@ArchivesACT

Official archives of the ACT Government

 Canberra, Australia
archives.act.gov.au
Joined August 2009
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BSA are proud to support UTAS for this #IDDRR event Join UTAS for a forum on how sustainability is reshaping art and design practice & what this means for how communities collect and celebrate cultural objects 10am on 13 October Register at utas.edu.au/events/2023/sept…
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ArchivesACT@ArchivesACT2 May 2023
A group of records held by the ACT Government has been recognised for its significance to Canberra’s documentary heritage. The ACT/NSW Border Survey Field Books were inscribed into UNESCO’s Australian Memory of the World Register. Find out more here. archives.act.gov.au/find_of_…
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DRR Day is the ideal time to review your state of preparedness for disasters that can impact cultural heritage and collections. BSA is hosting regional network meetings in the coming months to support building your own resilience network. Thanks to Steamatic for sponsorship
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Are you a history buff or researcher interested in all things Canberra? 📚 Then be sure to check ACT Memory, the latest initiative from ArchivesACT, which allows you to search historical records online. 💻 To access ACT Memory visit 👉 bit.ly/394C9fJ
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RIMPA ACT@RIMPA_ACT26 Apr 2022
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@ArchivesACT civilised cup of tea and a launch! Welcome to the public database of ACT Memory with Chris Steel MLA and Wayne Berry
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Today is #DRRday! Good planning helps reduce your disaster risks Check your disaster preparedness plan and update it to ensure it covers your onsite and offsite activities #DRRday #OnlyTogether @BlueShieldAust
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Remember that time you helped share the very first images of the Moon walk? 🌕👨‍🚀 David Cooke does. He was the electrical engineer at the our Parkes Radio Telescope in 1969. This is a pretty special throwback Thursday #tbt #Apollo50Aus Via ABC Open vimeo.com/30486076 ^KC
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FREE TALK 15 JUNE "The Colonial Secretary's Correspondence: the family historian's friend." Gail Davis will be presenting tips for researching the records of the Colonial Secretary to the Lake Macquarie Family History Group. Bookings essential > records.nsw.gov.au/archives/…
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Barber Cecil Bainbrigge cuts Ben Chifley's hair at Old Parliament House, early 1940s
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#OnThisDay brewer Edmund Resch died. Read more about his remarkable rise from a young German immigrant with a water factory in Wilcannia to the owner of one of the most popular and recognisable beer brands in Australia - facebook.com/ANUArchives/
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A group of young women had a #picnic at the #beach, to promote #PicnicAtHangingRock at @cannes 1976! Check out this report by Bill Collins; courtesy @Channel7. Read more: nfsa.gov.au/latest/mr-movies…
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May 14, 1912 Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahoney Griffin won the competition to design Australia's new capital, Canberra.
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A fashion parade at a #sheep show? #Wool is the star in this clip, courtesy of Cinesound Movietone Productions. From our #DressmakerNFSA inspired #vintagefashion collection: nfsa.gov.au/collection/curat…
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Vale Enrico Taglietti, 1926–2019. Architect, visionary, community-builder. Here is an image from the national archival collection of Enrico at work in his Canberra studio in 1971. NAA: A12111, 1/1971/29/31
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Canberra (and I quote): The Most Beautifully Situated City in the World. The Heart of the Great Australian Nation. The New Cosmopolitan Tourist Resort. The Playground of Society. April 6, 1927. trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/a… @ArchivesACT @TroveAustralia
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Check out these gorgeous #Easter specials that you could pick up at #McWhirters in 1941 // Image from The Telegraph, 25 March 1941 via @slqld #BrisbaneArtDeco #ArtDeco #QldArtDeco #Brisbane #BNE #Brissie #brisheritage #brisbaneheritage #heritage
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It now has a pop. of <200 but at its peak, historic, once famous "gold ghost town" Araluen (Aboriginal: water lily), had 15,000 prospectors, 8 schools, 5 police stations & 27 hotels! By 1852, 100,000ozs of gold was mined. A flood in 1860 virtually destroyed the town & 24 died.
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Oaks Estate during the infamous flood of the Queanbeyan River, 1974. [Source: NAA] #Canberra @ArchivesACT
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You can join a free guided ride along Canberra's ultimate #ghost road this Wednesday. Fun for the whole family! But where's the road? Do you know? Bookings essential: [email protected] More: bit.ly/2UXWz1m
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AND it's the largest radio telescope in the Southern Hemisphere. (just look at the all that 60s technology that now fits in your phone ... ) @ArchivesACT #space #toinfinityandbeyond [Photo: CAASTRO]
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