This guide will help you find resources both in and outside our collection to make your journey of discovery easier.

Start exploring the Library's diverse collections to search through time and place to build family stories and local narratives.

Find family photos and piece together dates and places from the many clues they contain. 

Learn how to find and explore the Library's vast and diverse online map collection.

Learn how to find and access the Library's vast and diverse collection around film, television and media history.

Honorary Fellow Associate Professor Andrew Carr discussed his research on the history of Australian defence policy.

Dr Georgia Pike-Rowney presented a participatory musical lecture on her 2020 National Library Fellowship research about community singing in interwar Australia.

Jelena Dokic was in conversation with Kathryn Favelle, Director of Reader Services at the National Library of Australia.

Dr Kate Flaherty, senior Lecturer in English and Drama at ANU, and actors from Bell Shakespeare uncovered one of the most amusing and successful literary hoaxes of all time.

Dr David McDonald presented a lecture on his 2024 National Library Fellowship research into better understanding the lives and experiences of Forgotten Australians and Child Migrants in institutional care.