Trove

The Trove website serves as a centralised gateway to Australia’s documented heritage, integrating records and digital assets from archives, museums, galleries, universities, and libraries across the nation. The platform hosts a diverse range of collections, including full-text historical newspapers and gazettes, magazines, photographs, maps, manuscripts, recorded sound, archived websites, and physical library book descriptions. Key features include advanced faceted searching, a public API for data reuse, and interactive community tools that allow users to curate custom lists, add tags, and crowdsource OCR text corrections. Designed for an audience that ranges from history buffs, genealogists, and academic researchers to educators and data developers, Trove provides practical value by removing institutional barriers to historical data and offering a single point of entry to explore the nation's cultural narrative.