… book, periodical or catalogue'. Microfiche is one format commonly used by family history researchers. The National Library of Australia offers a pool of … can all be easily accessed using dedicated machines in the Newspapers and Family History Zone in the Main Reading Room. Despite what people may …
… For years now I have been using Trove as a research tool in my family history work, and in the work I did to mark the centenary of World War I with my local historical society. In my family history work, I had remarked often to myself how much richer in …
… domestic life in the pre-1950s era. Built by Herbert Porter whose family ran a business in Hunter Street immediately behind, the house was occupied by the family from 1910 to 1997. From 1919 onwards, when Herbert died in the … of meticulous recordkeeping across all areas of life – from family history to household management and to records of the pastimes that the …
… lawyer or journalist, Banjo Paterson is a commanding figure in Australian history. His poetry is woven into the fabric of Australian culture, with bush … manuscripts of children’s poetry, personal letters written to Paterson's family, and the story of the discovery of a 120-year-old chocolate box. Read … Preserving the new collection After four generations with the Paterson family, the Library acquired the papers of Banjo Paterson in 2019. This …
… Catalogue Search the Catalogue to find books, pictures, maps, oral history interviews, manuscripts and more. Some items can be viewed online but … Search for the item you are after, I'm looking for information about family history for beginners, so let's search for that. Select the item you … building. We have a small number of these and they tend to be specialist family history resources. Licenced or offsite eResources are identified with …
… Wakefield, written around the 1850s from Ballarat and Kerang, to his family back in England. Left: MS 684 Papers of George Wakefield 1853-1887; … second was a breadcrumb trail leading to an article about the Faithfull family collection in reCollections , the NMA’s erstwhile online journal. The … pills. Once decoded, George’s list provides a valuable illustration of the history of medicine and treatment in colonial Australia. But there its …
… offered his books and papers to the Library. They were received from his family shortly after his death in October 2004. Description Printed Materials … the collection is in historical works, covering the whole span of Chinese history and including historical geography and biography. In particular, … East Asian language collections in Australia (1984). Other papers include family and personal correspondence from 1948 onwards, diaries kept in his …
… FILES All press clipping files can be collected from the Newspapers and Family History zone information desk in the Main Reading Room. They can be read in … requested via the online catalogue are delivered to the Newspaper and Family History Desk in the Main Reading Room of the National Library. Once a …
… this contemporary background John Shortis will research the many oral history recordings, sheet music, manuscripts, newspapers, and pictures, held … Lowenstein’s founding contribution to the folk movement and covers the family’s year-long oral history collecting trip in 1969 – ‘The Australian … pieces across genres – playing and writing music with the The Devil Goat Family String Band, Black Finch and The Earthworker Bushdance Band. View …
… gallery. In the same year the Society of Arts began to offer prizes for history painting—100 guineas for first prize and 50 guineas for second—with … The conversation piece has been defined as ‘a portrait group of a family or friends in some degree of rapport seen in their home surroundings … to investigate the painting in 1987 established a link between the Nathan family, who sold the work at auction in 1928, and the Vache, a country house …
