Module

This resource is aligned to the Australian Curriculum: History for Year 10 students.

Topic

As World War II broke out across Europe in 1939, the Dutch had initially remained neutral. When Germany occupied the Netherlands in 1940, the Dutch lost the ability to defend their colonies in the Netherlands East Indies.

Topic

After World War II, the people of the Netherlands found themselves with a long journey ahead of them, resurrecting a war-ravaged country that was struggling to overcome recent famine and mass casualties in the Holocaust.

59 community-led organisations have received a 2023 Community Heritage Grant.

A letter from Sir John Franklin to Captain John Washington from 1839 was recently acquired by the Library.

With your support, a new generation of thinkers can use our collections to create important and transformative works.

Get introduced to the seven stories in Courageous Kids and Their Amazing Adventures by Stephanie Owen Reeder and Liz Duthie.

This collection-in-focus display contained highlights from the Library’s Joyce Evans Archive.

Stephanie Owen Reeder, illustrated by Liz Duthie

Pamela Jones, illustrated by Lucia Masciullo