950 books on bibliography, history, law, religion, ethnography, archaeology and fine arts of Indonesia, 629 books relating to the languages of Austronesia and some manuscripts, including transcripts of a collection of Sudanese manuscripts.

About 2000 books, pamphlets and serials in various languages, mostly about the history and culture of countries in Asia, particularly Burma/Myanmar.

3,300 books and serial issues in a range of languages relating to Asian and European literature, politics, history, religion and more. 

About 600 books with particular strength in anthropology, sociology and linguistics and largely related to Indonesia, and most are in Dutch, Indonesian, German or English. Some writings by Tobing, himself.

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

About 5000 books, pamphlets, reprints and journals published 1760-1940 in English, French, German, Italian and Russian. They relate to all aspects of ornithology in all parts of the world, with a special focus on Australian birds.

About 2,100 books, pamphlets, government publications, tourist booklets, magazines and other works about Mauritius and the Indian Ocean. Mostly in French or English, but also a few items in Mauritian Creole.

Topic

Migration from Italy to Australia can be dated back to the 1800s and, since that time, many groups have followed.

Topic

Japanese migrants first came to Australia in the late 1800s.

Topic

Significant numbers of Greek migrants arrived during the gold rushes, but the largest waves came between World War II and the 1970s.

Topic

Migration to Australia from Turkey prior to the twentieth century was minimal.

Module

This resource is aligned to the Australian Curriculum: Languages for years 7–10.