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Phill Harper on Telecommunications

Advocacy to access TTY and the NRS.

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The sewing lesson, WA School for Deaf Children
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Perth, 1947.

Perth Mirror, November 1947

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Letter to the Editor February 1859

On deaf education and in support of the opening of a deaf school in Melbourne.

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Described Assault by Signs

1935 Alleged Assault at 5 Elizabeth St

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Tabular Statement of Pupils 1860

1860

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WA School for Deaf Children, Mosman Park
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South Australian Deaf News 1925 Vol.1 No.7 – Excerpt

Article about “deaf motorists”.

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F. J. Rose Advertisement November 1860

Advertisement that F. J. Rose is starting a deaf school.

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Deaf-Mute Evidence

1936 Deaf witness gave evidence

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Record of student’s admission details

1886, NSW Institute for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind

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Darlington School Dining Room 1946
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VDDI postcard – sewing class

A sewing class at the Victorian Deaf and Dumb Institution.

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Ewing Report Letters to the Editor

Including a letter from Eli Noble

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Interpreter of Deaf And Dumb Signs Required in Court

1938 Theft Case

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Historical Statements Book

1886

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Letter to NSW Governor from Piccadilly House London, May 1928

This letter is signed by Her Royal Highness the Duchess of York, later known as the Queen Mother. This was before her husband become George VI.

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VDDI postcard – around the fountain

Children around the fountain at the Victorian Deaf and Dumb Institution.

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Samuel Showell Letter to the Editor

Letter on deaf education following reporting on the 1903 Congress.

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Spoke to the deaf

1952 Interpreted Church Service

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Miss Beaumont’s class, 1906

Miss Beaumont’s class at the NSW Institute for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind, 1906

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Institute for the Adult Deaf, Rules and Regulations 1912
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VDDI postcard – main entrance

Children at the main entrance of the Victorian Deaf and Dumb Institution.

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Call for enrolments in the Deaf Institute in South Australia

From the Adelaide Evening Journal, June 1874.

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Court of Quarter Sessions

1853 accusation of theft

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Darlington Students Picnic

1925

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