Australians have often gone to great lengths to see their favourite sporting teams, even back in the 1860s. This is evidenced ...

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 ...

Who will be the winners of the 2024 Prime Minister's Literary Awards? Join 3 of the winners, André Dao, Daniel Browning and Ryan Cropp, in conversation with the Artistic Director of the Canberra ...

For National Family History Month this year we asked staff from the Special Collections Research & Support team to answer frequently asked questions about shipping and immigration. In our earlier blog ...

We're celebrating five years of the National edeposit service (NED). Tracing your family history with the Library’s charts and forms Learn about the Library's family history research charts and how to ...

Since 1945, the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has held a Book Week aimed at bringing children and books together. This year, the Book Week theme is 'Curious Creatures, Wild Minds', held ...

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 ...

Suffrage refers to a person’s right to vote in a political election. Voting allows members of society to take part in deciding government policies that affect them. Women’s suffrage refers to the ...

Dr Andrew Levidis delivers an engaging presentation on the shaping of right-wing and socialist politics in Cold War East Asia. Dr Levidis’s research examines the role Japanese nationalists and ...

The National Library is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 Summer Scholarships. Summer scholarships are offered to PhD students from across Australia, offering recipients the opportunity ...

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 ...

GovPubs is no longer maintained, but contains useful explanations for each publication. Holdings information will help you to locate resources in the National Library, State libraries or online. You ...