… record and "Select" the item you wish brought to the Reading Rooms. Tags: Family history and genealogy Geography Detail from Morden, Robert. and Gibson, …
… activities that occurred at all levels of the chiefdoms, from the family group to the whole community and chiefs. Many rituals were linked to … hierarchy mirrored the social organisation of the chiefdom, from the small family shrines to the large temples that cemented political alliances. Marae … represented the connection of a group to their ancestral lands, the history of their clan: in other words, their identity. The restoration of …
… muse' by the philosopher Plato, Sappho is known for creating some of history's most beautiful poetry. Only a fraction survives. She lived in the … always been debated. Yet it is clear that she was from an aristocratic family, she married and had a daughter, and had relationships with women. She …   Heloise (and Abelard) The letters of Peter Abelard and Heloise are among history's great love letters. Abelard was one of the most prominent scholars …
… it was only in 2006 that the Library was able to purchase from his family the substantial Nicholls Archive, which contains many original plans, … and drawings of Castlecrag houses (Willoughby Municipal Council) Oral history ORAL TRC 421 Lunney, Suzanne, Interview with Edgar Deans about the … Birrell, James, Walter Burley Griffin , 1964 Brown, Nicholas, A history of Canberra , 2014 Gibbney, Jim, Canberra 1913-1953 , 1988 Griffin, …
… . A digitised copy of Part 9 of the Handbook is  available online . Tags: Family history and genealogy History Military history Image The AJCP Collection is now online. We have …
… Entry Books (1785-1849) CRIMINAL HO 130 Miscellaneous Books (1830) Tags: Family history and genealogy History Law Military history Pacific AJCP Online Image The AJCP Collection is …
… in 1912. The Federation papers of Sir Edmund Barton were donated by his family in 1928, while the papers of Alfred Deakin were presented by his … constitutional law , 1901 Deakin, Alfred, The federal story; the inner history of the federal cause , edited by Herbert Brookes, 1944 [later … , 4 vols, 1897-98 Parkes, Henry, Fifty years in the making of Australian history , 1892 Quick, John, Sir John Quick’s notebook , edited by L.E. …
… [electronic resource] : 1st settlement 1788 - 1814 / Cathy Dunn Tags: Family history and genealogy Image Australian News and Information Bureau.  1961,   …
… showing alphabetical listing of place names with details of each. Tags: Family history and genealogy Geography KEY RESOURCES AT THE LIBRARY Cassell's …
… 2021 NLA Fellow Anna Dziedzic’s family has a personal connection to the Library. Her mother worked as a … constitution making in the Pacific region, when I realised how long the history of constitution making in the region was,’ said Anna.   ‘Some of the … support and Dr Dziedzic’s fellowship has been supported by the Stokes family. Dr Anna Dziedzic’s research is in the area of comparative …

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