Module

This resource is aligned to the Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education for Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 students. Students will engage with a rich selection of sources and be challenged to draw their own conclusions about the role of sport in Australia’s culture and history.

696 books and pamphlets relating to freshwater fishing mostly from Britain, as well as many from Australia, New Zealand and America.

A 1913 Russian brochure on teaching the 'Australian method' of swimming has recently been added to our collection.

How is a rare book about swimming connected to an important early European map of Australia and American Founding Father Benjamin Franklin? Find out in this blog.

View photos from Australia's inaugural First Nations netball tournament, now in Trove.

The Library commissioned photographers to capture the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Four photographs of the 2022 Pacifica Youth Rugby Cup have recently been added to our collection.

Learn more about the story behind the National Library of Australia's new exhibition.

Oral history interviews with prominent Australian women.

Topic

With new people and cultures come new ideas and practices. These could be new foods, new religions, new art forms or even new sports.

Negatives, transparancies, photographs, books, serials, personal papers and oral history interviews related to motorcycles, races and vintage cars.

Australians have often gone to great lengths to see their favourite sporting teams, even back in the 1860s!