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Australian birth, death and marriage records | National Library of ...
The following Australia-wide BDM indexes can be accessed via the card catalogue on Ancestry: Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922. Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950. Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985. Ancestry Library edition can be accessed via the Library's eResources portalwithin our reading rooms. Image.
Newspapers - National Library of Australia
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 overseas newspapers in Australia.
Frontier Conflict: First Australians Resistance to Colonial Expansion ...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that these resources contain images, voices or names of deceased persons in photographs, websites, film, audio recordings or printed material. Some words or descriptions in these resources may reflect the attitudes of the period in which the works were created, and may now be considered inaccurate, inappropriate, offensive …
James Cook's Endeavour Journal - National Library of Australia
Lieutenant James Cook’s 753-page account of the voyage of His Majesty’s Bark Endeavour (also known as HMS Endeavour) from 1768 to 1771 is the story of one of history’s greatest journeys of discovery. By the end of the epic voyage, Cook had charted the coastlines of New Zealand and eastern Australia. His gifted botanists Joseph Banks and ...
First Fleet - National Library of Australia
First 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.
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) newspaper funeral notices. The Library may provide access to information from some of these sources in various forms, including: websites. online subscription databases. cd-roms.
Australian Web Archive - National Library of Australia
The PANDORA Archive – this was the first web archiving program and was opened by the Library in 1996. It is selective in what it gathers, usually collecting by theme or event, like an election campaign. The Australian Government Web Archive – a collection of Commonwealth Government websites which are gathered multiple times each year.
Australian legislation - National Library of Australia
AustLII – a free database of Australasian primary legal materials (legislation, treaties and decisions of courts and tribunals) and secondary legal materials such as law reform reports and law journals. Lawlex – a website including a free keyword search function with links to the official legislation websites. Legify – a website which ...
The Australian ISBN Agency - National Library of Australia
Acknowledgement 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.