This image or other work is of Australian origin and is now in the public domain because its term of copyright has expired. According to the Australian Copyright Council (ACC), [ ACC Information Sheet (Duration of copyright) ()].1
Type of material
Copyright has expired if …
A
Photographs or other works published anonymously, under a pseudonym or the creator is unknown:
taken or published prior to 1 January 1955
B
Photographs (except A):
taken prior to 1 January 1955
C
Artistic works (except A & B):
the creator died before 1 January 1955
D
Published editions2 (except A & B):
first published more than 25 years ago (prior to 1 January 2000)
E
Commonwealth, State or Territory owned3 photographs and engravings:
taken or published more than 50 years ago (prior to 1 January 1975)
2 means the typographical arrangement and layout of a published work. eg. newsprint.
3owned 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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Note that a few countries have copyright terms longer than 70 years: Mexico has 100 years, Jamaica has 95 years, Colombia has 80 years, and Guatemala and Samoa have 75 years. This image may not be in the public domain in these countries, which moreover do not implement the rule of the shorter term. Honduras has a general copyright term of 75 years, but it does implement the rule of the shorter term. Copyright may extend on works created by French who died for France in World War II (more information), Russians who served in the Eastern Front of World War II (known as the Great Patriotic War in Russia) and posthumously rehabilitated victims of Soviet repressions (more information).
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