National Library of Australia

Sita Sargeant launched her debut book, 'She Shapes History: Guided Walks and Stories About Great Australian Women'.

This special event explored some of the ways in which southern NSW community members have told and preserved their bushfire stories.

122 interviews, mostly with retired drovers, recorded by Bruce Simpson and Bill Gammage between 2000 and 2006. 

About 3,460 books and pamphlets, mostly local, church, business and organisational histories from around Australia.

Photographs by Jeff Carter of Australian life dating from the 1950s onwards, plus oral history recordings with about 40 individuals living in rural towns or properties.

Books, booklets, pamphlets, leaflets and hundreds of photographs and postcards mainly relating to New South Wales country towns.

We are grateful to our donors who generously gave over $320,000 to help make our election ephemera collection available to the world on Trove. Your support will allow us to share the vivid story of our Australian democracy.

Take a look at some of the postcards we hold from the first half of the twentieth century and the messages they were sent with.

The resources available for each house may be different, due to the fact the availability, organisation, and location of records vary from state to state.

Learn some useful tips and suggestions to get you started researching your town or local area with the National Library's collection.

Learn some useful tips and suggestions on how to use newspapers for family history research.