Find immigration records, shipping and passenger lists for fare-paying passengers, assisted migrants and crew members to reveal key details about your family members arrival in Australia.

Where are the women in the story of Australia? Our new partnership with She Shapes History brings an exciting event series exploring the often-under-recognised women’s stories in Australia’s history. 

Uncover the hidden depths of the National Library’s women’s history collection.

With support from Library Patrons, we have digitised the collections of some of Australia’s most remarkable women leaders. 

Hear Oxford academic Professor Emma Smith, the world’s leading Shakespeare scholar, discuss Shakespeare’s First Folio as part of its 400 year anniversary.

See Dr Kate Flaherty and actors from Bell Shakespeare explore the link between the books that inspired Shakespeare and Shakespeare's own work.

We held the third illustrated Shakespeare lecture and discovered the objects and stories that reveal how Shakespeare made landfall in Australia.  

Celebrate William Shakespeare's birthday with Shakespearean gems from the National Library's rare books collections.

The Seymour Biography Lecture provides eminent life writers with an opportunity to explore the business and craft of biography, autobiography or memoir.

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Understand how advertising to attract migrants and visitors is linked to Australia's immigration policies with this teaching resource.