From 1911 until self-government in May 1989, the laws of the Australian Capital Territory were made by Acts of the federal Parliament or by Ordinances made by the Governor-General. From 1974-1986 ...

David Nichol Smith (1875–1962) was born in Edinburgh and educated at George Watson’s College, the University of Edinburgh and the Sorbonne. For a few years he edited school textbooks before becoming ...

This report offers a review of recent significant acquisitions by the Library and of collecting activities. It does not describe the large volume of acquisitions of both Australian and overseas ...

This resource is aligned with the Australian Curriculum: Modern History for Senior Secondary students, with specific reference to content descriptions for Unit 2: Movements for Change in the 20th ...

The National Library of Australia is proud to be the custodian of one of only four copies of Blaeu's rare wall map, Archipelagus Orientalis, sive Asiaticus (Eastern and Asian archipelago) 1663.

Synopsis of Content: This book is an English language teaching text published by a university. The text focuses on Australia and life in Australia. It contains chapters such as 'Study in Australia,' ...

During the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's (ABC) extensive years of commitment to developing orchestral life in Australia, the national broadcaster had a secondary role of facilitating the ...

Held in the Map collection of the National Library of Australia are two Dutch manuscript charts, dating from the late 1690s, produced as a result of a voyage to Australia by William de Vlamingh (b.

The first official Tasmanian gazette/newspaper, the Hobart Town Gazette and Southern Reporter, appeared in Hobart in 1816. It was preceded by two shortlived unofficial publications in 1810-14. After ...

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The colonial heritage of Norfolk Island is little known to most Australians. National Library Fellow Alisa Bunbury’s recent research comprises a careful and structured examination of visual imagery ...

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