Lyons … Brisbane, 1924–1939, nla.pic-an23150181; 166: Sydney Harbour Bridge Construction, 1929 or 1930, nla.pic-vn3291066; 167: Certificate for Crossing the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1932, nla.pic-an21421698; 168: Cave Dwellers near Kurnell, New South Wales, 1930s, nla.pic-vn3706012; 169: On the Wallaby Track, 1981, nla.pic-an24284739; Unemployed Men … the Great Depression, c. 1930, nla.pic-vn5125791; 170: Phar Lap, Ridden by William Elliot (Billy Elliot), with Trainer Tommy Woodcock … on 20 March 1932, nla.pic-vn3549369; Phar Lap, Winner Melbourne Cup, 1930, nla.pic-an23181978; 171: Batchelder & Co, The First Melbourne Cup Trophy, 1865, nla.pic-vn5039757; 172: Samuel Garnet Wells, T he Fighting Kangaroos! Australia’s 1st Test Team, 1932, nla.pic-an20978933; 173: Portrait of Cricketer, D.G. Bradman, 1934, nla.pic-an24669613; 174: Brenda Palma, 1938 Day of Mourning and Protest, Collection: Powerhouse Museum Sydney, Courtesy Brenda Saunders; 175: The Rt. Hon. R.G. Menzies P.M. of Australia Broadcasting … the Outbreak of War, 1939, nla.pic-an23217367; Robert Menzies, Declaration of War, 1939, in Papers of Sir Robert Menzies, 1905–1978, MS 4936, Box 251, Folder 5, nla.cat-vn2941360.
Defending Australia
176: Latest War Map … Showing All Theatres of War, c. 1941, MAP G5696. S7; 177: Unidentified Royal Australian Air Force Pilot Standing near a Bristol Blenheim Bomber, c. 1942, nla.pic-vn3723188; ‘Japan Strikes Hard at Pacific Bases’, The Courier Mail (Brisbane), 9 December 1941, p. 1, nla.cat-vn2864600; 178: RAAF, Directorate of Public Relations, Nine RAAF de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth Trainer Biplanes in Flight, c. 1942, nla.pic-vn4904193; 179: Line of Allied Soldiers Mounted on Camels … Libya, 1940s, nla.pic-an23566158; 180: Unofficial Rats of Tobruk Medal: Major General J.J. Murray, c.1941, Courtesy Australian War Memorial, REL42329; James Emery, Siege of Tobruk, April–Dec. 1941, 1966, nla.pic-vn5017899; 181: Frank Hurley, Dawn of El Alamein Battle, c. 1942, nla.pic-an23816560; 182: Portrait of Prime Ministers R.G. Menzies and Winston Churchill, 1941, nla.pic-vn4506895; 183: Australian Imperial Force, 2nd (1939–1946), Your Country Needs You!, nla.pic-vn4702420; Australian News and Information Bureau, Portrait of John Curtin, Prime Minister of Australia, 1941–1945, nla.pic-vn3600322; 184: George Browning, 25 Brigade Advancing along Kokoda Trail, 1944, Courtesy Australian War Memorial, ART23615; 2/31st Australian Infantry Battalion along the Banks of the Brown River, 1942, Courtesy State Library of Victoria, H99.201/1963; 185: USS Peary Burns … after a Japanese Air Raid, Darwin, 1942, nla.pic-vn5126065; 186: Asahi Shinbunsha, Seinan Taiheiyo Seizu (Map of Southwest Pacific Ocean), 1944, nla.map-rm3942; 187: Japanese Torpedo on Exhibition, c. 1942, Courtesy State Library of Victoria, H98.104/896; Damaged Japanese Submarine Being Raised from Sydney Harbour, c. 1942, Courtesy State Library of Victoria, H98.104/871; 188: USS Chicago … Woolloomooloo Bay, 1941–1943, Courtesy Australian War Memorial, 008043; 189: Women at the Small Arms Ammunition Factory, 1944, nla.pic-an11035265-s226; cover of The Australian Women’s Weekly, 14 June 1941, nla.news-page4715478; 190: Department of Supply and Shipping, The Uniform Dress, Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service, 1943, nla.pic-an24536142; 191: Commonwealth Rationing Commission and Commonwealth Department of Health, Planning Meat Ration Meals, c. 1944, nla.aus-vn5080356; Bruce Howard, Tea and Butter Ration Tickets … World War II, Melbourne, c. 1973, nla.pic-vn5058422; 192: Commonwealth Rationing Commission, New Clothes from Old, c. 1943, nla.aus-vn5056721; 193: Arthur Gulliver, The Story of a Patrol, 1951, Courtesy State Library of Victoria, H2002.199/3726.
Building for the Future
194: Wolfgang Sievers, Main Tunnel T2 … the Snowy Mountains Scheme, New South Wales, 1957, nla.pic-vn3415857; 195: Australian Office of Education, Australian Outline: Education, c. 1949, nla.pic-vn5717593-6x; Robin Vaughan Francis Smith, Italian Migrant Market Gardeners, Adelaide, c. 1960, nla.pic-vn4237225; 196: Welcome to Bonegilla, Programme, 1949, nla.pic-vn3670758; Spacic Dragoljub and His Wife, Who Arrived as Migrants … 29 June 1948, nla.pic-vn5126026; 197: Australia Lloyd Triestino, 1957–1963, nla.pic-vn3726199; 198: Laurence John Failes, Map of the Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Scheme Area, 1954–1965, nla.pic-an20118662-1; Laurence John Failes, Bulldozer at One of the Murray Power Stations, between 1954 and 1965, nla.pic-an20118662-8; 199: Interior View of the Holden and Frost Motor Body Works, Adelaide, c. 1925, nla.pic-vn5125895; 200: B.R. Linklater, Wise Motorists Fly TAA, Then Drive Avis Rent-a-Car, c. 1958, nla.pic-an7649535; 201: Which Can You Trust to Defeat the Communists?, The Argus (Melbourne), 18 October 1949, p. 4, nla.news-article22786189; Sir Robert Menzies … Signing Papers, 1950s, nla.pic-vn3307904; 202: Wes Stacey, Residence, Hunter’s Hill, Sydney, New South Wales, c. 1970, nla.pic-vn5155435; Raymond De Berquelle, Milkman, Bruce Street, Kingsford, Sydney, 1966, nla.pic-vn3064374; 203: Raymond De Berquelle, ‘Here is your change’ … Glebe, Sydney, 1964, nla.pic-vn3065150; Raymond De Berquelle, Corner Shop … Surry Hills, New South Wales, 1964, nla.pic-vn4386076; 204: Creer & Berkeley and Lang, A.A. Co. Garden Suburb, Hamilton, 1926, nla.map-lfsp1735; 205: Stephen Fleay, Australian Television Presenter … at the CBN 8 and CWN 6 Television Studios, Orange, New South Wales, October 1968, nla.pic-vn4785432; Bruce Postle, Prime Minister John Gorton, 10 January 1968, nla.pic-vn4573488.
Controversial Issues
206: Wolfgang Sievers, Young Child … Cape York, North Queensland, 1957, nla.pic-an13908897-10; 207: Loui Seselja, Huge Crowd on Sydney Harbour Bridge during the Walk for Reconciliation, Corroboree 2000, nla.pic-an24526893; Martin Philbey, Paul Kelly Performing on Stage at the Sound Relief Bushfire Benefit Concert … 14 March 2009, nla.pic-vn5013337; 208: Ichisaburo Sawai, Dai Tōa Kyōeiken Meguri Sugoroku, c. 1944, nla.pic-vn4693326; 209: Reg Morrison, A Young Draftee being Deployed to Vietnam Farewells Family, 1966, nla.pic-vn4994440; Ern McQuillan, Union of Australian Women in the May Day Parade, 1965, nla.pic-vn4395009; 210: Gough Whitlam Speaking on the Steps … Parliament House, Canberra, 11 November 1975, nla.pic-an24355085, Courtesy Australian Information Service; Australian Labor Party, It’s Time: Rural, c. 1972, nla.cat-vn772336, Courtesy Australian Labor Party; 211: Peter Dodds McCormick, Advance Australia Fair, 1900–1909, nla.mus-an6012238; 212: Peter Dombrovskis, Morning Mist … Franklin River, Tasmania, 1979, nla.pic-an24365561, Courtesy Liz Dombrovskis; 213: Andrew Lachlan Chapman, Franklin Dam Protesters at the Liberal Party Federal Election Campaign Opening, 1983, nla.pic-vn4229965; 214: Judy Horacek, Just How Much More Evidence of Traditional Ownership Will You Require?, c. 1995, nla.pic-vn3294982; 215: ‘Yes’ for Aborigines, Poster for Referendum 27 May 1967, nla.aus-vn3116836; Mervyn Bishop, Prime Minister Gough Whitlam Pours Soil into the Hands of Gurindji Traditional Owner Vincent Lingiari, 1975, Courtesy Australian Government; 216: Harry Weston, Liberty or Slavery, c. 1917, nla.pic-an14106529; 217: Wendy McDougall, Labor MP and Deputy Premier Andrew Refshauge … on the Day the Bombs Started in Iraq, 20 March 2003, nla.pic-an24882429; 218: June Orford, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd … during the Apology to the Stolen Generations, Melbourne, 13 February 2008, nla.pic-vn4502862; Loui Seselja, Advertising the Event with the Word Sorry Written in the Sky … Sydney, 2000, nla.pic-an24526919; 219: Mervyn Bishop, Children Holding Portraits of Members of the Stolen Generation, 2008, nla.pic-vn4494716; 220: Samuel Garnet Wells, Boxing Match, LCP and ALP, 1950s, nla.pic-an6570619; 221: Benjamin Rushton, Prime Minister Julia Gillard with Ballot Paper … the Australian Federal Election, Melbourne, August 2010, nla.pic-vn4972537; Damian McDonald, Kevin Rudd Taking Questions … Parliament House, Canberra, 17 April 2007, nla.int-nl39724-dmc3.
Dealing with Disasters
222: A Flood in New South Wales, 1870s, nla.pic-an8926646; 222–223: Frightful Wrecks!, 1833, nla.aus-vn5980837; David Tunbridge, Volunteer Crew of MLO 10 of the ACT Bushfire Service … Brindabella Ranges, on the Night of 11/12 January 2003, nla.pic-an24954618; Darren Clark, Dead Cattle, Fords Bridge, New South Wales, 2002, nla.pic-vn3409115; 224: Darren Clark, Dry River Bed with Fish Skeleton, Coonamble, New South Wales, 2002, nla.pic-vn3409092; 225: Bruce Howard, Tracy—She Broke His Heart: The Morning After Cyclone Tracy, 1974, nla.pic-vn3076160; 226: Samuel Calvert, Bush Fire in Australia, c. 1880s, nla.pic-an8927792; Simon O’Dwyer, As the Sun Rises over the Horizon Residents in the Omeo Valley … Return to Their Homes to See First Hand the Devastation Caused by the Inferno … on Australia Day 2003, nla.pic-vn3121837; 227: Haughton Forrest, Tug for Clipper, Tasmania, c. 1860, nla.pic-an2288583.
The Sporting Life
228: Greg Power, Prime Minister’s XI Batsman, Shaun Marsh, Hits a Six … Manuka Oval, Canberra, 10 November 2006, nla.int-nl39667a-gp42; 229: Ray Leighton, Surf Sirens, Manly Beach, New South Wales, 1938–46, nla.pic-an14035743-4; British Australian Carpet Manufacturing Co., XVI Olympiad Melbourne 1956, nla.aus-vn3297619; 230: Bruce Howard, Newspaper’s Coverage of the Water Polo Match between Hungary and Russia, Melbourne, Victoria, 1956, nla.pic-vn4278496-s287; 231: Bruce Howard, Olympic Athletes March Together … the Melbourne Olympics, 1956, nla.pic-vn4278496-s322; 232: Leslie Ward, An Artful Bowler, B.J.T. Bosanquet, 1904, nla.pic-vn3586313; All England v. Australia, c. 1900, nla.aus-vn4558701; 233: Greg Power, Prime Minister’s XI Batsman, Shaun Marsh, Hits a Six … Manuka Oval, Canberra, 10 November 2006, nla.int-nl39667a-gp42; 234: Aboriginal Australian Cricketers in England, 1868, nla.pic-an13938309; 235: ‘Lawn Tennis’ in Australian Town and Country Journal, 3 November 1877, p. 25, nla.cat-vn41861; 236: Australian Davis Cup Team … New York, USA, 1950, nla.pic-vn5126108; Greg Power, Australian Tennis Player Sam Stosur Playing at the Australian Open, 2011, nla.int-nl40386-gp84; 237: Australasian Swimming Team, Winners of the Freestyle Relay, Olympic Games, Stockholm, 1912, nla.pic-an21171586; 238: Exchange Studios, Portrait of Fanny Durack, 1912, nla.pic-an10716253; Bruce Howard, Australian Swimmers … the Olympic Pool, Melbourne, 1956, nla.pic-vn4278496-s218; 239: Frank Hurley, Surf Boats Bondi, 1910–1962, nla.pic-an23478403; 240: John Witzig, Nat Young … at the Australian Surfing Championships, Sydney, 1972, nla.pic-vn4473899; Surfglassy, Stephanie Gilmore Winning Her Round Three Heat of the Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach, 2010, Reproduced under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en; 241: George Lacy, The First Gathering of the Bendigo Caledonian Society, Jan. 2nd, 1860, nla.pic-an3103469; 242: Women’s Hurdles Race … Sydney Sports Ground, 1931, nla.pic-vn4584021; Michael Jensen, Robert de Castella Winning the Gold Medal at the Commonwealth Games Marathon, Brisbane, 1982, nla.pic-vn3297433; 243: Nathan David Kelly, Portrait of Cathy Freeman, 1997, nla.pic-vn3551388; 244: Australian Rules Footballer, 1880s, nla.pic-vn4467031; H.D. Newby, A Profusely Illustrated Souvenir … of the Australasian Football Jubilee Carnival, 1908, nla.aus-vn5214037; 245: Greg Power, Socceroos Captain Lucas Neill Kicks the Ball, Socceroos Australia v Malaysia Soccer Match, Canberra Stadium, 7 October 2011, nla.int-nl40553-gp63; 246: Rocco Fazzari, The Cup, 1980s, nla.pic-an24026950; 247: Richard Woldendorp, Aerial View of ‘Australia II’ Sailing off Fremantle, 1983, Courtesy State Library of Western Australia, 215707PD; 248: Karl Sharp, Jessica Watson … after Completing Her Voyage around the World, 15 May 2010, nla.pic-vn4840890; 249: Bruce Postle, Australia’s Donna-Lee Patrick during a Hockey Match against New Zealand … Melbourne, 2001, nla.pic-vn4581669; An Opperman Promotion for Malvern Star, 1920s, nla.pic-vn3427462.
Embracing Multiculturalism
250: Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation, Together We Can’t Lose, c. 1996, nla.pic-vn5751356, Courtesy Reconciliation Australia; 251: Sharyn Lee Meade, ANZAC Day Parade, Melbourne, 1996—After the March, nla.pic-an12549227-44; Jim Hooper, Chandrabhanu in Bharatam Dance Company Production, Bodhissatva, 1994, nla.pic-vn3510661; 252: W.E. Naunton, White Australia: March of the Great White Policy, 1910, nla.mus-vn3118296; 253: Curly Fraser, University Students Protest over the Deportation of Indian Nancy Prasad under the White Australia Policy, Mascot, 1965, Courtesy Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Australian Photographic Agency, 20363; 254: Michael Jensen, Vietnamese Boat People, Darwin, November 1977, nla.pic-vn3209915; 255: Louise Whelan, Food Stalls at the African Refugee Training Markets in Hamilton, Newcastle, NSW, 2010, nla.pic-vn5756654; June Orford, Fatah and Makai Mohmand with a Carpet … from Their Homeland, Kabul, Afghanistan, 2005, nla.pic-vn3536543; 256: Migrants Arriving at an Australian Port, 1964, nla.pic-vn3146421, Courtesy Australian News and Information Bureau; 257: F.W. Niven & Co., John Alloo’s Chinese Restaurant, Main Road, Ballarat, 1853, nla.pic-an10236766; 258: Louise Whelan, Local Police Having a Turkish Coffee … Lakemba, New South Wales, 2010, nla.pic-vn5756781; 259: Edwyn Temple, Landing of Captain Cook in New Zealand, 1769, 1880, nla.pic-an6054544.
On the World Stage
260: Jim McFarlane, Miranda Coney and Albert David in a study for Stephen Page’s ‘Rites’, 1997, nla.pic-an23764028; 261: Ramingining artists, The Aboriginal Memorial, 1987–88, Courtesy National Gallery of Australia, photograph: John Gollings; Madame Melba, 1890–1920, nla.pic-an22931644; 262: Lewis Morley, Portrait of Dame Edna, 1997, nla.pic-vn4088130; Don McMurdo, Peter Allen Performing at the Opening of the Sydney Entertainment Centre, 1 May, 1983, nla.pic-an24770603; 263: Bruce Postle, Rupert Murdoch Announces Newspaper Mergers … Melbourne, 8 October 1990, nla.pic-vn4579000; Damian McDonald, Portrait of Germaine Greer during Her Visit to the National Library of Australia, 2005, nla.int-nl39522-dmc3; 264: Portrait of Howard Florey, c. 1960, nla.pic-an23609885, Courtesy Australian News and Information Bureau; 265: Sir John Carew Eccles at the Time He Won the Nobel Prize in 1963, nla.pic-an21150491-5; 266: Frank Mahony, Henry Lawson in 1896, nla.pic-an12114346; 267: Loui Seselja, Thomas Keneally Signing Books at the National Library of Australia, 22 October 2006, nla.int-nl39646-ls28; Christina Rutherford Macpherson and A.B. Paterson, Waltzing Matilda Manuscript, c. 1895, nla.ms-ms10086; 268: Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding: Being the Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum, 1918, nla.aus-vn1274760; Dorothy Wall, illustration in Blinky Bill, the Quaint Little Australian, 1933, nla.aus-an3281107; 269: Madame Melba, 1890–1920, nla.pic-an22931644; 270: Don McMurdo, Joan Sutherland in Alcina, 1967–1998, nla.pic-an24716993; 271: Matthew Sleeth, Australian Singer Kylie Minogue Performs … East Timor, 21 December 1999, nla.pic-an24812907; Rennie Ellis, Barry Gibb, Kings Cross, c. 1970–71, nla.pic-vn4081860; 272: Eugène Von Guérard, Ferntree Gully in the Dandenong Ranges, Victoria, 1867, nla.pic-vn4930985; 273: Marilena Damiano, Portrait of Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, 1989, nla.pic-vn3356974; Grace Cossington Smith, Self-portrait, c. 1951, nla.pic-an21209662; 274: J.C. Williamson, Souvenir: Anna Pavlova … Brisbane, 1929, nla.pic-vn3409847; Anthony Gordon, Robert Helpmann in Frederick Ashton’s Ballet, The Wanderer, 1941, nla.pic-vn3289848; 275: Regis Lansac, Dancers of the Australian Ballet as Cut-out Dolls in Wild Swans, 2003, nla.pic-vn3264767; Jim McFarlane, Miranda Coney and Albert David in a study for Stephen Page’s ‘Rites’, 1997, nla.pic-an23764028; 276: Peter Finch as the Sheriff of Nottingham, 1952, nla.ms-ms9733-5-153; 277: Picnic at Hanging Rock, 1975, Courtesy Jenny Lovell and the National Film and Sound Archive; Crocodile Dundee, 1986, Courtesy John Cornell and the National Film and Sound Archive.
You Are a History Maker
278: row 1 from left: Damian McDonald, Captain Michael Taylor Filling out the Log Book in the Cockpit, 2005, nla.int-nl39475e-dmc49; Nick Moir, CFA Fire Fighters Observing the Beechworth Fire … Victoria, 9 February 2009, nla.pic-vn4594988; Christian Pearson, Step into the Future, 2011, nla.pic-vn6151389; Darren Clark, Jeannie Gadamdua Sharing Traditional Bush Knowledge … Northern Territory, 12 August 2010, nla.pic-vn5196717; row 2 from left: June Orford, A Feast Laid out for Monks to Select Their Daily Meal … the Thai Buddhist Temple in Box Hill, Victoria, 1 August 2004, nla.pic-vn3312121; Greg Power, A Vendor for Street Newspaper The Big Issue, Known as Bill the Historian … Melbourne, January 2011, nla.int-nl40385-gp15; Darren Clark, View of the Esplanade Taken from Old Admiralty House, Darwin, 20 October 2010, nla.pic-vn5177355; row 3 from left: Greg Power, Pink Stacks, Brisbane Square Library, Queensland, 2008, nla.int-nl39890a-gp30; Darren Clark, Ballet Dancer, Melissa Jayne Dougall … North Perth, Western Australia, 2007, nla.pic-vn4230808; Jaime Murcia, Five Teenagers Wearing Street Fashion … Ballarat, Victoria, 2009, nla.pic-vn4706279; row 4 from left: June Orford, A Young Girl Tree Planting to Replace Vegetation Lost … Flowerdale, 2 May 2009, nla.pic-vn4609395; Philip Gostelow, External View of the Australian Pavilion … China, 18 May 2010, nla.pic-vn4935543; June Orford, Forest and Styx River nearby, Styx Valley, Tasmania, 2004, nla.pic-vn3096436; 279: row 1 from left: Simon O’Dwyer, A Night View of Coal Fired Loy Yang Power Station, Traralgon, Victoria, 27 July 2005, nla.pic-vn4533102; Rodney Dekker, View of Lake Hume about 5% Full … Victoria, November 2006, nla.pic-vn4499343; Loui Seselja, Bradley Chatfield Acknowledges the Audience in Sid’s Waltzing Masquerade … Sydney Dance Company, The Playhouse, Canberra Theatre Centre, 5 September 2009, nla.int-nl40107-ls15; row 2 from left: Robert James Wallace, A Pedapod Pedicab Bicycle, Sydney, 2008, nla.pic-vn4367222; Robin Smith, Toora Wind Farm … Victoria, 2006, nla.pic-vn4235776; Louise Whelan, Justine Kimba Visiting Her Friend’s Shop for a Fitting … St Marys, New South Wales, 16 October 2010, nla.pic-vn5756651; row 3 from left: Bill Bachman, Rebeca Wall Opening Farm Gate, Langidoon Station, North-east of Broken Hill, South-west New South Wales, October 2003, nla.pic-vn3883748; Greg Power, Interior View of Brisbane Square Library, Queensland, 2008, nla.int-nl39890a-gp37; Louise Whelan, Three Boys with Musical Instruments Participating in Sikh Community Classes … Glenwood, New South Wales, 13 November 2010, nla.pic-vn5756754; row 4 from left: Philip Gostelow, Children Wearing Sun-protective Shirts … Brighton Beach, Perth, 2 January 2010, nla.pic-vn4811855; Richard Green, Gnarled Skeletons, Sturt Stony Desert, South Australia, 2006, nla.pic-vn4831608; row 5 from left: Greg Power, Graffiti on a Wall and Bins in Hosier Lane, Melbourne, January 2011, nla.int-nl40385-gp5; Darren Clark, Customers at the Asian Food Stall, Mindil Beach Markets, Darwin, 28 October 2010, nla.pic-vn5177405; Darren Clark, Scott Nardu with Two Other Aboriginal Children … Wudikapildiyerr Outstation, Daly River, Northern Territory, 16 June 2010, nla.pic-vn5178302; row 6 from left: Greg Power, Bicycles for Hire … Melbourne, 20 January 2011, nla.int-nl40386-gp115; Louise Whelan, Health Professional Vaccinating Participant in the World’s First Human Trials of the Swine Flu Vaccine, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, 22 July 2009, nla.pic-vn4666802; Karl Sharp, Hybrid Electric Car at Charge Point, Glebe, New South Wales, 2010, nla.pic-vn4934040