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WEBNational Library of Australia. Join distinguished Australian photographer William Yang for a special evening at the Library on Friday 27 September. Australian postcards from the early twentieth century. Take a look at some of the postcards we hold from the first half of the twentieth century and the messages they were sent with.
First Fleet - National Library of Australia
WEBFirst Fleet. Transportation to the Australian colonies began in 1788 when the First Fleet, carrying between 750 and 780 convicts plus 550 crew, soldiers and family members, landed at Sydney Cove after an eight-month voyage. Over the next 80 years, British courts sentenced more than 160,000 convicts to transportation to Australia.
The Australian ISBN Agency - National Library of Australia
WEBAcknowledgement of Country. 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 and present – and through them to all Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Australian newspapers - National Library of Australia
WEBOnline versions of Australian newspapers through major full-text databases such as PressReader and Newsbank Access World News, which are available to registered users of the Library via our e-Resources. Newspapers in print and film. The Newspapers and Family History zone has many issues of all Australian capital city daily newspapers.
Where can I find Australian military records?
WEBMilitary service records are held at the National Archives of Australia.You can find information about these through their defence and war service records section of their website.. As a gift to the nation, World War 1 service records have been digitised and are freely available online. Defence service records set out the essentials of …
Convicts - National Library of Australia
WEBBackhouse, Edward, A chain gang, convicts going to work near Sidney [i.e. Sydney], New South Wales, from A narrative of a visit to the Australian colonies, 1843; nla.obj-138467394 From January 1788, when the First Fleet of convicts arrived at Botany Bay, to the end of convict transportation 80 years later, over 160,000 convicts were transported to Australia.
James Cook and his voyages | National Library of Australia
WEBHenry Roberts, A General Chart Exhibiting the Discoveries Made by Captain James Cook in This and His Two Preceding Voyages, with the Tracks of the Ships under His Command, 1780s, nla.cat-vn1785992 The Library holds a number of objects that allegedly belonged to Cook, such as a walking stick, a clothes brush and a fork. A more substantial artefact is a mahogany and rosewood fall-front desk that ...
Life Under the Shoguns - National Library of Australia
WEBLife 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 distinct classes: the ruling elite, the warrior classes, and the peasant classes. As a feudal system, each class gave allegiance, in theory, to ...
The legal system - National Library of Australia
WEBLegislation, also known as statutes or Acts of Parliament, is the written law made by Parliament. In any year the Parliament may vote on new Acts of Parliament to create new laws or vote to change, or amend, older Acts of Parliament. Consequently, legislation often changes over time and is occasionally repealed altogether.
Can I read newspapers online? - National Library of Australia
WEBMany newspapers from 1990 onwards are available through eResources with your Library login. Popular databases include NewsBank and PressReader. To access these resources, simply visit our eResources portal and search for each database under the 'Browse eResources' tab. There are also overseas newspapers in languages other than English.
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