… Library, whose philanthropic donation funded this project, said: ‘As a family history enthusiast I am always interested in the world in which my ancestors … how to cultivate oranges, parcel rates on railways, details of the Royal family and the time allowed ships at public wharfs. Fascinating in their own …
… (Liliardia) Tucker MBE (1904-1996). Join members of Margaret Tucker's family for a celebration of Margaret's life and work, and to mark the release … in the original edition, as well as new images supplied by Tucker's family, and a foreword from The Hon. Linda Burney MP. ‘Aunty Marge’s book had …
… is a 2020 National Library of Australia Fellow supported by the Stokes Family. About Dr Sugata Nandi Dr Sugata Nandi is Assistant Professor of History at the West Bengal State University, Kolkata, India, where he teaches Modern Indian History, Early Modern European political ideas, Western Historiography and …
… at the National Library of Australia. Provocations: Arguing about history Wednesday 8 May | 6pm to 7pm | $15 members; $20 non-members The … Bongiorno and Professor Peter Stanley who will discuss where Australian history is now and where it is going. Book launch: If Everyone Cared Enough … (Liliardia) Tucker MBE (1904-1996). Join members of Margaret Tucker's family for a celebration of Margaret's life and work, and to mark the release …
… Starting with a documentary film that tells the story of Wendy’s family’s year-long oral history collecting trip in 1969, it morphs directly into a live stage … spent their early years immersed daily in Australian folk-music and oral history as their mother recorded over 1200 interviews, over 500 of which are …
… Anna Zhu, for the Library’s Australians with Chinese Heritage oral history project . Gabrielle was one among more than 90 people who had their … based in Naarm / Melbourne, where she was born. Her mother’s side of the family traces their Australian history back to 1853 when Gabrielle’s great grandfather, then aged 18, came …
… Family history research is often full of frustrating dead-ends or missing …
… Copying Project has long been a first stop for those researching local or family history. The 10,400 microfilm reels however have been difficult to access … The records filmed cover a wide range of Australia’s history from early exploration, languages and history of Aboriginal and …
… with the offer to co-author Australia's First Naturalists with natural history writer and zoologist Penny Olsen, I was equal parts honoured and … Early European Impressions of Australia's Curious Animals as gifts for family members and the quality of NLA Publishing books had impressed me. The … was sweetest, and when and where to get the best fish. As a child, our family went hunting not kangaroo or wallaby but rabbits. While out hunting, …
… it is today without the tireless efforts of the men and women throughout history, who have provided their time, their skills and their friendly faces … Red Cross tracing network was their only hope of finding out the fate of family members. The highly regarded Tracing Program, now called Restoring Family Links, continues to provide assistance in disasters and national …
