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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 ...

Applications for volunteer guides are open now until 11:59pm on Tuesday 29 October 2024. The Library relies on its volunteer guides to run daily tours as well as greet and assist visitors. Benefits of ...

In August 1943, in the midst of the Second World War, the first two women to be elected to the Federal Parliament of Australia were Dame Enid Lyons for the Tasmanian seat of Darwin in the House of ...

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 ...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this resource contains a range of material which may be considered culturally sensitive, including the records of people who have passed ...

Protests have frequently been in the news in recent times, including the school children's climate change rallies, protesters gluing themselves to bridges and paintings, the SA government's laws ...

Fellows and Scholars at the National Library, November 2023 – Dr Yao-Tai Li, Dr Alice Garner, Dr Mei-Fen Kuo, A/Prof Deane Williams, Dr Wesley Lim, Mr Sam Wallman, and Dr Gwyn McClelland. Welcome 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 International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a unique identifier for books. An ISBN is not mandatory, and does not provide copyright on a work. It is used internationally across the book trade and ...

Creative Arts Fellowships, supported by the Friends of the Library and the Ray Mathew and Eva Kollsman Trust, offer Australian artists and writers an opportunity to develop new work that is inspired ...