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 ...

Celebrating Australia’s regional towns and their heritage, Our Streets offers a snapshot of the country's iconic architectural styles and streetscapes. Featuring over 100 black and white images from ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Western Australian Government Gazette from 1836 is found online at the Department of Justice Parliamentary Counsel's Office website. Browse and search facilities are available. Access to ...

Discover the context and background to flesh out the story of your relatives. You'll find them on microfilm, print and online in Trove and eResources. Historical items in our general collection Search ...

The referendum took place on the 21 May 1967. For a Constitutional change to take effect, a referendum question must be approved by a majority of voters in a majority of Australian states. Two ...