Explore handwritten diaries that can now be read online.

Photographs and papers, memorabilia and books relating to railways collected by John Buckland.

Hear from Dr Jo Langdon about her research and experience as a 2024 Creative Arts Fellow.

Learn about the real school ship Sobraon behind Sarah Luke and NLA Publishing's children's book Marion and the Forty Thieves.

Explore letters written by Dorothy Richmond about her experience travelling to Europe with the 1924 Australian Olympic team.

Dive into the records of the Australian Women Pilots’ Association and some of the stories they tell about early Australian female pilots.

Take flight with some of the prominent aviation families in the collection.

Convict journals provide a glimpse of convict life on the voyage to Australia, and sometimes accounts of colonial life. There are very few convict journals which have survived.

Sometimes it can be difficult to determine exactly when and where your convict ancestor arrived in Australia. You may need to check a few of the following sources to find the person you are looking for.

Dr Adam Sundberg talks about his experience studying the environmental effects of marine bioinvasions through the study of ballast water.

Explore items from the National Railway Museum's collection and their significance to Australian railway history.

535 pamphlets on socialism and related subjects published in the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, the USSR, France and Britain from 1875-1950