With the outbreak of war in September 1939, they would be classified "enemy aliens", and many were interned in British camps. Australia followed suit; anyone here with German or Austrian nationality ...

We are thrilled to announce that the Savanna Public Library has been awarded a construction grant from the Illinois State Library to replace our front steps.

Author Kerrie Davies uncovered the hidden story of Miles Franklin's year spent working undercover as a servant ...

On October 20, 1973, Queen Elizabeth II opened the Sydney Opera House. Plus, Jackie Kennedy’s wedding and Tom Petty’s ...

Determined to illustrate ‘slavery’, Ryan Butta’s history of ‘blackbirding’ says little of the labourers’ recovery and resilience.

Sir Ernest Shackleton before 1909, and his ship Endurance in Antarctica’s Weddell Sea in 1915 (photo: Frank Hurley / George Charles Beresford / State Library of New South Wales / National Library of ...

From haunted island tours and horror movie marathons to spooky cocktail crawls and family-friendly trick-or-treat trails, ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state disaster emergency on Monday as neighboring Pennsylvania battles its largest measles outbreak in three decades. As of Oct. 3, New York has recorded 108 ...

Employers renewing face two significant changes at once: a harder approval bar on treatment claims and a wider door out of long-tail liabilities ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) — New Mexicans can now access almost 1,000 digital books for free. The New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs is opening access to the state library’s collection of audio and ...

If you’ve been looking for books in Hindi, Punjabi, Tamil or other Indian languages in NSW, your local library may have more to offer than you realise. The State Library of NSW’s Multicultural Bulk ...

Returned and Services League of Australia NSW (RSL) President Brigadier Vince Williams said the organisation was “appalled” by reports of plans to relocate personnel from their inner-city base at ...