The homefront through the lens of the Gov't Printing Office during and after the First World War.

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Dr J.J.C. Bradfield, Mrs Bradfield and family, 12 Sep 1931. Digital ID 12685_a007_a00704_8723000147

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Population muster and census records, 1788-1901.

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Education in NSW 1788-c.1979 plus the main records, indexes, photos, teachers.

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Windows into Wartime engages with a series of photographs produced by the NSW Government Printing Office during and immediately after the First World War. As government photographers were on the ground shooting the image, they were not only documenting but promoting and shaping how NSW mobilised in support of Australia’s war effort. 

Exhibition - Windows into Wartime 17 October 2016 – 9 September 2017