Arvo toots! Well, I just attended a brilliant zoom event on #FamilyHistory (really, you might want to mute that tag this month from me 🤣) on “Researching Through the Australian War Memorial” and wow. So much has changed since I used to volunteer and work with those records 30 years ago! So many more records digitised, although it’s still tricky finding where they are scattered across different databases. Much fun for me! #histodons #aushistorians #awm

If you have ever needed to undertake historical research on Australian content, you have likely needed the National Library of Australia's digital service Trove.

#Trove is currently under threat of defunding.

Trove is an online archive that provides access to a huge range of archives free to all Australians. It is the memory house for the nation and imperative for researchers, genealogists, family historians and students. It receives 20 million hits a year and is a vital part of Australian heritage.

Currently, funding for Trove expires in July 2023.

Please sign this Federal Parliamentary petition calling for its full funding: https://www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/petition/EN4747
#trove #nationallibraryofaustralia #history #histodons #aushistorians