Family papers, maps of the Hong Kong and Macau region, pictures, photographs and a large collection of books and pamphlets predominantly historical works, particularly histories of Portugal, the Portuguese colonies, China and Japan.

Learn about Jacinta Mackay's NLA Scholarship research using the Bringing Them Home oral history recordings.

By donating to digitise our physical collections, you can help make the treasures of the National Library freely available to everyone, all the time.

Between 1998 and 2002, people from all over Australia told us their stories as part of the Bringing Them Home oral history project.

Learn how to access historical gazetteers, Ordnance Survey maps, and early atlases to uncover your family's origins in England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales.

Around 10,800 items from the period 1829-1922 ranging from a single page to hundreds of pages and documenting British reactions to particular events, problems and crises, as well as Britain's relations generally with particular countries and regions.

A Bill which has received Royal Assent becomes an Act.

A bill is a proposal for a new law which is debated by Parliament. There are separate sets of bills for both the Houses of Commons and Lords.

How to find votes and proceedings of the House of Commons, minutes of proceedings and order papers of the House of Lords, and the journals for each house.

British Parliamentary debates are of interest to those studying public issues in Great Britain, particularly social and political history and law.