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A stolen World War II service book will be sent to relatives of its former owner thanks to a family history buff, police and Facebook.
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| UpdatedLegendary Australian composer Percy Grainger was known for his work in concert halls, but privately worked towards something more inclusive.
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The Foundling Archive in Brunswick East is a collection of 8,000 items: photographs, letters, home videos, old format film footage, and other personal documents, dating back to the 1800s.
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| UpdatedOperators of Australia's newest dinosaur museum are hoping the generosity of strangers will literally help them find their feet.
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Vanessa Seekee is on a mission to preserve the history of Horn Island, which became one of the nation's most important defensive positions in World War II.
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Phillip Pond and Louise James at the Queen Victoria Museum
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Phillip Pond at the Queen Victoria Museum
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| UpdatedFormer ANU professor John Mulvaney, the first university-trained prehistorian to study Australia, is remembered fondly by former students and colleagues.
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Val Hawkes has been collecting since she was a child in the 1940s. Her house has become a time capsule of Australia's social history.
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Historian and collector Val Hawkes
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An investigation into the fate of free migrants and former convicts who fell on hard times is one of the winners of the prestigious New South Wales Premier's History Awards.
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From stubby coolers to sporting codes, the hoofed and heaving buffalo today almost rivals the saltwater crocodile as the Northern Territory's unofficial mascot.
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It is less than a kilometre from Perth's city centre, but its relative isolation on the opposite side of the Swan River has shaped South Perth's development.
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David Hume from Geeveston Historical Society
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