Australian birth, death and marriage records | National Library of ...
WEBThis guide to Australian birth, death and marriage (BDM) records provides: Most Australian States and Territories publish indexes to 'historic' births, deaths and marriages registered in their respective jurisdictions. Use these indexes to locate official registrations of life events and obtain registration numbers.
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.
Frontier Conflict: First Australians Resistance to Colonial Expansion ...
WEBAboriginal 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 …
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.
Who was the first European to land on 'Terra Australis'?
WEBJames Cook was the first recorded explorer to land on the east coast in 1770. He had with him maps showing the north, west and south coasts based on the earlier Dutch exploration. A timeline of significant landings can be found at the Australia on the Map 1606-2006 website, along with early maps, excerpts from journals, pictures and a ...
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 ...
Dombrovskis: Journeys into the Wild - National Library of Australia
WEBPeter Dombrovskis was one of the world's foremost wilderness photographers. His powerful, reflective and deeply personal images of the unique Tasmanian wilderness had a lasting impact, changing the way Australians think about their environment. The Library has over 3,000 Dombrovskis transparencies, and has printed 70 of the best for this ...
Australian literature: Short stories - National Library of Australia
WEBThe best Australian stories : a ten-year collection, Collingwood, Vic. : Black Inc, 2011. This book takes a decade of Best Australian Stories and selects the most outstanding short fiction by the country’s finest writers.These stories range widely in style and subject matter: there is drama and comedy, subtlety and extravagance, tales of suspense, love, fantasy, …
About us - National Library of Australia
WEBTranscript. Like falling down a rabbit hole, I lost myself in a place for everyone. And found the key [speaker holds up a Library card] for learning, discovering and dreaming. Of course – this is the National Library of Australia. Speaker 2: …
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 …