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Conversation with the Deaf, 1967

Collection

A booklet for teaching fingerspelling and basic signs, printed by the Australian Federation of Deaf Societies from 1967 to 1977, commonly used in Deaf Societies around the country. Adapted from a similar booklet published in the UK. Note that this version uses photographs of sign models from the UK, not Australia.

Source
MS 13362. Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library of Victoria

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MS 13362. Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library of Victoria

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