Our theatre and performance music collections showcase the music Australians were listening to throughout the 20th century.

Our collections document the history and development of dramatic and comic theatre in Australia.

Unlocking the words of Captain Cook, Jane Austen, Banjo Patterson and other famous and everyday people is now possible thanks to technology that converts handwriting into text in Trove.

Explore the papers of three women involved in the 1943 Federal Election: Enid Lyons, Dorothy Tangney and Jessie Street.

Selected by Jackie French, illustrated by Tania McCartney

The Thursday Island group comprising Thursday Island (TI), Horn Island, Prince of Wales and Hammond Islands.

If they were well behaved, convicts were not usually required to serve out their full term.

About 260 books and pamphlets on American history, as well as papers of the Woodriff family and Tilghman, including about 380 of Tilghman's photographs of the Northern Territory 1925-1927 and Queensland 1931-1933.

Module

Explore how communities evolve over time, how different cultures influence and contribute to communities, and how symbols convey meaning.

Topic

Timeline of events from 1901 to 1967