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11. FreeNational Archives of Australia

National Archives of Australia: The records in the collection of the National Archives of Australia trace the events and decisions that shaped the nation. Papers of Governors-General, Prime Ministers and Ministers are held as well as Cabinet documents, Royal Commission files and departmental records on defence, immigration, security and intelligence, naturalisation, and many other issues involving the federal government. The main focus is on records created since the formation of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. There are also some nineteenth-century records relating to functions that were transferred by the colonies to the Commonwealth government, including shipping and post offices. Most records in the collection are files, but there are also significant holdings of photographs, posters, maps, architectural drawings, films, playscripts, musical scores and sound recordings.

12. FreeOpen Australia

: A website containing information on the latest activities of the Australian Parliament, including Senate debates and House debates. Also includes information on the members of the Senate and House of Representatives. Comments by users of the website on the actions of government and individual members are also included.

13. FreeOpenGov (NSW)

NSW Government: Contains information published by NSW Government agencies, including Annual Reports and open access information released under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (GIPA Act). Although not a comprehensive collection of all NSW government published information it includes both historical and current publications.

14. FreeParliament of Australia

Parliament of Australia: The website includes links to Hansard, Bills, committees and publications as well as ParlInfo, the Parliamentary Document Repository. Information about curent and historical parliaments (including links to Australian state and territory parliaments), elections and referendums, publications and key Internet links are available through the Parliamentary Library link.

15. FreeParliament of New South Wales Index to Records

Parliament of New South Wales: Contains links to all indexes and records of NSW Legislative Proceedings which are available online. Includes Hansard and the Legislative Assembly.

16. FreeParlinfo (Parliament of Australia)

Parliament of Australia: Provides an index and full text access where available to the proceedings and documents produced by the Parliament of Australia, the Senate and the House of Representatives. Documents include Hansard (both the Senate and House of Representatives Hansard are available back to the first sitting day of 9 May 1901), Bills, Senate Journals, Votes and Proceedings, Notice Papers, Committee reports, Parliamentary Handbook, newspaper clippings, media, publications and much more.

17. FreePublications Register

Australian Government Information Management Office: The Publications Register provides access to a range of resources on Australian Government publications. Options include searching or browsing government agency listings for publication information. There are also links to existing online publication resources. This site does not directly sell or otherwise provide publications to the public but aims to help users find publications and/or information on how to obtain the publication on the website of the publishing agency. Australian Government agencies are responsible for the production and distribution of the publications that they create.

18. FreeText Queensland

University of Queensland: A collection of full text books, journals, theses and newspapers as well as government documents relating to the history of Queensland. Titles include the Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland, Political chronicles - Queensland, The Shearers record, Queensland heritage, John Oxley journal, Pughs almanac and the Queensland government gazette. Links to external sites providing access to the Queensland Hansard and The Queenslander are also provided.

19. FreeTSO The Stationery Office Official Documents (UK)

TSO: Official Documents is the official source for Command and departmentally sponsored House of Commons Papers. From May 2005 onwards, all Command Papers and House of Commons Papers, as well as key Departmental papers, are available for free on the site in PDF format. This site contains a full listing of Command Papers and House of Commons Papers (HCPs) from 17 May 2005 to the present as well as a selection of papers published before 17 May 2005.

20. FreeUS Government Printing Office Federal Digital System

U.S Government Printing Office: Previously known as GPO Access, FDYS Federal Digital System provides free online access to official U.S. Federal government publications. Via FDSYS the U.S. GPO provides perpetual free public access to print and digital publications of the U.S. Government by managing digital publications from Congress and Federal agencies, gathering publications from Federal Government Web sites, and scanning previously printed publications. The information provided on this site is the official, published version and can be used without restriction, unless specifically noted.

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Our subject guides

"Government gazettes; Research Guide"

A guide to finding information in both Australian and overseas government gazettes held at the National Library of Australia. Refers to both print and online publications.

"Law reports and court records; print resources"

A guide to law reports and court records held at the National Library of Australia. Includes both Australian and overseas reports and records. Refers to printed resources held by the Library only.

"United States congressional publications and information"

A guide to United States congressional publications held at the National Library of Australia. Refers to documents held in both print and online formats.