We're calling on you to help us collect campaign material from the 2023 Referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice.

The National Library of Australia is calling on all Australians to help collect campaign material from the 2023 Referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice.

Between 1998 and 2002, people from all over Australia told us their stories as part of the Bringing Them Home oral history project.

Highlights collection items in our catalogue from the 5 major island clusters in the Torres Straits Region.

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This resource is aligned with the Australian Curriculum: Modern History for Senior Secondary students, with specific reference to content descriptions for Unit 2: Movements for Change in the 20th Century, and specifically those that fall under the examination of ‘Recognition and rights of Indigenous peoples’.

David Hartley and Kirsty Murray. Illustrated by Dub Leffler

Coral Vass and Dub Leffler

Personal papers and legal material that record of one of the most important and controversial legal cases in Australian history and the life of the man who is chiefly associated with the case.

The National Library conducted an oral history project to record the lives and experiences of Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants.

Over 32,000 items, including rare books, pamphlets, maps, and ephemera, covering topics such as Oceania, transport, and literature. Compiled by Sir John Alexander Ferguson, it is a key resource for Australian history and bibliography.