In many homes in Australia, you will find a bookcase, a mantelpiece or a shelf with a display of family photographs. These small intimate galleries chronicle the individuals, both young and old, who populate the family tree, sometimes the images reach back two or three generations.

In this interactive online learning session, students joined author Dianne Wolfer and illustrator Erica Wagner to learn how to make a book.

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 about 2025 National Library of Australia Fellow John Morrissey's research into poet and environmentalist Judith Wright. 

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Advertising campaigns for iconic Australian brands and early ads.

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As time progressed, the number of people who could read did begin to increase, as some countries began to increase the emphasis on educating their people to basic levels.

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The publication of the Picturesque Atlas was situated within a ‘golden age’ of illustration: the great global explosion of mass-produced images that occurred between 1850 and 1900 with the rise of the illustrated press.

Who will be the winners of the 2024 Prime Minister's Literary Awards?

Juno Gemes, Djon Mundine and Michael Aird shared their own personal histories as friends, colleagues and collaborators, telling the true history of Australia.

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