I guess it’s true what they say – birds of a feather flock together! View Betty’s original watercolours for the illustrations ...

We’re pleased to announce that 55 community-led organisations will receive a Community Heritage Grant (CHG) in 2024.

No longer yours - find out how a powerful newspaper article written in 1855 by a fugitive slave was re-published into a book ...

Community Heritage Grant. Recipients include the Robin Boyd Foundation, the Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research ...

Although not all passes and immigrant records have yet been indexed by name, the content of the films can be quickly accessed in several other ways, with the knowledge of any of the following emigrant ...

Keepsakes: Australians and the Great War was the National Library of Australia's exhibition showcasing items from the collections relating to the First World War. Read this essay by exhibition curator ...

Distinguished Professor Larissa Behrendt AO is a Eualayai/Gamillaroi woman and Laureate Fellow at the Jumbunna Institute of Indigenous Education and Research at the University of Technology, Sydney.

The Library encourages use of its collection items in accordance with the Australian Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property Protocol and in line with advice received from ICIP holders. The ...

Note that the terms, 'family history' and 'genealogy' are used interchangeably between databases and across the National Library website, so searches should be constructed appropriately. A family ...

Use our guides to explore the depths of our rich collections. You will find research advice, key resources, featured collection items, selected websites and research case studies. We also have a ...