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Table 2.2 Some visual representations rela ting to the Great Barrier Reef
Source
Types of material
Location
Historical
photographs
Scenic photographs
Scientific photographs
Aerial photographs
Postcards
IMAGES1 photographic collection, National
Library of Australia, Canberra
Geoscape scanned aerial photographs,
National Library of Australia, Canberra
Australian seashores colour transparency
collection, Isobel Bennett, National Library
of Australia, Canberra
Australian Museum Archives, Sydney
Mitchell Library, Sydney
John Oxley Library, Brisbane
Historical Photographs Project, GBRMPA,
Townsville
Cairns Historical Society, Cairns
Historical
films
Scenic films
Scientific films
ScreenSound Australia (National Screen and
Sound Archive), Canberra
State Library of New South Wales, Sydney
Mitchell Library, Sydney
John Oxley Library, Brisbane
State Library of Queensland, Brisbane
Historical
video-
recordings
Scenic films
Scientific films
ScreenSound Australia (National Screen and
Sound Archive), Canberra
State Library of New South Wales, Sydney
State Library of Queensland, Brisbane
Historical
maps
Hydrographic survey
charts
Tourist maps
Scientific maps
Historical Maps Collection, National Library
of Australia, Canberra
Mitchell Library, Sydney
John Oxley Library, Brisbane
Maps Unit, State Library of Queensland,
Brisbane
Queensland State Archives, Brisbane
Cairns Historical Society, Cairns
Historical
posters
Information posters
Tourist posters
State Library of New South Wales, Sydney
State Library of Queensland, Brisbane
Sketches
Field sketches
Sketch maps
Cape Moreton sketch
maps and sketches
Manuscript collection, National Library of
Australia, Canberra
Queensland State Archives, Brisbane
Queensland Museum Library, Brisbane
formal, structured oral history interviews to informally collected conversations,
unstructured interviews, anecdotal reports and comments (Gillham, 2000).
Robertson (2000) acknowledged that, while oral sources are sometimes regarded
as the most unreliable and subjective of all qualitative sources, they also offer
distinctive insights into the attitudes and motives of human actors. Similarly,
Allen and Montell (1981, p3) stated that 'orally communicated history is a
 
 
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