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Australia

Type Subfile
Date 1987-1998

Genre - Form

Subfile

Final number

Number
2

Extent

Number
197
Unit of measurement
slide
Type and number of units
Slide films stored in 11 archival slide storage sheets

Content

This subfiles contains images of prominent Australian heritage sites, particularly those with rock art. Some of the locations featured here are Mutawintji National Park, previously known as Mootwingee; Ubirr featuring rock art panels that signages; Kakadu National Park with images capturing handprints at a test site and aerial views of Jowalbinna airstrip; Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park features a wheelchair platform that provides views of the Basin site, along with educational signage about local fauna.

Additional elements include slides of Australian Aboriginal woodcarvings, fire-making, spear fishing, and weapons, alongside a demonstration of rock painting by the Australian Rock Art Research Association (AURA) in 1988. The urban landscape of Sydney is represented by the iconic Opera House and Hyde Park, while Ravenswood and Charters Towers depict historical architecture, with Canberra showcasing its contemporary parliamentary building. 

 

The locations and corresponding dates are listed below in alphabetical order by city or site:
 

Australia: Broken Hills, NSW (1998), Canberra (1988), Charters Towers (1995), Coolamine Homestead (1995), Jowalbinna Forest and Rock Art Safari (1992), Kakadu National Park, including Ubirr (1988, 1998), Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park (1987, 1998), Melbourne, Victoria (1990), Mutawintji National Park, NSW (1998), Orroral Valley Woolshed (1995), Ravenswood (1995), Sydney, including Sydney Opera House (1987, 1998), The Giant Wallaroo Site (1992), The Heights Heritage House and Garden, Victoria (1990), Three Sisters, Blue Mountains, NSW (1987), Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park (1998), Walls of China, Mungo National Park, NSW (1998), Wentworth Falls (1987), Yankee Hat Aboriginal Rock Art Site (1998)

 

Some people who were identified in the slides include:
 

On slide NSP-04-020-02 John Clarke at test site in Kakadu National Park, Australia, 1988 

On slide NSP-04-020-19 Maria Isabel Hernandez standing in front of a rock formation, 1992
On slide NSP-04-022-18 Suzie Inman (ICCROM former staff member), Phil Haydock at Wentworth Falls, 1987, site visit during ICOM-CC Triennial Meeting in Sydney, Australia.  

On slide NSP-04-024-13 Steve Trazise at the Giant Wallaroo Rock Art Site, Australia, 1992

Reference code

Reference code
NSP-04-016 to NSP-04-026

Reproductions and copyright

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