Posts Tagged as: Issue 5
From ASIO to Archives: new Director-General
Issue 5 January 2012
The Archives has a new Director-General – Mr David Fricker. Continue reading
Tags: David Fricker, Director-General, Issue 5
The Muddle-headed Wombat in the Archives
Issue 5 January 2012
A look at Ruth Park's delightful children's book The Muddle-headed Wombat in the Snow – part of the Archives' copyright collection. Continue reading
Tags: 1960s, copyright, Issue 5, literature, Ruth Park
Categories: Archives, Social history
Big skies, big horizons, small towns
Issue 5 January 2012
Archives staff member Melanie Harwood shares her response to the Smalltown photographic exhibition of far-flung towns across Australia. Continue reading
The ‘friendly alien’ in wartime Australia
Issue 5 January 2012
Dr Daniel Leach uses the Archives' records to provide an insight into how Australia's friendly aliens were treated during World War II. Continue reading
Tags: 1940s, alien, internment, Issue 5, World War II
Categories: Defence, Intelligence and security
Out of the Cabinet: Desperately seeking a national anthem
Issue 5 January 2012
Ian Warden exposes the 1982 Fraser Cabinet deliberations about the uncertainty surrounding the words and the tune for our national anthem. Continue reading
Tags: 1980s, Cabinet, Ian Warden, Issue 5, national anthem
What a gem! Enemy property: café noir, dolly pink and chin-chin blue
Issue 5 January 2012
Why was a beautiful colour swatch card from 1928 considered enemy property during World War II? Continue reading
Tags: 1920s, fashion, Issue 5, World War II
Categories: Archives, Defence, Intelligence and security, Social history
Tags: Antarctica, exhibition, Issue 5, Jikji, Minister, preservation, records authority, Simon Crean, training, World War I
Categories: Archives, Defence, Environment, Family history, Information management, News, Politics, Social history