Ordnance Survey maps can give you detailed geographic information for England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland from the early 1800s onwards.

Atlases and county maps can help you find more detailed information about counties, shires and provinces.

City maps provide road and rail information, and show buildings, farms, industries, schools, churches, and many other features.

Discover land and property history with our extensive map collection and enrich your family history research with unique geographical records.

Early pastoral or squatting maps can help you locate pastoral properties relating to ownership before Torrens Title, and for identifying large pastoral and squatting runs. Many maps we have can be viewed online, and all can be viewed at the Library.

Published by the State Lands Departments from the 1860s onwards parish, town and county maps can be used to find land holdings, show boundaries, land use and types of ownership.

Use sales plans to find information about land sales, such as prices, boundaries, roads and land use.

About 240 recordings of folk music, folklore, and oral histories documenting family history, local history, work experiences, music and other arts.

See our outside-the-box strategies to help you uncover the hidden branches of your family tree.

Around 6,000 books, mostly in Portuguese, mostly relating to literature, history and religion among many other topics.

Beginner researchers can use this guide to find resources to help learn about their domestic family history or trace their ancestral origins overseas.

Learn about the mantlepiece display at the entrance to our Hopes and Fears: Australian Migration Stories exhibition.