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Claremont Campus, The University of Western Australia.

A view of The University of Western Australiaâ€™s Claremont Campus. The Claremont Campus building was constructed in 1901 and originally housed the Claremont Teacherâ€™s College. It was then home to the Western Australian College of…

A Voyage to Botany Bay, With a Description of the Country, Manners, Customs, Religion &c. of the Natives.

â€˜On page 9 of this text, an attempted theft of the diamonds of the Order of the Garter is detailed: On forming a connection with one Lowe, which was but a short time previous to that evening of the month of January, which is observed as the…

Anniversary of the Establishment of the Eight Hour Day

A wood engraving by an artist for the Victorian Millers' Union which commemorates the 35th anniversary of the establishment of the eight hour working day in Victoria. Some historians consider trade unions to be the successors of medieval guilds.

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Investiture, Royal visit of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh, 1963, Government House, Sydney.

This photograph from 1963 shows Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh and other dignatories, knighting someone at Government House in Sydney. The photograph depicts the action of 'dubbing', a light blow with the flat side of the…

Tags: ceremony, coat of arms, dubbing, Duke, Duke of Edinburgh, Elizabeth, investiture, knighthood, New Coat of Arms, New South Wales, NSW, Queen Elizabeth II, sword, Sydney

An Address On the Occasion of the Naming of Magna Carta Place, Langton Crescent, Canberra

An address made by the Hon. Sir Gerard Brennan at the naming of Magna Carta Place in Canberra. He justifies the naming by arguing that the Magna Carta and the ideologies it represents contribute to the creation of a valuable and "enduring myth [in…

Tags: address, Australian government, Australian law, Australian place names, Canberra, English Law, equity, freedom, legal, Magna Carta, naming, place, place name, place names, SIr Gerard Brennan, speech

"White Knight" Gums at the Evercreech Forest Reserve, Tasmania

An article promoting tourism to the Evercreech Forest Reserve in Tasmania. The reserve is home to "the famous White Knights, the tallest white gums in the world - more impressive and taller than the Big Trees in the Styx Valley."

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Early English Portraiture

In this Western Mail article from 1930, the author begins by providing a somewhat negative review of Thomas Hoccleve’s poem, “The Regiment of Princes”. Asserting that the poem “looks better than it reads”, the author…

Fremantle Prison Gatehouse, Fremantle, Western Australia

A view of the Fremantle Prison Gatehouse in Fremantle, Western Australia. The Gatehouse was constructed by convict labour between 1854 and 1855. It was built according to the design of Royal Engineer Edmund Henderson from limestone quarried on…

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