The National Library of Australia acknowledges Australia’s First Nations Peoples – the First Australians – as the Traditional ...

When I tell people that I wrote a book about a colonial surveyor called Townsend, and that I spent almost seven years researching it, I am usually met with quizzical looks—it is rare for anyone to ...

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 ...

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 ...

This glossary includes words highlighted in bold throughout the module. Unless otherwise indicated, definitions and glossary entries come from the Maquarie Dictionary. www.macquariedictionary.com.au.

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 ...

Australians have often gone to great lengths to see their favourite sporting teams, even back in the 1860s. This is evidenced by the recently acquired diary kept by George Thomson in 1868-69. Thomson ...

Marian Ellis Ryan (1848–1922) was born in Melbourne. Her father was a grazier and her maternal grandfather was John Cotton, who wrote and illustrated two books on English birds. She attended a girls’ ...

Electoral rolls list people who are registered and eligible to vote at federal, state, territory and local government elections and referenda. Before Federation and for some years afterwards, there ...

While Indigenous Australians have inhabited the continent for tens of thousands of years, and traded with nearby islanders, the first documented landing on Australia by a European was in 1606. The ...

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 ...