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class="carousel--slide"> <figure class="figure hero-carousel"> <img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/feature_image/public/Tennis_Standard%20feature.jpg?itok=hiEm63LP" width="848" height="477" alt="Men and women in straw hats, trousers and long skirts play tennis in bush surrounds" /> </figure></li><li class="carousel--slide"> <figure class="figure hero-carousel"> <img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/feature_image/public/FTV_redplanet_1.png?itok=8tJWRKwe" width="848" height="477" alt="From the vault plastic" title="Drawing of a fish with a plastic bag on its head" /> <figcaption class="carousel__caption"> Plastic's got us hook, line & sinker - recycle now, Carole Wilson. <a href="http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/permalink/f/1cl35st/SLV_VOYAGER1855445">H2000.185/277</a> </figcaption> </figure></li><li class="carousel--slide"> <figure class="figure 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src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_thumbnails/public/GuideAlice_1.png?itok=3ckwdEAy" width="198" height="111" alt="" title="Guide Alice" /></li><li class="carousel--slide"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_thumbnails/public/FTV_aerial_0.png?itok=K3obiR6h" width="198" height="111" alt="Black and while aerial shot of St Kilda foreshore" title="From the Vault aerial" /></li><li class="carousel--slide"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_thumbnails/public/FromtheVault_TinShed.png?itok=9shODtyj" width="198" height="111" alt="Sepia photo of a tin shed next to Melbourne's post office" title="From the Vault tin shed" /></li><li class="carousel--slide"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_thumbnails/public/Untitled%20design%20%2815%29_0.png?itok=_9FeGTGD" width="198" height="111" alt="From the Vault department stores" title="Man and woman walk out of a department store" /></li><li class="carousel--slide"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_thumbnails/public/Tennis_Standard%20feature.jpg?itok=16sk15-y" width="198" height="111" alt="Men and women in straw hats, trousers and long skirts play tennis in bush surrounds" /></li><li class="carousel--slide"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_thumbnails/public/FTV_redplanet_1.png?itok=XN9k7uiE" width="198" height="111" alt="From the vault plastic" title="Drawing of a fish with a plastic bag on its head" /></li><li class="carousel--slide"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" 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