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First languages for NSLA’s Indigenous group
Members of NSLA’s Indigenous project group met with representatives of First Languages Australia last month at the State Library of Victoria. Read more about the meeting here.

This is some process behind my latest work, an article opener for Australian Geographic (Sept-Oct Issue 116). It shows roughly 380+ Aboriginal tribes and dialects in their respective locations.
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Need something? Need libraries!
Let’s celebrate libraries! Check out this great video about libraries made by participants in Taking the Lead 2014.

On this day in 1856, the first free settlement of Norfolk Island was established. This followed the failure of a viable development of the timber industry and the closure of the notorious penal colony in 1855.

A lovely train trip through the centre of Tasmania from Hobart to Launceston. This is the Tasmanian main line railway sketch map, circa 1869.

Graphic map of the Dardanelles operations, 1915.
A bird’s eye view of the Gallipoli Peninsula and west coast of Turkey to the Hellespont. It shows the positions of landings, front lines, forts and batteries.

Air race route map, London - Melbourne 1934 | State Library of New South Wales This map was published in Sydney, probably before the MacRobertson Centenary Air Race began.

William Bradley was First Lieutenant on the ship, Sirius, captained by John Hunter. Contained in his journal are 22 meticulously drawn charts which record a series of early survey expeditions in the colony and voyages on the Sirius.

A hand coloured, double hemispherical map of the world showing routes of explorers. The eastern coast of Australia is incomplete, as is the outline of New Zealand.

New South Wales Will Books 1800-1952 are now online on findmypast

Family History and Local History

Early bird registration is open for The 14th Australasian Congress on Genealogy and Heraldry (AFFHO) to be held in Canberra from 26-30 March 2015: http://www.congress2015.org.au/

The Great Britain before leaving Liverpool for Australia 1860’s/ artist unknown (Call Number: ML 81)

On this day, 16th September 1975, Papua New Guinea was granted full independence from Australia.

This week we commemorate two milestones on Flickr Commons.

Police Dog, Tess, 29/1/35 / by Sam Hood by State Library of New South Wales
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