Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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News may be the first rough draft of history, but Mike Bowers says that photojournalism is the “receipts for that first rough draft... that prove this happened at that time.”

Listen as Mike explains why the Fairfax Archive in our collection is important.

Explore part of this 18,000+ image collection in our Fit to Print exhibition: https://www.library.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/fit-print-defining-moments-fairfax-photo-archive-selected-mike-bowers