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This 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.
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Our Streets: The Regional Cities and Major Towns Project. Explore the streets of regional cities and major towns around Australia through photographs taken in the 90s in NLA Publishing's 'Our Streets'. The National Library is making improvements to our much-loved heritage building. 1.
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Catalogue | National Library of Australia
By collecting today what is important tomorrow, the Library’s collection aims to better tell the stories and history of all Australians. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this catalogue may contain images, voices and names of deceased persons. Some words or descriptions in the catalogue may reflect the ...
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First Fleet - National Library of Australia
Over the next 80 years, British courts sentenced more than 160,000 convicts to transportation to Australia. Arthur Bowes Smyth (1750-1790) was the ship’s surgeon aboard the Lady Penrhyn, one of the ships in the First Fleet. In his journal, Smyth wrote of the harsh conditions aboard the Lady Penrhyn whose passengers included 101 female convicts.
Newspapers & Gazettes Home - Trove
Trove - The National Library of Australia, in collaboration with Australian State and Territory libraries, runs the Australian Newspaper Digitization Program with the aim of making as many publications available online as possible.
Life Under the Shoguns - National Library of Australia
Bushidō, (武士道 – The way of the warrior) was the code of conduct of the samurai and the bushi (武士 – warrior) class under the feudal rule of the shoguns. By the 1800s, Bushidō was the basis of the ideal ethical and moral way of life for the majority of Japanese society. The Bushido code varied throughout the centuries, but its one ...
The legal system - National Library of Australia
Legislation, also known as statutes or Acts of Parliament, is the written law made by Parliament. In any year the Parliament may vote on new Acts of Parliament to create new laws or vote to change, or amend, older Acts of Parliament. Consequently, legislation often changes over time and is occasionally repealed altogether.
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