… a treasure trove of information, resources, and expertise for researchers, family historians and hobbyists of all interests. However, with a collection … upcoming learning programs! Indian Emigration Passes to Fiji, 1879-1916 Family history research is often full of frustrating dead-ends or missing …
… more than 90 books between us. We are not the only writers in our family. There are poets, novelists, journalists and biographers going back … was the first Australian-born female novelist. Other writers in the family include Robert Waring, a friend of Ben Johnson, who wrote Effigies … with an Australian setting, the first to draw upon Australian colonial history, the first to describe the lives of the Australia’s First Nations …
… narrative of the Shoalhaven's colonisation This project asks how the history of the Shoalhaven can inform culturally safe nursing care. Research … identity and her transnational journey by examining not only family papers but also the personal papers of prominent Australians, … Prime Minister Billy Hughes, Martin Boyd, Vance Palmer, the Chomley family and others, whom Baynton associated with in London. Norman McCann …
… Modjeska: Feminism, Empire and the Pacific Supported by the Stokes family Dr Nicholas Ferns, ARC DECRA Research Fellow in History, Monash University International Finance and National Development: … program, including the Ray Mathew and Eva Kollsman Trust, the Stokes family, and the Harold S. Williams Trust for Japan Studies. Three Honorary …
… was born in London, the son of a Maltese airman and his English wife. His family migrated to Melbourne in 1954 and he grew up in Brunswick. He attended … has had a close association with the Library. As well as being an oral history interviewer, he has been a regular contributor to National Library of … printed material was received between 1987 and 1994. The first oral history recordings made by York were received in 1988 and additions have been …
… On the face of it, Dr Frances Egan is a woman who has it all - a loving family and a fine career - until a brief, perfect affair reveals to her an … of England before travelling alone to Australia at age 16. He studied history and literature at Melbourne University. A Brief Affair is his … is a historian whose books and essays have won prizes in literature, history, science, politics and journalism. His books include Hunters and …
… come across the seas to share our boundless plains. Australia has a rich history of welcoming immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers alike to make … to comprehend what it is like to flee your home—leaving your country, your family and your belongings—in a war-torn country and escape to save your … the sacrifices made, the cost of freedom, the anguish of separation from family members and the fear of being lost at sea, drowned or attacked by …
… the development of the folk movement in Australia and her year-long oral history collecting trip in 1969. This lecture included a screening of the 22 … Lowenstein’s founding contribution to the folk movement and covers the family’s year-long oral history collecting trip in 1969 – ‘The Australian Folklore Expedition’. This …
… some of our most bloomin’ collections (channelling Peter Cundall, see Oral History record ). Ellis Rowan Ellis Rowan (1848-1922) likely needs no … National Botanic Gardens) First Fleet Artwork Collection (Natural History Museum) Biodiversity Heritage Library & Joseph Henry Maiden Botanical …
… in the 1980s and 90s. Her memoir, In My Mother's Hands , about her family's experience of her mother's mental illness was published in 2014. … at the Australian National University where he was Head of the School of History from July 2018 until June 2021. His books include The Sex Lives of Australians: A History (2012) and The Eighties: The Decade That Transformed Australia …
