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Simon Froude

@froude_simon

Director-General, National Archives of Australia

 South Australia, Australia
Joined October 2017
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Commenced @naagovau on Monday, wonderful first few days working at this amazing institution. Huge thanks to all the incredible staff for making me feel so welcome
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Very proud to be a part of the inaugural Aboriginal Reference Group meeting, supporting @StateRecordsSA and @SLSA improve consultation and access to records for Aboriginal people (Photographer Sia Duff)
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The 1836 Letters Patent establishing the Province of South Australia is on display at the @HoldfastBay Bay Discovery Centre today, as part of the new exhibition Tiati Wangkanthi Kumangka (Truth Telling Together) #archives #archives100
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Proud to be a #SouthAustralian today at the Re-dedication Ceremony of The Sir Ross Smith Memorial, in this the centenary year of the first successful flight from England to Australia #EpicFlight
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The Radford Auditorium, the original archive in SA, looking great ahead of @StateRecordsSA 100 birthday celebration #archives100
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David Fricker @ICArchiv opening the #DTAAdelaide2019 with a beautiful Welcome to Country from Mickey O’Brien
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Proud to be playing with a great group of lads at the #AustralianMasters and representing the SA Masters Soccer League
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And @StateRecordsSA is proud to be sharing its birthday with @RIMPA_RIM
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Guess who is having a birthday today @StateRecordsSA #archives100
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Extremely proud for @StateRecordsSA to continue to support the great work of Nunkuwarrin Yunti in assisting the Stolen Generation access records @Nunkuwarrin_CEO #archive
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We are very happy to be helping our friends at State Records celebrate 100 years. Australia's oldest government archive @StateRecordsSA #Archives #Archives100 #libraries
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Celebrate State Records' centenary at our new exhibition Professor Henderson's Department of Historical Records! Held at the Institute Building, @SLSA, open 10-5 daily (except public holidays) from July to December 2019 #Archives100
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The coat of arms design was celebrated as a "welcome breakaway from the classical type", though some commentators were disappointed that it did not include the iconic piping shrike (the bird now appears in SA's current coat of arms, granted in 1984)
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We love this hand tinted image of a busy #Adelaide street in the early 1900s, can you guess which street this is? #triviatuesday
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Love the mental image of a “grimy archivist wearing a suit of blue dungarees and looking like a scavenger [bringing] the first dray-load of Government Records to the archives” #Archives100 #grimybutnotdusty
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Celebrate State Records' centenary at our new exhibition Professor Henderson's Department of Historical Records! Held at the Institute Building, @SLSA, open 10-5 daily (except public holidays) from July to December 2019 #Archives100
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It’s not officially open yet but the @StateRecordsSA centenary exhibition @SLSA is already attracting attention #Archives100
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Today @StateRecordsSA opened its centenary exhibition, in the Institute Building on North Terrace, come in and have a look around #Archives100
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April means #archive30 time! The South Australian Archives Department was established in 1919, 100 years ago! Now State Records, we are proudly the oldest government #archive in Australia and continue to identify preserve and make accessible the history of state & local gvt in SA
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My thoughts are with our friends in New Zealand
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State Records’ Research Centre will be closed on Wednesday 9 January due to a temporary interruption to the power supply. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding.
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