While Indigenous Australians have inhabited the continent for tens of thousands of years, and traded with nearby islanders, the first documented landing on Australia by a European was in 1606.

While the National Library is unable to provide specialist advice on cataloguing, there are a number of online resources you can use.

We spoke to Dr Bill Mihalopoulos about his research using the Harold S Williams collection and time at the Library. 

500 years have now passed since Ferdinand Magellan’s famous voyage, the most audacious in maritime history. In his new book East by West, Allen Mawer closely examines the historical sources, charts and eyewitness records, considering afresh what we know of Magellan and the details of his voyage.

Our Research Librarians delved into our collections and uncover the histories of Australian women in leadership.

Explore dictionaries of various shapes, sizes, languages and subjects from the Library's collection.

Learn about Martie’s Fellowship that will result in a documentary to be screened at the 2023 National Folk Festival.

Explore the collection at the Miss Porter's House museum and the projects it undertook through the CHG program.

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.

Kate’s research focused on the role of popular magazines in Australian art history and arts communication in the 1950s and 1960s.