Prison hulks were floating prisons used from 1776 as temporary accommodation for prisoners from overcrowded jails. A hulk is a ship that is still afloat but unable to put to sea. The ships were ...

The content of historical birth, death and marriage certificates can vary between each State and Territory. The details contained on certificates also depends on the knowledge of the person who ...

Keepsakes: Australians and the Great War was the National Library of Australia's exhibition showcasing items from the collections relating to the First World War. Read this essay by exhibition curator ...

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 ...

Many protest movements in Australia have resulted from dramatic shifts in public opinion on contentious issues, and as a response to how governments of the time dealt with these shifting opinions. The ...

In 1924 aerial photographs were taken of the Great Barrier Reef for use by the Australian Army in its topographical mapping. In 1928 the Royal Australian Air Force first became involved in aerial ...

The National Library of Australia welcomes the commitment made by the Albanese Government to provide $33m over the next 4 years to maintain Trove, with $9.2m ongoing and indexed funding from July 2027 ...

Following a comprehensive process, the library has selected the open-source FOLIO library services platform for its next-generation library management system. A library management system is the ...

Depending on a passenger's wealth or means the manner in which they travelled aboard the ship could have been either saloon or steerage, or first, second or third class. Australian newspaper ...

The National Library is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024 Creative Arts Fellowships. The Creative Arts Fellowships support writers and artists to spend four weeks at the Library ...

The National Library is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2022 Summer Scholarships, marking 20 years since the program’s inception. Summer scholarships are offered to PhD students from across ...

Access to Records by Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants Assistance with records searching is available if you are a Forgotten Australian, Former Child Migrant (sometimes referred to as a ...