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

Every federal election, the Library collects campaign material and ephemera across all candidates, electorates and parties comprehensively. The Library's election ephemera collection covers every ...

Browse descriptive finding aids and digital images of records of private organisations and personal papers (M Series) relating to Australia and the Pacific filmed by the Australian Joint Copying ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) is a collection of unique historical material relating to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific dating from 1560 to 1984. Records filmed by the AJCP ...

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 ...

Access to Records by Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants Assistance with records searching is available if you are a Forgotten Australian, Former Child Migrant (sometimes referred to as a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bruce Pascoe, of Bunurong, Tasmanian and Yuin heritage, authored the award-winning Dark Emu. Watch him speak about his work in the 2018 Eric Rolls Memorial Lecture at the Library. Debunking the hunter ...