Dr Nicholas Ferns presented a lecture on his 2024 National Library Fellowship research into the history of the relationship between Australia and the World Bank, with a particular focus on the connections between international finance and national development.

Use this guide to help find and access resources about the movements that have shaped social and cultural change in Australia.

Use this guide to help find and access materials from the Library's extensive collections on Australian politics and government.

Explore the papers of three women involved in the 1943 Federal Election: Enid Lyons, Dorothy Tangney and Jessie Street.

Find out how to use electoral rolls to locate your family members or other peoples location or addresses over the years and who was living with them.

We are grateful to our donors who generously gave over $320,000 to help make our election ephemera collection available to the world on Trove. Your support will allow us to share the vivid story of our Australian democracy.

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This resource is aligned to the Australian Curriculum: HASS for Year 6 students.

The National Library of Australia is seeking community support to digitise its unique collection of election ephemera.

The United Nations (UN) was established on 24 October 1945 by 51 countries, with the stated goal of organising to: 'preserve peace through international cooperation and collective security'. 

United States congressional publications are of interest as primary sources for students of United States history, for United States foreign and economic policy, and for other public affairs issues of interest to other countries.

On 1 January 1901, the six existing self-governing British colonies of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia, came together in union to create the Commonwealth of Australia.

British Parliamentary publications are valuable primary sources for research into British and dominion history, including Australia.