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A black-and-white photo of a family posed outside a brick house with a white picket fence. In the foreground, a man in a bowler hat sits beside a large dog, while a young girl stands nearby. A seated woman holds a baby on her lap, and a child is visible on the steps of the house in the background. The garden surrounding them is filled with overgrown plants.

Portrait of Oliver Barberie and family, 1900, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-136621963

Family history research guide

Uncover hidden stories of your heritage and trace your genealogy using our research guide.

Research guide
A large, old text with Chinese characters is bound with traditional thread stitching, sitting on a shelf, supported by a white fabric strap wrapped around its cover. The edges of the pages are uneven, showing wear with the stitching slightly frayed. Other colourful books with Chinese characters are lined up alongside it on the shelf.
Chinese collections research guide

Get help to find and access material from the Library’s Chinese collection and beyond.

Research guide
The front pages of two different Turkish language newspapers.

Left: Kaynak : the Australian Turkish source : independent Turkish newspaper, 15 February 1984, page 1, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1031341. Right: Kimligimiz icin dusunce, August 1989, page 1, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2206702

Turkish-Australian transnational life writing with Dr Burcu Cevik-Compiegne

Join Dr Burcu Cevik-Compiegne as she presents a lecture on her 2024 National Library Fellowship research into uncovering different forms of life writing produced in Australia following the Labour Migration Scheme between Turkey and Australia in 1967.

Event
Three framed photographs on a blue wall with a wave pattern at the bottom, along with text reading 'Exhibition', 'Hopes and Fears' and 'Australian Migration Stories'
Migration history day at the National Library

Join us for a full-day seminar on Australia's migration history.

Event
Man reading through a thick, leather-bound book of shipping registers

Lloyd's register of shipping, 1914-1949, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn729906

Discovering your ancestors’ migration story: Part 2

Our Special Collections Research & Support team are back with answers to more common questions that can help can uncover your ancestors' migration story.

Blog
Two women and four men, who make up the Library's Special Collections Research & Support team, standing and smiling in the Special Collections Reading Room in front of a table with three maps on it

Special Collections Research & Support team

Discovering your ancestors’ migration story: Part 1

Our Special Collections Research & Support team have answered common questions that can help can uncover your ancestor’s migration story.

Blog
Five photographs of people smiling. Three of the photographs are of women and two are of men.
Hopes and Fears: Australian Migration Stories panel discussion

Join a panel of special guests for a conversation about their own personal and professional stories around migration, and how our country can best recognise the extraordinary contribution that migrants make to contemporary Australia.

Event
Man in military uniform with hat smiling

Harry Peters, soldier in the Third Employment Company, c. 1942

Dear Mutzi: Writing a life through letters, memories and imagination

Read about how author Tess Scholfield-Peters explored her grandfather's early life as a teenager fleeing Nazi Germany in her new book 'Dear Mutzi'.

Blog
Three framed photographs on a blue wall with a subtle wave pattern.
Hopes and Fears: Australian Migration Stories

Explore the journeys that have shaped our nation’s history.

Exhibition
Framed photographs displayed on a wall
Exhibition Preview: Hopes & Fears: Australian Migration Stories

An exhibition preview event for Hopes & Fears: Australian Migration Stories.

Event
Group of men and women wearing traditional Polish clothing playing various instruments and smiling

Polish National Dance Group, 1950, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-141277226

Hopes and Fears: Soundtrack

Our Oral History collection includes recordings of original and traditional compositions performed by migrants, refugees and their descendants.

Exhibition
Black and white photo of an empty street in Chinatown, Darwin

Chinatown, Darwin, 1930, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-136768825

Diana Giese Collection

Oral history interviews by Diana Giese with Chinese Australians, Cambodian refugees and community leaders, and with people involved in the Australian publishing industry.

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