Australian Memory of the World Register
The Australian Memory of the World Register is a selective list of Australia's significant documentary heritage. (*) Asterisked items have also been accepted onto the Memory of the World International Programme. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this website includes the names and images of Indigenous Australians, some of whom are now deceased.
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Register no.
21
Year of registration
2008
Name of the documentary heritage
Mountford-Sheard Collection
Location
State Library of South Australia
Citation
Image caption
Mountford, Charles P. photographer : Post Office Building, Marree, 1935 |
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Register no.
22
Year of registration
2008
Name of the documentary heritage
High Court of Australia Records
Location
National Archives of Australia, High Court of Australia
Citation
Image caption
The High Court of Australia |
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Register no.
23
Year of registration
2008
Name of the documentary heritage
James Gleeson Oral History Collection
Location
National Gallery of Australia
Citation
Image caption
The National Gallery of Australia with works from the collection projected on the outer walls for its 25th anniversary in 2007. |
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Register no.
24
Year of registration
2008
Name of the documentary heritage
The Victorian Women’s Suffrage Petition of 1891
Location
Public Record Office Victoria
Citation
Image caption
The Victorian Womens Suffrage Petition of 1891 |
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Register no.
25
Year of registration
2008
Name of the documentary heritage
Donald Thomson Ethnohistory Collection
Location
Museum Victoria
Citation
Image caption
Field note written by Donald Thomson in Arnhem Land on 5th September 1936. The field note includes a drawing describing a bark painting and details the places along the Arnhem Land coast named by Macassans. |
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Register no.
26
Year of registration
2008
Name of the documentary heritage
1862 Land Act Map
Location
Public Record Office Victoria
Citation
Image caption
The 1862 Land Act Map - detail |
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Register no.
27
Year of registration
2008
Name of the documentary heritage
William Light Collection
Location
State Library of South Australia; Adelaide City Council Civic Collection
Citation
Image caption
Light, William: Mr Beares tents, Nepean Bay, Kangaroo Island [artwork], ca.1836 |
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Register no.
28
Year of registration
2008
Name of the documentary heritage
Archives of Joseph Stanislaus Ostoja-Kotkowski
Location
State Library of South Australia; Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne
Citation
Image caption
Ostoja-Kotkowski, Stanisław : photograph of two dancers, 1966 |
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Register no.
29
Year of registration
2008
Name of the documentary heritage
Margaret Lawrie Torres Strait Island Collection
Location
State Library of Queensland
Citation
Image caption
A group of Torres Strait Islander teachers, 1966 |
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Register no.
30
Year of registration
2008
Name of the documentary heritage
Manifesto of the Queensland Labour Party, 1892*
Location
State Library of Queensland
Citation
Image caption
Manifesto of the Queensland Labour Party, 1892 |