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| Prime Minister's address, 12 November 2008 | Duration | Size | Download | Text |
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| Prime Minister Kevin Rudd: On the enduring impact of World War I – launch of Shell-shocked: Australia after Armistice | 13:18 minutes | 6.24mb |  |
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| Frederick Watson Fellowship lecture, 28 October 2008 | Duration | Size | Download | Text |
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| Mickey Dewar: Darwin – no place like home | 52:29 minutes | 24.61mb | |
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| Speakers Corner, 7 October 2008 | Duration | Size | Download | Text |
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| 25 Years Strong: Reflections on the Archives Act 1983 | 90 minutes | 42.2mb | |
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| Speakers Corner, 13 July 2008 | Duration | Size | Download | Text |
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| Professor Mick Dodson: The continuing relevance of the Constitution for Indigenous peoples | 42:12 minutes | 19.79mb | |
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| Constitution Day address, 9 July 2008 | Duration | Size | Download | Text |
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| Senator John Faulkner: Constitution Day address | 19:27 minutes | 9.25mb | |
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| The Constitution Founders, 12 June 2008 | Duration | Size | Download | Text |
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| Chief Justice Paul de Jersey: A founding father – Sir Samuel Griffith and the Australian Constitution | 25:36 minutes | 12mb | |
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| The Constitution Founders, 12 June 2008 | Duration | Size | Download | Text |
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| Justice Patrick A Keane: In celebration of the Constitution | 30:45 minutes | 14.42mb | |
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| Speakers Corner, 1 June 2008 | Duration | Size | Download | Text |
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| Christopher Koch – The appeal of the unknown | 39:54 minutes | 18.7mb | |
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| RCIS records release, 27 May 2008 | Duration | Size | Download | Text |
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| Jim Stokes – Royal Commission on Intelligence and Security | 15:20 minutes | 7.19mb | |
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| RCIS records release, 27 May 2008 | Duration | Size | Download | Text |
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| George Brownbill – The RCIS: An insider's perspective | 38:30 minutes | 18.06mb | |
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| Shake Your Family Tree day, 27 February 2008 | Duration | Size | Download | Text |
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| Kate Grenville – The Secret River | 24:22 minutes | 11.43mb | |
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| Shake Your Family Tree day, 27 February 2008 | Duration | Size | Download | Text |
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| Jeremy Palmer – Climbing your family tree | 35:15 minutes | 16.53mb | |
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