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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.
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.
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 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.
James Cook and his voyages | National Library of Australia
WEBThe son of a farm labourer, James Cook (1728–1779) was born at Marton in Yorkshire. In 1747 he was apprenticed to James Walker, a shipowner and master mariner of Whitby, and for several years sailed in colliers in the North Sea, English Channel, Irish Sea and Baltic Sea. In 1755 he volunteered for service in the Royal Navy and was appointed an able seaman on HMS Eagle.
Collections - National Library of Australia
WEBCollections. The Library holds the greatest collection in the world of material relating to Australia and the Australian people. It ranges from the earliest European works about the Great Southern Land to the most current publications.
Civil Rights Movements - National Library of Australia
WEBCivil rights for some Australians have only been earned after many years of protest and advocacy. While there have been many protests for civil rights in Australia, this section will focus on what the Library has material to provide information on. Below you will find information about the Aboriginal Day of Mourning, the Freedom Ride, the Aboriginal Tent Embassy protest, Change the Date ...