This report offers a review of recent significant acquisitions by the Library and of collecting activities. It does not describe the large volume of acquisitions of both Australian and overseas ...

During the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's (ABC) extensive years of commitment to developing orchestral life in Australia, the national broadcaster had a secondary role of facilitating the ...

Held in the Map collection of the National Library of Australia are two Dutch manuscript charts, dating from the late 1690s, produced as a result of a voyage to Australia by William de Vlamingh (b.

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General (G) issues contain notices for proclamations, acts of Parliament assented to, statutory rules, bylaws, regulations, government department administering particular legislation or functions, ...

On the 9 May 1901, the Duke of Cornwall and York opened Australia’s federal parliament in Melbourne. Spectacular civic celebrations lasted over a week! Temporary arches were built around the city, and ...

Periodic gazettes are published irregularly. These gazettes contain lengthy notices the gazettal of which is not an urgent requirement. Each issue is devoted to a single notice or to a related series ...

Rosalind Geddes (b. 1940) was born in Ceylon and later lived in India. She emigrated to Australia in 1952 and her family settled in Tasmania. She studied nursing in Sydney and obtained work in a ...