The Library has a small but significant collection of Indigenous music. This includes music both written by Indigenous people and interpreted by Europeans from interactions with Indigenous people.

Find out how to access over 60,000 passes issued to Indian people who came to Fiji as indentured labourers.

A good place to find recently published Australian material is through the Recent Australian Publications (RAP) service from Trove.

The major official sources of Australian colonial statistics are available on microform as part of the ABS Colonial Microfiche collection.

Gazetteers are listings of places and can provide useful details, such as territorial division, location, alternate names, population size, and more.

Use this guide for tips and hints for finding and using Government gazettes in your research.

Find key resources from federal, state, territory and local governments, explore notable collections and discover how to access materials that have shaped Australia’s political history.

Use this guide to help find and access resources in our collection about Women’s Suffrage, Equal Pay for Women protest, March4Justice protests, the Mardi Gras protest, the Decriminalisation of Homosexuality and the Say Yes to Marriage Equality movement.

The National Library of Australia has extensive holdings of material concerning Australia's involvement in the First World War.

The Australian and overseas printed collections at the National Library contain substantial material which can support research into the First World War.