Tag: Australia Archives and archivistsWalking through archived colonial histories, part 3: Tasmania to PerthTuesday 15 October 2024Our archival wandering ends as we follow displaced people across Australia....Archives and archivistsWalking through archived colonial histories, part 2: Tolpuddle to TasmaniaTuesday 15 October 2024Continue our trip through the archive via Van Diemen’s Land, now Tasmania....Records and researchThe Hampton Court RobberyMonday 5 June 2023One of our dedicated volunteers tells a true crime story he discovered in our...Records and researchColonial correspondence: Tasmania settlersWednesday 9 November 2022Tasmania, well known today as the home of the Tasmanian Devil, was formerly two...Records and researchPetitioning for love: ‘The grief we have suffered no tongue can tell’Wednesday 6 May 2020In 1829, John Travwicks, described as ‘a quiet inoffensive man’, was sentenced to transportation...Records and researchThe First World War’s forgotten women: ANZAC girlThursday 27 August 2015‘I shall never forget the awful climb on hands & feet out of that...Records and researchUnexpected ANZAC First World War storiesFriday 24 April 2015The National Archives of Australia and New Zealand Archives are rich sources of service...Behind the scenesBullets and biscuits: ANZACs at GallipoliFriday 24 April 2015Gallipoli has a particular importance for Antipodeans. 25 April is our Remembrance Day, a national...Records and researchAlexander Sutherland – a colonial intellectualSaturday 26 January 2013 Alexander Sutherland, Australian polymath Alexander Sutherland (born 1852) was the son of Scottish immigrants...