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This image was created in Australia and is now in the public domain because its term of copyright has expired. According to the Australian Copyright Council (ACC), ACC Information Sheet G23 (Duration of copyright) (Sep 2005), generally copyright has expired as follows: |
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Copyright has expired if ... |
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Photographs or other works published anonymously, under a pseudonym or the creator is unknown: |
taken or published prior to 1955-01-01 |
| B |
Photographs (except A): |
taken prior to 1955-01-01 |
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Artistic works (except A & B): |
the creator died before 1955-01-01 |
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Published editions1 (except A & B): |
first published more than 25 years ago |
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Commonwealth or State government owned2 photographs: |
first published more than 50 years ago |
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1means the typographical arrangement and layout of a published work. eg. newsprint.
2owned means where a government is the copyright owner as well as would have owned copyright but reached some other agreement with the creator.
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