Photographic collection
The world's most comprehensive photographic record of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
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Enter your search term in the free text box. This could be the name of a person or place, or the name of a collection you have found in the Mura® catalogue. Search for an exact phrase by wrapping your search term in quotation marks, for example “Wallaga Lake, N.S.W.” If you do not get any results, try a different spelling or a new term.
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Once you have made a search, facets will appear to the left under the headings Creator, Place and Access rights. The number of matching records is shown in the brackets next to each facet. You can further refine your search using these.
Selecting records
Check the grey tick next to an image to add it to your selection. Use the Selected images option from the Photographic menu (at the top of your screen) to view your selection, and to create PDFs of the images and associated captions.
Browsing records
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This will take you to the full item record and image if available.
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This will show all records that are part of the same photographic collection.
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This link will take you to the collection level record in Mura®, our catalogue.
Providing feedback
Please use the link found below each image in the View record screen to submit an amendment suggestion with as much detail as possible. Should you provide your email address, you may be contacted by AIATSIS staff for further clarification or to ask for input on additional images.
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[Children gathered on play equipment in the] play area of the compound