Australian birth, death and marriage records | National Library of ...
This 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.
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 ...
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, …
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 newspapers provides numerous historical Australian newspapers published between 1803 to 1954.It includes national titles as well as those published in each Australian state and territory.
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 ...
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 basis of the ideal ethical and moral way of life for the majority of Japanese society. The Bushido code varied throughout the centuries, but its one ...
Federation of Australia - National Library of Australia
Federation 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 ...
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 should change the wording of the constitution. The date is set for 27 May 1967. The constitution is formally changed on 10 August 1967.
Australian electoral rolls - National Library of Australia
The Library holds fairly comprehensive runs of historical Commonwealth electoral rolls dating from 1903 to 2008. The current national electoral roll is available to access at any Australian Electoral Commission National and State Office in a state or territory capital city. Please contact the AEC regarding current electoral rolls.
Victoria - National Library of Australia
This page lists Victorian-related online, networked and microform resources as well as print publications available for use within the National Library of Australia. Online Ancestry (Library Edition) You can find Ancestry by visiting our eResources portal and searching for this database under the Browse eResources tab. Currently, Ancestry has the following Victoria-related BDM …