A1200

Photographic negatives and prints, single number series with 'L' [Library] prefix

72

closed files

are part of this series
63

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is the average age of closed files in this series, based on the date of their earliest content
100%

of the total number of closed files

is completely within the open period (more than 20 years old)
1

reasons

are cited by closed files in this series
Details as harvested on 1 January 2016
Series A1200
Title Photographic negatives and prints, single number series with 'L' [Library] prefix
Contents dates 01 Jan 1911 - 30 Jun 1971
Items described 86678
Items digitised 20000+
Recording agencies
  • CA 34, Department of Information, Central Office
    01 Jan 1945 - 16 Mar 1950
  • CA 219, Australian News and Information Bureau, Canberra
    16 Mar 1950 - 30 Jun 1971
Controlling agencies
  • CA 5987, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Central Office
    07 Mar 1994 -
Locations
  • ACT (100.45m)
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Series Control Symbol Title Contents dates
A1200 L8171 Aboriginal people and torres strait islander peoples - Implements and weapons - Painted skulls of ancestors in Eastern Arnhem Land 1946 - 1946
A1200 L86495 Aboriginal people and torres strait islander peoples - Tribal - Dancers perform at corroboree near Darwin 1970 - 1970
A1200 L2357 Types of "pointing bone" used by central Australian Aboriginies to produce a death-dealing spell on an enemy [photographic image] / photographer, K Dicker. 1 photographic image: b&w, acetate 1945 - 1945
A1200 L66849 Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islander peoples - Implements and weapons - Aboriginal implements, woomera, boomerang, bull roarers and spears etc CATEGORY: Photograph PRINCIPAL CREDIT: Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (DIMIA) FORMAT: b&w negative TYPE: cellulose acetate STATUS: preservation material 1967 - 1967
A1200 L8605 Aboriginal people and torres strait islander peoples - Implements and weapons - Bullroarer and explanation of bullroarer 1947 - 1947
A1200 L15387 Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islander peoples - Tribal - These Aboriginals from Yirrkala, in the Arnhem Land Aboriginals reservation, Northern Territory, are performing the dance of Jambuwal. This dance, which tells the story of the spirit man who creates the thunderstorms, take place at the circumcision ceremony of the tribe's young boys [photographic image]. 1 photographic negative: b&w, acetate 1953 - 1953
A1200 L3369 Aboriginal - A burial tree acquired by the National Museum in Melbourne, the carvings usually indicate graves of tribal headmen [photographic image] / photographer, J Gallagher. 1 photographic negative: b&w, acetate 1945 - 1945
A1200 L8606A Aboriginal people and torres strait islander peoples - Implements and weapons - Two stone Tjuringas 1947 - 1947
A1200 L45734 Aboriginal people and torres strait islander peoples - Tribal - Aboriginals of the Iwadja tribe stage a corroboree, Cape Don Lighthouse 1963 - 1963
A1200 L8606B Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islander peoples - Implements and weapons - 2 stone, tjuringas and diagram [photographic image] / photographer, G Cribb. 1 photographic negative: b&w, acetate 1947 - 1947
A1200 L8603B Tjuringas are sacred stones or pieces of wood belonging to members of certain tribes in Central Australia. Tjuringa is an Aranda term. The Tjuringa represents the essence of spirit of the human totemite (the owner of the Tjuringa). On the Tjuringa will be carved some device peculiar to the totem of the owner. The Tjuringas are sacred and are not to be seen by women or uninititated children. They are kept in sacred storehouses, caves holes in rocks, etc. Each tribal group has its own sacred storehouse [photographic image] / photographer, G Cribb. 1 photographic negative: b&w, acetate 1947 - 1947
A1200 L2373 Aboriginal people and torres strait islander peoples - Implements and weapons - Types of message sticks used in Northern Territory & Western Australia 1945 - 1945
A1200 L15393 Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islander peoples - Tribal - An Australian Aboriginal boy being painted in preparation for a circumcision ceremony. The ceremony in this district of Yirrkalla, in the Northern Territory's Arnhem Land Aboriginals reservation [photographic image]. 1 photographic negative: b&w, acetate 1953 - 1953
A1200 L95374 Aboriginal people and torres strait islander peoples - Tribal - Aboriginal boys dance a corroboree 1971 - 1971
A1200 L2359 Australian Aboriginal [portion of title exempt] worn by girls during initiation ceremonies, from Melville Island, Northern Territory [photographic image] / photographer, K Dicker. 1 photographic image: b&w, acetate 1945 - 1945
A1200 L8602A Aboriginal people and torres strait islander peoples - Implements and weapons - Stone Tjuringa explanation 1947 - 1947
A1200 L8604A Aboriginal people and torres strait islander peoples - Implements and weapons - Wooden Tjuringa explanation 1947 - 1947
A1200 L17839 Though trained as stockmen and accepting the modern amenities of life, Aborigines on Beswick Station in Arnhem Land, NT revert to their traditional culture from time to time [photographic image] / photographer, Neil Murray. 1 photographic negative: b&w, acetate 1954 - 1954
A1200 L27103 Corroboree among the trees - photographed by the Barclay Expedition to the NT in 1911 [photographic image]. 1 photographic negative: b&w, acetate 1958 - 1958
A1200 L27013 Aboriginal people and torres strait islander peoples - Dance - Corroboree photographed in 1911 by the Barclay Expedition to the Northern Territory 1958 - 1958