Australian birth, death and marriage records | National Library of ...
WEBThis guide to Australian birth, death and marriage (BDM) records provides: Most Australian States and Territories publish indexes to 'historic' births, deaths and marriages registered in their respective jurisdictions. Use these indexes to locate official registrations of life events and obtain registration numbers.
Convicts - National Library of Australia
WEBBackhouse, Edward, A chain gang, convicts going to work near Sidney [i.e. Sydney], New South Wales, from A narrative of a visit to the Australian colonies, 1843; nla.obj-138467394 From January 1788, when the First Fleet of convicts arrived at Botany Bay, to the end of convict transportation 80 years later, over 160,000 convicts were transported to Australia.
Frontier Conflict: First Australians Resistance to Colonial Expansion ...
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First Fleet - National Library of Australia
WEBFirst Fleet. Transportation to the Australian colonies began in 1788 when the First Fleet, carrying between 750 and 780 convicts plus 550 crew, soldiers and family members, landed at Sydney Cove after an eight-month voyage. Over the next 80 years, British courts sentenced more than 160,000 convicts to transportation to Australia.
Life Under the Shoguns - National Library of Australia
WEBLife under the shoguns was highly stratified, with the population falling into distinct classes based primarily on their economic or political functions. The system can be described as having three distinct classes: the ruling elite, the warrior classes, and the peasant classes. As a feudal system, each class gave allegiance, in theory, to ...
Who was the first European to land on 'Terra Australis'?
WEBJames Cook was the first recorded explorer to land on the east coast in 1770. He had with him maps showing the north, west and south coasts based on the earlier Dutch exploration. A timeline of significant landings can be found at the Australia on the Map 1606-2006 website, along with early maps, excerpts from journals, pictures and a ...
Australian shipping and passenger records - National Library of …
WEBAustralian shipping and passenger records. Ship passengers relaxing on deck, 1870-1900, nla.obj-146719701. The arrival of an ancestor in Australia is a key moment in a family's history. They may have arrived as a fare-paying passenger, as an 'assisted' migrant, a member of a ship's crew, in military or naval service, or as a convict.
The Australian ISBN Agency - National Library of Australia
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Maps - National Library of Australia
WEBproperty and subdivision maps for each Australian state and territory - useful for family history research. thematic maps of land use, water and other resource management, geology and mining, transport, roads, planning and infrastructure, military mapping. 800,000 aerial photographs of Australia, Papua New Guinea and Antarctica.
Standards - National Library of Australia
WEBTo locate printed copies of standards, go to the Library Catalogue record. Use the 'select' button at the end of the record to request a copy of an individual standard to use in the Library's Main Reading Room. For requesting purposes, standards are treated like an issue of a journal. You need to type in the number of the standard in the space ...