The National Library of Australia acknowledges Australia’s First Nations Peoples – the First Australians – as the Traditional ...

The National Library of Australia acknowledges Australia’s First Nations Peoples – the First Australians – as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of this land and gives respect to the Elders – past ...

Hear from authors authors Tess Scholfield-Peters, André Dao and Sam Vincent as they discuss writing books that tell the story of a family member. For the next four weeks, the Library is one of 20 ...

Broaden your horizons with this month’s events. Learn about astrophysics (and Dungeons & Dragons!) with Karlie Noon, discover artists’ books in our collection, get great advice from Kasey Chambers and ...

You may find that not all information about a convict is recorded on the Ticket of Leave Butts 1827-1867, particularly for earlier records. There were consequences for not producing a Ticket of Leave ...

Black Words, White Page: Aboriginal Literature 1929-1988 by Adam Shoemaker. This award-winning study – the first comprehensive treatment of the nature and significance of Indigenous Australian ...

Locating the last resting places of our family and forebears can be an important aspect of our genealogical research. For many, it will eventually lead to a journey to those places and to the exact ...

The resources available for each house may be different, due to the fact the availability, organisation, and location of records vary from state to state. The three sources most commonly used to ...

The arrival of an ancestor in Australia is a key moment in a family's history. They may have arrived as a fare-paying passenger, as an 'assisted' migrant, a member of a ship's crew, in military or ...

The Library holds approximately 200,000 post-1900 Australian topographic maps published by national and state mapping authorities. These include current mapping at a number of scales from 1:25 000 to ...

Not sure where to start your research? Stuck somewhere along the way? Ask a Librarian. Our librarians are here to provide suggestions, research tips, resources and strategies to all Australians, as ...