Anna the Archivist

'Election day in Adelaide, 25 April 1896 – the first Australian election and referendum in which women could vote'

'Trade union members protest during a visit by United States President Lyndon Johnson to Australia, 1966'

'The French Minister for Defence, Mr Andre Giraud, presented the Cross of Officer de la Legion d'Honneur to Australian war heroine, Ms Nancy Wake, in Sydney on February 24. The presentation, aboard the helicopter carrier FNS Jeanne d'Arc, was made during a five-day-visit to Australia by Mr Giraud who held discussions with Australian Minister for Defence, Mr Kim Beazley, and the Australian Prime Minister, Mr Bob Hawke. Ms Wake received the award in recognition of her role in the French resistance against the Nazi occupation during WWII. It is the fifth French award bestowed on Ms Wake who had the war-time code name of the 'White Mouse' as a member of the Allied Escape Route Organisation in Occupied France. Australian News & Information Bureau. Photograph by Bill Payne, 1988.'

'Two Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) DC-3 planes flying above some cumulus clouds over the Pacific Ocean near Sydney, 1957 - Australia, the driest continent, is a world leader in practical rainmaking experiments - The first man made rain to reach ground fell in New South Wales in 1947 - Suitable clouds are seeded with silver iodide from the plane which is fitted with burners under its wings - The silver iodide, when burned in a hot flame, produces smoke of fine crystals which can start the formation of ice crystals in "dry" clouds and so induce precipitation.'

'Aboriginal People And Torres Strait Islander Peoples - Art - Rock Painting - Cave painting Oenpelli NT - Injaluk Rock'

'Sydney's Taronga Park Zoo's lions bask in the spring sunshine. In the background is the Sydney Harbour Bridge which links the city (left) with North Sydney. 1966. Australian News and Information Bureau, Photographer: A Ozolins'