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Visitor facilities. Acknowledgement of Country. The National Library of Australia acknowledges Australia’s First Nations Peoples – the First Australians – as the Traditional Owners and …
Newspapers - National Library of Australia
Oct 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 …
Life Under the Shoguns - National Library of Australia
Bushidō, (武士道 – The way of the warrior) was the code of conduct of the samurai and the bushi (武士 – warrior) class under the feudal rule of the shoguns. By the 1800s, Bushidō was the …
Timeline—Events that led to the 1967 Referendum
1967— Prime Minister Harold Holt announces that the Constitution Alteration Bill has passed in both Houses of Parliament allowing for a referendum to be called on whether or not Australia …
Online - National Library of Australia
A large range of current and historic Australian newspapers in digital format can be directly accessed online via Trove and our eResources portal.. Trove. Trove's digitised Australian …
Commonwealth - National Library of Australia
Use the online catalogue to find and retrieve material using your library login. Key resources include: The acts of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia – the Library holds the …
Civil Rights Movements - National Library of Australia
Civil 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 …
Commonwealth Electoral Rolls for family history
Aug 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 …
Challenging Terra Nullius - National Library of Australia
Terra nullius — meaning land belonging to no-one — was the legal concept used by the British government to justify the settlement of Australia. Focusing on the work of Bruce Pascoe, this …
Australian cemetery records - National Library of Australia
council and private cemetery registers/records. funeral director or undertaker records. monumental inscriptions (listings of gravemarkers, memorial plaques and monuments) …