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A Nation is built

Australia, 1938
film

Frank Hurley (1885-1962) was firmly established by 1925 as Australia’s most famous photographer. His nature portraits became a model for many local film..

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Home of the blizzard (1913)

Australia, 1913
Similarity: 82%

Pearls and savages (1921)

Australia, 1921
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Home of the Blizzard

1913
Similarity: 81%

Snow, sand and savages: the life of Frank Hurley

Australia, 1975
Similarity: 79%

Antarctic Pioneers

Australia, 1962
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Heritage

Australia, 1935
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The Australian image. Pt. 1

Australia, 1988
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Images of the land: 100 years of Australian landscapes

Australia, 1986
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The Land that waited

Australia, 1963
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A Year to Remember 1935

Australia, 1965
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Celebration of a nation

Australia, 1998
Similarity: 72%

The Big island

Australia, 1970
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The Big island [Cinemascope print]

Australia, 1970
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Portrait of an Australian

Australia, 1962
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Australia's journey: our first century as a nation

Australia, 2000
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Camera natura

Australia, 1985
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Photographic memory: a portrait of Mervyn Bishop

Australia, 1999
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Sidney Nolan, Mary Nolan: An Australian dream

Australia, 1982
Similarity: 71%
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