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Cultural diversity is celebrated in contemporary Australia. However, issues surrounding migration, border control, migrant workers’ rights and First Nations sovereignty remain controversial.
Artistic and first-person perspectives on these topics are represented in our collection. We work with culturally and linguistically diverse communities to create a lasting record of their experiences in Australia. Targeted collecting projects with Chinese and Fijian Australians between 2021 and 2023 have increased the representation of these communities in the collection.
A broad range of material is collected, including newspapers and oral history interviews. These resources are freely available for all to use when researching their own migrant family histories.
Newspapers
Browse these newspapers online:
- Chinese Republic News
- Chinese Times
- Chung Wah Newsletter
- The English and Chinese Advertiser
- The Chinese Australian Herald
- Murhun
- Tung Wah News
- Der Australische Spiegel
- Australische Zeitung
- Echo
- Japanese Perth Times
- The Jewish Post
- The Australian Hebrew Times
- Le Courrier Australien
- Meie kodu
- Mudu pstoge
- Norden
- Sunday times edizione italiana
- L'Italo Australiano
- The Irish exile and freedom's advocate
- Vesnik
- Vil'na dumka
- Dutch Australian Weekly