Museums & Galleries of NSW is an organisation that helps small-medium museums, galleries and Aboriginal cultural centres create exciting experiences for visitors and, through this, thriving local NSW communities.
Museums of History NSW is a new cultural institution that brings together the historic houses, museums and collections previously in the care of Sydney Living Museums with the vast archives and records in the NSW State Archives Collection.
National NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia in the first week of July each year to celebrate and recognise the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC Week is an opportunity for all Australians to learn about First Nations cultures and histories and participate in celebrations of the oldest, continuous living cultures on earth. Includes links to awards, printable posters and educational resources.
The National and State Libraries Australasia (NSLA) is the peak body representing state and territory libraries and the National Library throughout Australia.
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The National Archives of Australia holds material on immigrants and refugees, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, members of the defence forces, government employees, subjects of surveillance by security and intelligence agencies, or as prisoners of war or internees. Records held by the Archives were generally created after 1901. It does not hold records of convicts, of colonial migration, or of nineteenth century Australian history such as the gold rushes or colonial administration.
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There are 208 guides at present. Learn how to find and use military records, wills, the census and a wide range of other records to trace your ancestors.
(National Institutes of Health, USA) Government agency for scientific research on medical practices and products that are not generally considered part of conventional medicine. General information on using complementary and alternative medicine. Also information on specific therapies, herbs and dietary supplements.
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The leading statistical survey of Christianity and church life in Australia, the NCLS is conducted after each national census and data correlated with it and other statistical sources. All major denominations included, representing 80% of church attenders. Website includes "ChurchSEARCH" a comprehensive directory of churches.
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The National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) works to support the Federal Minister for Indigenous Australians and to influence policy across the entire Australian Government. The NIAA liaises with State and Territory governments, Indigenous peak bodies, stakeholders and service providers to ensure that Indigenous programs and services are delivering for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as intended.
The National Library of Australia (NLA) is the largest reference library in Australia, responsible under the terms of the National Library Act 1960 for maintaining and developing a national collection of library material, including a comprehensive collection of library material relating to Australia and the Australian people. The collection ranges from the earliest European works about the Great Southern Land to the most current publications.
The NLA also hosts and manages the renowned Trove cultural heritage discovery service, which includes access to the Australian Web Archive and National edeposit (NED), a large collection of digitised newspapers, official documents, manuscripts and images, as well as born-digital material.
Access to CORIOLIS: the interdisciplinary journal of maritime studies, Whalemen's shipping list and Merchants' transcript (American whaling vessels throughout the second half of the 19th and early part of the 20th centuries), American offshore whaling voyages database (information from about all known American offshore whaling voyages from the 1700s to the 1920s), Fall River crew lists, San Francisco Shanghaiers and a Maritime Search Engine that searches across multiple databases.
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The National Museum of Australia explores the land, nation and people of Australia, focusing on Indigenous histories and cultures, European settlement and interaction with the environment.
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This site provides information on native title, what the Tribunal does, media releases, information on how to apply, official guidelines and a time line of native title applications for all regions of Australia.
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The National Trust Names database contains information on the size and geographical distribution of 25,630 family names. The information is based on the findings of a project based at University College London (UCL) that is investigating the distribution of surnames in Great Britain, both current (1998) and historic (1881).
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Explore the first 10 years of the Alliances history through the Committee documents of the North Atlantic Council and its sub-committees--over 40,000 documents that cover NATO high level governance by reference code, specific title and multiple keywords.
Please note that NATO publicly disclosed records can be used for research purposes and publications provided that NATO is properly credited.
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NYPL Digital Gallery provides access to over 300,000 images digitised from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more.
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New Zealand Government website providing online indexes to the following: * Births up to 100 years ago * Still births up to 50 years ago * Marriages up to 80 years ago * Deaths up to 50 years ago or the deceased's date of birth was at least 80 years ago The date coverage of NZ BDM fiche indexes held in the Family History Service are different: 1840-1990 Births, 1848-1990 Deaths, 1840-1990 Marriages, 1911-1960 Maori BDM. Furthermore, the NZ BDM certificate numbers used on the online index are different to the numbers used on the fiche indexes held in the Family History Service. When ordering online certificates there is an option to order a birth certificate or a birth printout. A printout will give the best genealogical details (but cannot be used for legal purposes). The certificate has less information on it.
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Coordinated by the History Group of the New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Includes Maori, military, family and sports history.
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