Australia at the UN

...the United Nations remains today the corner-stone of effective international action to maintain peace and security and promote higher standards of welfare throughout the whole world.

Dr Herbert Vere Evatt, President of the United Nations General Assembly, 4 May 1949

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1949
Call # PXE 731 / 1943-1951
Digital ID:
a5758015
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ca. 1949
Call # PXE 731 / 1943-1951
Digital ID:
a5758001
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Call # PXE 731 / 1943-1951
Digital ID:
a5758003
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Call # PXE 731 / 1943-1951
Digital ID:
a5758007
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Call # PXE 731 / 1943-1951
Digital ID:
a5758009
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Call # PXE 731 / 1943-1951
Digital ID:
a5758011
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Call # PXE 731 / 1943-1951
Digital ID:
a5758013
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A culture of celebrations: photographs of Sydney’s Jewish community

Religion, church and missions in Australia

New South Wales Jewish War Memorial : banquet in celebration of the opening of the memorial building by General Sir John Monash, Sunday, (Armistice Day), November 11th, 1923.

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