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WEBNational Library of Australia. Join astrophysicist and author Karlie Noon in conversation with Celeste Carnegie the latest instalment of our Deadly Dialogues series onsite or online at 6pm 2 October. Australians have often gone to great lengths to see their favourite sports teams, even back in the 1860s! Book launch: Townsend of the Ranges by ...
Newspapers - National Library of Australia
WEBOct 8, 1990 · Our Library cooperates with the state and territory libraries through the Australian Newspaper Plan to collect, preserve and provide access to Australian newspapers, with each library taking responsibility for newspapers published in their jurisdiction. Overseas newspapers—we have the largest collection of …
Trove turns a new page - National Library of Australia
WEBVolunteers sought to open the books on Australian history Since 2009, the Australian community has been making recorded history easier to find online. They do this by accurately transcribing text from scanned newspapers so it becomes part of the Trove search engine. Now, Australians will be able to volunteer their time to do the same activity on historical magazines, newsletters, almanacs and ...
Federation of Australia - National Library of Australia
WEBFederation of Australia. The idea of a federation of the six Australian colonies was occasionally debated among Australian politicians, officials and others from about 1850 onwards. There was support for the idea in official circles in Britain, especially after the Canadian colonies federated in 1867. The first practical step towards federation ...
Civil Rights Movements - National Library of Australia
WEBCivil rights for some Australians have only been earned after many years of protest and advocacy. While there have been many protests for civil rights in Australia, this section will focus on what the Library has material to provide information on. Below you will find information about the Aboriginal Day of Mourning, the Freedom Ride, the Aboriginal Tent Embassy protest, Change the Date ...
Exploring the experiences of Chinese migrants in Australia
WEBFeb 27, 2024 · Exploring the experiences of Chinese migrants in Australia. 27 Feb 2024. Each year since the abolition of the White Australia policy in 1973, there have been thousands of Chinese migrants who chose to make Australia home. Using the Library’s English and Chinese language material, 2023 Asian Study Scholar Dr Yao-Tai Li set out to examine these ...
Commonwealth Electoral Rolls for family history
WEBAug 20, 2019 · The National Library holds Commonwealth electoral rolls from 1903. The most recent rolls the Library has on microfiche are from 2008 – the Library also holds 2009 in hardcopy. This means we can’t help with any enquiries requesting a search of the electoral rolls beyond 2009. Pre and post 1990 arrangement of …
Queensland - National Library of Australia
WEBFamily history and genealogy. You can access historical Queensland electoral rolls in the Library in online, microfiche and print formats. Please contact the AEC (Australian Electoral Commission) regarding current electoral rolls. Electoral rolls online Online access to Queensland electoral rolls is provided through two eResources:
Standards - National Library of Australia
WEBTo locate printed copies of standards, go to the Library Catalogue record. Use the 'select' button at the end of the record to request a copy of an individual standard to use in the Library's Main Reading Room. For requesting purposes, standards are treated like an issue of a journal. You need to type in the number of the standard in the space ...
What is a micro fish? - National Library of Australia
WEBApr 11, 2019 · The Oxford Dictionary defines microfiche as a ‘flat piece of film, usually the size of a standard index card, containing microphotographs of a page of a book, periodical or catalogue'. Microfiche is one format commonly used by family history researchers. The National Library of Australia offers a pool of resources presented on other formats ...
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