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Women sit at a table talking to each other

June Orford, Class members, refugees from Afghanistan, Pakistan and the former Yugoslavia, practise English language exercises at the Fitzroy Learning Network, Fitzroy, Victoria, 2005, nla.obj-137095404

Migration and immigration

A family dressed for a wedding laughs as they sit together on a couch

Conor Ashleigh, Bridal couple Achol and Marial and their bridal party, Sydney, December, 2013, nla.obj-506867692

Family history and genealogy

Black and white sketch of costume for the Princess-Mother in Swan Lake, with swatches of fabrics around the edges

Kristian Fredrikson, Costume and set sketches, Swan Lake (New Zealand) Act 1, nla.obj-3160686825

Performing arts

Wide view of a wheat field with a large green tractor in the middle distance harvesting the wheat. In the far distance are wind turbines and a purple sky

Andrew Chapman, A tractor harvesting wheat at dusk against a backdrop of wind turbines near Blackheath, Wimmera region, Victoria, 3 December, 2020, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3210235608

Australiana

Street full of people celebrating Fairfield City Council's Cabramatta Moon Festival

Ken Leanfore, Park Road looking towards Freedom Plaza, Fairfield City Council's Cabramatta Moon Festival, 28 August, 2022, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3128830751

Asia

Vincent Lingiari and two other men seated

Michael Jensen, Vincent Lingiari at Wattie Creek [(Daguragu), Northern Territory] when they had water on tap, 1977, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-137086604

First Australians

A stream flowing between large rocks and green flora with clouds in the background

Peter Dombrovskis, Alpine tarns, Mount Wellington, Tasmania, 1969?, nla.obj-151447183

Environment and biodiversity

View of the Australian House of Representatives in Parliament House from slightly above. Members of the House of Representatives sit throughout the room, and members of the public sit in allocated areas

Sean Davey, Members of parliament in the House of Representatives during the debate of the Marriage Amendment Bill, Parliament House, Canberra, 7 December 2017, 1, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-735401237

Government and politics

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A woman looks at the camera with a river in the background

Lorrie Graham, Indigenous leader Essie Coffey, Brewarrina, New South Wales, 1991, nla.obj-152764120

Prominent First Australians

Australian sporting moments

Rare books

Gold rush

Pride

Two women in navy and orange work wear with protective glasses, gas masks and tanks on their backs standing by a wall with an orange door and signs reading 'Danger Chlorine', 'Eye protection must be worn in this area', 'Liquid chlorine bulk storage' and more.

Ruth Maddison, Thilini Malalasekera and Tabatha James at the door of the liquid chlorine bulk storage room at Winneke Water Treatment Plant, Christmas Hills, Victoria, 2017, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-505676674

Australian women

Man wearing face mask and purple vest standing new a doorway. On the wall around the door are instructions on how to vote in a federal election.

Sandy Scheltema, Australian Electoral Commission officer standing next to a 'How to Vote in a Federal Election' poster outside the polling place in Glenlyon Hall, during the Australian federal election, Glenlyon, Victoria, 21 May, 2022, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3108998796

Democracy

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