The National Library has recently digitised two letters from the collections of Enid Lyons and Dorothy Tangney.

Ephemera is material which is designed to be short lived and which is often not kept by its recipient.

If you are looking for a soldier,  there are many published resources at the National Library to assist you.

On April 25, 1915, the Australian troops, together with troops from New Zealand, Britain and France, landed at what came to be called ANZAC Cove.

There are many unique manuscript collections relating to World War I held at the National Library.

Our collection of maps and atlases contains some important items which can help provide context and background to First World War research.

The Library has rich holdings of music from this era including marches, patriotic songs and sheet music with highly decorative and evocative covers.

Newspapers provide an invaluable resource for researching World War I and the National Library holds the largest collection of Australian and overseas newspapers in Australia in both print and digital formats. 

Some selected online First World War resources, including Australian and international websites and online subscription databases, which may be useful to researchers.

Oral histories are collected by the National Library in order to record the voices that document Australia's social and cultural life. Although the Library does not actively collect realia, items may be selectively acquired, especially when they have high levels of visual content.