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WEBNational Library of Australia. Join astrophysicist and author Karlie Noon in conversation with Celeste Carnegie the latest instalment of our Deadly Dialogues series onsite or online at 6pm 2 October. 'Flora: Australia’s Most Curious Plants' by Tania McCartney. Uncover the wonders of Australia’s plants with the new NLA Publishing book ...
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.
Newspapers - National Library of Australia
WEBOct 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 library taking responsibility for newspapers published in their jurisdiction. Overseas newspapers—we have the largest collection of …
Civil Rights Movements - National Library of Australia
WEBCivil 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 the Library has material to provide information on. Below you will find information about the Aboriginal Day of Mourning, the Freedom Ride, the Aboriginal Tent Embassy protest, Change the Date ...
Online - National Library of Australia
WEBA 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 …
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 ...
Timeline—Events that led to the 1967 Referendum
WEB1967— 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 cemetery records - National Library of Australia
WEBcouncil 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.
Victoria - National Library of Australia
WEBThis 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 records available:.