Social history
The common grief of Empire: early Anzac Days in Britain
Issue 10 April 2013
Professor Bruce Scates looks at the first Anzac Days in Britain and explains how they united an Empire in mourning. Continue reading
Tags: 1910s, Anzac Day, Bruce Scates, Issue 10, war graves, World War I
Categories: Archives, Defence, International relations, Research, Social history
Return to sender? Not if the postie could help it
Issue 10 April 2013
Romantic entanglements, earthquakes and the detective skills of postal staff are on display in a late 19th-century file of postal 'curiosities'. Continue reading
Tags: Issue 10, Melbourne, post offices, San Francisco earthquake
Categories: Archives, Communications, Preservation, Social history
Destination: Australia: the curator’s favourites
Issue 10 April 2013
Archives curator Tracey Clarke shares some of her favourite images from the vast Immigration Photographic Archive. Continue reading
Tags: 1950s, 1960s, Destination Australia, immigration, Issue 10, photographs, refugees
Categories: Archives, Economy, Family history, Immigration, Research, Social history
Prohibition in Canberra: King O’Malley and the ‘dry’ capital
Issue 10 April 2013
Discover the 'dry' years of Australia's national capital and the charismatic politician who fought against the 'stagger juice'. Continue reading
Tags: 1910s, 1920s, alcohol, Canberra, Issue 10, King O'Malley, prohibition, Queanbeyan
Categories: Archives, Health and welfare, Politics, Social history
Inside Design 29: the visitor experience
Issue 10 April 2013
A look inside the augmented reality experience of Design 29: creating a capital, an Archives' exhibition celebrating the centenary of Australia's national capital. Continue reading
Tags: augmented reality, Canberra, Design 29, exhibition, Issue 10, Marion Mahony Griffin, snow, Walter Burley Griffin
Categories: Archives, Arts and culture, Communications, Social history
What a gem! Don’t drink six middies an hour and drive
Issue 10 April 2013
Meet the Aussie 'slobs' who featured in a 1970s campaign against drink-driving. Continue reading
Tags: 1970s, advertising, alcohol, drink-driving, Issue 10, road safety
Categories: Archives, Communications, Health and welfare, Social history
Banned: The Catcher in the Rye
Issue 9 January 2013
Delve into the secret collection of Australia's censors, and find out how the banning of a literary classic brought the Australian censorship regime under scrutiny. Continue reading
Tags: 1950s, banned books, censorship, Issue 9, Lady Chatterley's Lover, Mickey Spillane, The Catcher in the Rye
Categories: Archives, Arts and culture, Research, Social history
Reviving a ghost town
Issue 9 January 2013
A remote South Australian ghost town is receiving another breath of life, delivered by enthusiastic volunteers drawing upon historical records. Melanie Harwood explains the role of the National Archives in Continue reading
Tags: Farina, ghost town, Issue 9, railways, South Australia
Categories: Archives, Communications, Environment, Research, Social history
Design 29 and the making of Australia’s national capital
Issue 9 January 2013
A new exhibition at the National Archives tells the tumultuous history of our national capital, using cutting-edge augmented reality technology. Continue reading
Tags: 1900s, 1910s, Canberra, Design 29, exhibition, Federation, Issue 9, Walter Burley Griffin
Categories: Archives, Arts and culture, Constitution, Environment, Research, Social history
When the Minister met Mick: Rolling Stones 1973 tour
Issue 9 January 2013
With the Rolling Stones recently celebrating 50 years together, Your Memento revisits the band’s 1973 tour to Australia and secret government records that reveal why it almost didn’t happen. Continue reading
Tags: 1970s, Issue 9, Joe Cocker, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, music, Rolling Stones
Categories: Archives, Arts and culture, Immigration, Social history