Go to archive

Home

1
Copy of Copy of Heading (1536 x 589 px)
2
Heading (1536 x 589 px)
4
Copy of Heading (1536 x 589 px)
previous arrow
next arrow
Log in to create your own collections

Opening the Multilingual Archive of Australia brings together historical materials from national and international collections in languages other than English. We seek to rethink and enlarge narratives about Australia that come solely from English-language sources, by showing modern Australia to be a complex multilingual creation. This project is funded by an Australian Research Council Discovery Project grant.

The site consists of collections of text-based articles, newspapers, images and interviews. You can explore these and carry out searches through the 'go to archive' button and clicking on the different categories.

We acknowledge the First Nations peoples of Australia and other sites referred to in this collection of documents. The University of Sydney, where we are based, is on the unceded land of the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation, and we pay particular respect to them.

Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this site may contain or link to material which could be culturally sensitive, including records of people who have passed away.

News

The 2024 Opening the Multilingual Archive of Australia Conference
The University of Sydney will host the 2024 Opening the Multilingual Archive of Australia (OMAA, https://omaa-arts.sydney.edu.au/) Conference, which will explore themes of ‘Multilingual archives and histories’ and ‘Multilingualism in translation’. The Conference will be held at the University of Sydney on December 2 and 3, 2024. Australian Anglocentrism raises essential questions about the dynamics of living in a multilingual society. This conference aims to mobilise Australia’s considerable, under-utilised non-English language resources to rethink our migrant and …

Explore collections

Languages

Key periods