National Library of Australia
WEBNational Library of Australia. Join distinguished Australian photographer William Yang for a special evening at the Library on Friday 27 September. Australian postcards from the early twentieth century. Take a look at some of the postcards we hold from the first half of the twentieth century and the messages they were sent with.
Newspapers - National Library of Australia
WEBOur Library cooperates with the state and territory libraries through the Australian Newspaper Plan to collect, preserve and provide access to Australian newspapers, with each library taking responsibility for newspapers published in their jurisdiction. Overseas newspapers—we have the largest collection of overseas newspapers in Australia.
Online - National Library of Australia
WEBA large range of current and historic Australian newspapers in digital format can be directly accessed online via Trove and our eResources portal. Trove. Trove's digitised Australian newspapers provides numerous historical Australian newspapers published between 1803 to 1954.It includes national titles as well as those published in …
Convicts - National Library of Australia
WEBBackhouse, Edward, A chain gang, convicts going to work near Sidney [i.e. Sydney], New South Wales, from A narrative of a visit to the Australian colonies, 1843; nla.obj-138467394 From January 1788, when the First Fleet of convicts arrived at Botany Bay, to the end of convict transportation 80 years later, over 160,000 convicts were transported to Australia.
Queensland - National Library of Australia
WEBThe Queensland Pioneers Index 1829-1889 CD-ROM includes church records of baptisms and burials from 1829 and marriages from 1839. It also includes births, deaths and marriages recorded under the compulsory registration system introduced in March 1856 whilst Queensland was still part of the colony of New South Wales.
The Australian ISBN Agency - National Library of Australia
WEBAcknowledgement of Country. 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 and present – and through them to all Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Australian newspapers - National Library of Australia
WEBOnline versions of Australian newspapers through major full-text databases such as PressReader and Newsbank Access World News, which are available to registered users of the Library via our e-Resources. Newspapers in print and film. The Newspapers and Family History zone has many issues of all Australian capital city daily newspapers.
Forbidden - National Library of Australia
WEBAcknowledgement of Country. 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 and present – and through them to all Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
The legal system - National Library of Australia
WEBLegislation, also known as statutes or Acts of Parliament, is the written law made by Parliament. In any year the Parliament may vote on new Acts of Parliament to create new laws or vote to change, or amend, older Acts of Parliament. Consequently, legislation often changes over time and is occasionally repealed altogether.
Where can I find Australian military records?
WEBFamily history and genealogy Military history. Military service records are held at the National Archives of Australia. You can find information about these through their defence and war service records section of their website. As a gift to the nation, World War 1 service records have been digitised and are freely available online.