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WEBNational Library of Australia. Our reading rooms will be closed Monday 7 October. See our opening hours for more information. 'Flora: Australia’s Most Curious Plants' by Tania McCartney. Uncover the wonders of Australia’s plants with the new NLA Publishing book ‘Flora’ by Tania McCartney. Join Peter Crowley in conversation with ABC ...
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.
James Cook's Endeavour Journal - National Library of Australia
WEBLieutenant 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 ...
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 …
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:.
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.
Federation of Australia - National Library of Australia
WEBFederation 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 ...
The Straits of Magellan: the Atlantic to the Pacific map
WEBSep 13, 2022 · The Magellan Strait is a 560 km long, 3–32 km wide channel between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans that separates the mainland of Patagonia from the archipelago of Tierra del Fuego. The labyrinth-like strait now has names like Famine and Tortuous Passages describing its topography. The map was …
Commonwealth Electoral Rolls for family history
WEBAug 20, 2019 · The National Library holds Commonwealth electoral rolls from 1903. The most recent rolls the Library has on microfiche are from 2008 – the Library also holds 2009 in hardcopy. This means we can’t help with any enquiries requesting a search of the electoral rolls beyond 2009. Pre and post 1990 arrangement of …
Social Change of the 20th Century - National Library of Australia
WEBIn literature and the arts, new themes emerged that propelled and deepened feminist discourse. Germaine Greer’s The Female Eunuch, published in in 1970, sought to reclaim women’s sexuality and release them from the consumerist suburban homes that, she argued, were their prisons.Despite much criticism, the book became a flagship text for change as women began to consider their own sexuality.