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Children boarding a semitrailer school bus in Darwin

Children boarding school bus in Darwin

Primary school girls boarding a school bus in Darwin. The bus appears to be a converted cattle truck and is parked on a street in front of a bush background.

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Children flying kites at school.

Children flying kites at school

This black-and-white photograph shows children flying kites at a school in Canberra.

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Children drinking milk at the Melbourne milk depot as part of the free school milk program.

Children drinking milk at the Melbourne milk depot as part of the free school milk program

Black-and-white photograph of a crowd of schoolchildren drinking milk from small milk bottles.

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Embargoed press release.

Press release announcing changed requirements for non-British migrants

Text of an embargoed press release on accommodation guarantee for migrants.

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Displaced children who migrated to Australia post-World War II.

Displaced children who migrated to Australia after the Second World War

This black-and-white photograph shows displaced children in a camp after the Second World War.

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