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The Library holds a large range of biographical material on Australians. This guide contains selected print works only.
The Library holds many printed company directories, annual reports and histories. This guide contains selected print works only.
The Library holds a large range of primary and secondary resources relating to the history of Australia. This guide contains selected print works only.
The Library holds a wide range of resources related to Australian literature. This guide contains selected print works only.
The National Library has a large collection of cemetery records for regions throughout Australia.
The Library holds large numbers of publications by and about the League of Nations. This guide contains selected print works only.
The Library holds a selection of theses and has several indexes to assist in locating Australian and overseas theses in other libraries. This guide contains selected print works only.
The Library holds many publications about the United Nations as well as an extensive collection of official United Nations publications. This guide contains selected print works only.
The Library holds many resources relating to both Australian and international statistics. These statistics cover all subject areas including demography, economics, industry and trade and represent both current and historical data. This guide contains selected print and microfilm works only.
Electoral rolls on microfiche are available in the Newspapers and Microforms Reading Room on open access unless specified otherwise.
A large proportion of the census information held at the National Library is kept in microform format. Further information on how to find these items can be found in the Family History Sources in the Newspapers and Microforms Reading Room guide. This guide contains selected print works only.
The Library holds a large collection of material relating to Australian politics and government. This guide contains selected print works only.
Ship and passenger records are found throughout the National Library in books, journals, newspapers, manuscripts, microform, pictures, maps and electronic media. Material includes information on ships, voyages, shipping companies, shipping and passenger lists and registers, shipwrecks, whaling, shipping arrivals and departures in Australian ports, logs, journals, diaries and voyage narratives, and ships' illustrations.
The Library holds a wide range of resources related to book reviews and literary criticism. This guide contains selected print works only.
The National Library holds law reports published in Australia from 1825. Historical sets of law reports are also held for many overseas countries. Court records include unpublished decisions, transcripts of proceedings (verbatim accounts of statements given during the course of proceedings), letters, lists of trials, depositions, circulars, bench books etc. They may cover the topics of wills (grants of probate or letters of administration), divorce, bankruptcy, civil and criminal cases, naturalisation, newspaper registrations and conscientious objectors.
The Library holds a large collection of material relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. This guide contains selected print works only.