The map includes details of the first sighting of Tasmania by Europeans and the first mapping of New Zealand.

To celebrate this milestone, we are sharing 3 recently acquired photographs of the band

While Indigenous Australians have inhabited the continent for tens of thousands of years, and traded with nearby islanders, the first documented landing on Australia by a European was in 1606.

While the National Library is unable to provide specialist advice on cataloguing, there are a number of online resources you can use.

We spoke to Dr Bill Mihalopoulos about his research using the Harold S Williams collection and time at the Library. 

Sustainable funding for the National Library of Australia

National Library welcomes announcement of ongoing Trove funding

The Library requests that you inform us if you wish to publish (reproduce, print, use online, broadcast, perform, display, include in a film, transmit, project, quote) a copy of an item from our rare and unique collections.

Find treasure at the National Library this April!

500 years have now passed since Ferdinand Magellan’s famous voyage, the most audacious in maritime history. In his new book East by West, Allen Mawer closely examines the historical sources, charts and eyewitness records, considering afresh what we know of Magellan and the details of his voyage.