This selection of photographs was published to coincide with the release of the 1979 Cabinet records of the Fraser government. The photographs, which depict some key events of the period, are in the National Archives’ collection.

Please cite the National Archives of Australia if you reproduce any of these images.

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    Black Mountain Tower
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    Canberra public servants demonstrate
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    Cattle saleyards at Narrabri
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    Cheynes Beach Whaling Station
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    Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser
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    HMAS Tobruk under construction
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    Appointment of AFP Commissioner
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    International Year of the Child
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    Malcolm Fraser during Question Time
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    Melbourne Cup Day at Flemington Racecourse
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    Margaret Thatcher visits Australia
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    Point Cook RAAF Base
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    Kakadu National Park
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    Malcolm Fraser with Members and Senators
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    Prime Minister Fraser at CHOGM, Lusaka
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    Prince Charles with the Frasers
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    Senator Neville Bonner
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    Skylab debris at Miss Universe contest
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    Trucks in operation, Ranger uranium mine, Jabiru
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    Vietnamese refugees arrive in Canberra
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