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Selling modernity

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The postwar era saw advertising reflect notions of the ideal Australian home, of masculinity and feminine beauty and of health.

Art in advertising

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Poster artists working for The Australian National Travel Association (ANTA) had to decide which pictorial styles would best convey Australia’s attractions.

The message

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The advent of the Internet has transformed the way advertising and consumers interact with each other. Because of the personal information we share either voluntarily or involuntarily online, advertising can now be targeted to a degree that would have boggled the minds of early advertisers.

Gillian Triggs - Human Rights Lawyer

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Gillian Triggs is a lawyer and former President of the Australian Human Rights Commission. She has held the position of Professor of Law at the University of Melbourne Law School and published books about her work to advocate for human rights in Australia.

Elizabeth Broderick - Human Rights Lawyer

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Elizabeth Broderick AO was Australia's longest-serving Sex Discrimination Commissioner, from 2007 to 2015. She was also Commissioner responsible for Age Discrimination from 2007 to 2011.

The International Stage: Australian women lawyers as active citizens

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This topic links the Australian Women Lawyers who have acted as active citizens on an international stage.  

Erika Feller - International lawyer

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Erika Feller is a distinguished international lawyer and humanitarian advocate who has shaped global refugee protection through her groundbreaking work with the United Nations and her commitment to upholding human rights.

Catherine Branson - Former judge and human rights lawyer

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Catherine Branson QC, AC, former judge, and former President of the Australian Human Rights commission has also spent her career advocating for equality, gender issues, and the rights of marginalized communities in Australia and beyond.

Selling the dream

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Understand how advertising to attract migrants and visitors is linked to Australia's immigration policies with this teaching resource.

Becoming Australian

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Explore the different ways and reasons that people came to Australia and stayed through the personal migration stories of Kwong Mui Ying, Lorenzo Abrogar Gamboa and Thomas Frankovitz.

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