Broaden your horizons with this month’s events. Learn about astrophysics (and Dungeons & Dragons!) with Karlie Noon, discover ...

Our new beta site is now live. A beta is like a preview of what is to come - a chance to explore the new design and features ...

For the next four weeks, the Library is one of 20 locations hosting contemporary mixed media artworks as part of the Canberra ...

B: Hello, welcome to this discovery video. My name’s Ben Pratten and I’m the Program Manager, Education here at the National Library of Australia. In this video I’ll be taking a look at the ...

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 ...

When the British reached the Pacific, they found knowledge systems to rival their own. Pacific navigators observed the stars, ocean currents and wave effects, air and sea interference patterns caused ...

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 resources available for each house may be different, due to the fact the availability, organisation, and location of records vary from state to state. The three sources most commonly used to ...

The Library holds approximately 200,000 post-1900 Australian topographic maps published by national and state mapping authorities. These include current mapping at a number of scales from 1:25 000 to ...

Life under the shoguns was highly stratified, with the population falling into distinct classes based primarily on their economic or political functions. The system can be described as having three ...

A family standing outside a tin shack called Wiloma during the Great Depression, New South Wales, ca. 1932, nla.obj-160054430 The Library's collections offer a wealth of resources to the Australian ...

How do I perform a basic search? You can easily perform a basic search from our eResources portal. Simply enter your search term into the search bar. You can perform a more specific simple search ...