Oceania

Five women pose together in front of a screen displaying the 'Pasifika Film Fest 2026: Canberra' event details, with one woman wearing a traditional floral lei and another holding a blue tote bag.

(Left to Right) Myjolynne Kim Deputy Chief of Mission Embassy of the FSM to Australia, Her Excellency Ms Jane J Chigiyal Ambassador of the Federated States of Micronesia to Australia, Dr Eliorah Malifa Pasifika Film Festival Director, Lidwina Tutuvanu Film Director and Rebecca Fleming, Senior Advisor, National Library.

Pacific Peoples Project newsletter November 2026

Group of dancers wearing large leaves around their necks and grass skirts, standing in a circle with their arms raised

Liza Moscatelli, Cook Island performance in Motu of Western Sydney, 2022, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3180077661

Pacific Peoples Project newsletter June 2026

Liza Moscatelli, Matavai Pacific Cultural Arts Dancers performing in 'Motu of Western Sydney', Whitlam Leisure Centre, Liverpool, N.S.W., April, 2022, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3180077661

Pacific Peoples of Australia Project

We want to connect with peoples of diverse Pacific and South Sea Islander heritage living in Australia.

Information article

A woman wearing a grey jacket stands leaning on a table with papers in a library setting

2026 National Library of Australia Fellow, Dr Pauline Basilia

Fellowship presentation: Early Philippine Palaeontology

Dr Pauline Basilia presented her recent Fellowship research on the contributions of H. Otley Beyer to Philippine Pleistocene research.

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Natasha Naidu standing at a desk behind a stack of books holding one open and smiling at the camera

Beyond the agreement: The regulation of Indian indentured labour in Fiji

Learn about National Library of Australia Scholar Natasha Naidu's research into the regulation of Indian indentured labour in Fiji, 1879–1916.

Blog

detail of cover of Air travel and holiday with illustration of two women driving a car past some boats

Cover of Air travel and holiday, vol. 1, No. 3 (cropped), March 1948, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3997211269

Destination Trove: Travel magazines now online

Pack your bags for a trip through new travel serials, now on Trove.

News article

A black and white photograph of a man in a suit standing in front of flagpoles with the US and Australian flags

Power and vision: Australia and the South Pacific Commission

2025 National Library of Australia Fellow Dr Alexis Bergantz shared his Fellowship research on the history of the South Pacific Commission.

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Group of Papua New Guineans in traditional dress, including feathered headpieces, at the Independence Day Celebration.

Terence and Margaret Spencer, Independence Day Celebration, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, 1975, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-145645567

Papua New Guinea: 50 years of Independence

Explore parliamentary debates relating to the Independence of Papua New Guinea.

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Hardstaff Collection

91 charts of Australia and the Pacific produced by the British Admiralty and Hydrographic Service.

Collection guide

Chinnery Collection

Papers, maps and a large collection of photographs related to Papua New Guinea mainly from the period 1910-1940.

Collection guide

Burke Collection

Papers, photographs, ephemera, books and journals from Europe, Asia, America and Australia ranging from 1850-1950 collected by Eric Keast Burke.

Collection guide

Petherick Collection

About 15,000 books and pamphlets. The great strength of the collection is in Pacific voyages and early Australiana with many very rare items. Also manuscripts including papers of Joseph Banks, maps and pictures.

Collection guide

First Australians

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