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The National Library has recently acquired a rare portrait miniature of Sir Thomas Brisbane, the sixth Governor of New South Wales.

Browse descriptive finding aids and digital images of records UK Government records relating to Australia and the Pacific held at The National Archives of the...

Wolfgang Sievers' remarkable legacy with about 19,000 prints and 52,000 negatives and transparencies captured from 1938 to 1991. His work offers an...

Explore our new Treasures Gallery exhibition opening Saturday 13 December.

Find out more about our publishing program and review our submission requirements to ensure we’re the right fit for your book.

Searching for something specific? Use Trove, the Catalogue, or eResources to find it

The Dance collection includes unique Australian dance resources across a spectrum of dance styles.

Our website, social media and email channels are a space where we can help people learn about, discuss and engage with the National Library and Trove’s...

See some of the stories contained in the Hanho Times Korean community newsletter.

The National Library holds a rich and diverse range of library materials on the Pacific region, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.

How to find and use items in the Manuscripts collection.

With support from Library Patrons, we have digitised the collections of some of Australia’s most remarkable women leaders.

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This strategic vision outlines how the National Library of Australia will make it possible for all Australians to connect with their rich national heritage.

Newspapers provide an invaluable resource for researching World War I and the National Library holds the largest collection of Australian and overseas...

The Library subscribes to a number of online databases that provide access to information on Australian companies.

The National Library has a large collection of sculptures built into and around the building, and beautiful tapestries hanging in our foyer.

How to find information about Australian literature awards.

In this lecture, Dr Ayres explores the Western Australian chapter of the National Library story, showcasing a small snapshot of the deep and rich Western...

We have a richly diverse mix of staff, including strong workforce representation of women, people with disability and people from cultural and linguistically...

Oral history interviews by Diana Giese with Chinese Australians, Cambodian refugees and community leaders, and with people involved in the Australian...

We hold one of Australia’s largest collections of performing arts materials.

The Friends of the National Library of Australia Inc. are governed by the Rules of Association the Associations Incorporation Act 1991 (ACT) and associated...

Libby Hathorn and Jude Fell

See how to deposit a publication in person, by mail and electronically.

Paintings, drawings, sketchbooks and manuscripts by George French Angas.

Find out where to begin with researching your ancestry, download family history charts, and learn about resources and services available to uncover the hidden...

How to find information about Indigenous literature

Our overseas newspaper collections include digitised historic and modern newspapers accessible online, as well as newspapers in microform and paper formats.

Discover a world of learning with us.

New Treasures Gallery exhibition answers some of our frequently asked questions.

Use these tools and resources to dive deeper into fascinating subjects and find out more about our fellowship and scholarship programs.

919 watercolours and gouaches of flowers and birds of Australia and Papua New Guinea painted between 1870 and 1920, plus a small quantity of personal papers.

Bookplate cafe is open 7 days a week and Paperplate cafe is open on weekdays.

This guide will help you find and view different types of ebooks in the Library collections.

Discover new stories held within our collection and build on conversations steeped in nostalgia, curiosity and transformation.

Find out how to use electoral rolls to locate your family members or other peoples location or addresses over the years and who was living with them.

This collection-in-focus display contained highlights from the Library’s Joyce Evans Archive.

Legal and ethical requirements apply when copying, re-using or publishing material from the Library's collections

An 1827 illustration of an echidna has recently been added to our collection.

Search for government publications in our collections or in state or territory collecting institutions.

Explore oral histories and portraits of trailblazing Australian women working in the space industry.

A good place to find recently published Australian material is through the Recent Australian Publications (RAP) service from Trove.

168 original paintings and drawings by Augustus Earle.

Books on music and printed music published in Britain from the mid-17th century to the 20th century.

You can buy copies of items in our collections found in the Catalogue or on Trove. We offer digital copies of newspaper articles, book chapters, photographs,...

Resources and programs designed to spark curiosity and support your pursuit of knowledge at any stage of life.

Read newspaper clippings from the late 19th century up to the year 2000.

An album with 20 watercolours and 22 individual watercolours by Joseph Lycett. Most of the pieces focus on studies of Aboriginal people and drawings of native...

Convict journals provide a glimpse of convict life on the voyage to Australia, and sometimes accounts of colonial life. There are very few convict journals...

Learn how to find and access the Library's vast and diverse collection around film, television and media history.

The sporting movement for people with disabilities began in the 1940s with the pioneering work of Dr Ludwig Guttmann at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in England.

The Chinese collection of the National Library is a rich source of information on the history, culture and current affairs of China.

This page provides access to services provided by the National Library to other libraries, publishers, the community and advanced researchers. There are also...

145 original works of Conrad Martens, consisting of four oil paintings, 91 watercolours, and 51 sepia wash, pencil and wash, or pencil drawings, plus a number...

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Each request for an external loan to an exhibition should be received with at least twelve months' notice to allow sufficient time for scheduling and the...

Our rich and varied Pictures collection focuses on Australian people, places and events, from early European exploration of the South Pacific to contemporary...

The National Library of Australia is committed to providing a safe and peaceful environment for research, study and learning. This code outlines the conduct we...

On April 25, 1915, the Australian troops, together with troops from New Zealand, Britain and France, landed at what came to be called ANZAC Cove.

Find useful tips and things to keep in mind here as you start your family history journey.

There’s no business like show business, and this exhibition brings Australia’s performing arts history into the limelight.

Published by the State Lands Departments from the 1860s onwards parish, town and county maps can be used to find land holdings, show boundaries, land use and...

Use this guide for tips and hints for finding and using Government gazettes in your research.

While Indigenous Australians have inhabited the continent for tens of thousands of years, and traded with nearby islanders, the first documented landing on...

There is important information you need to know when accessing our special collections.

New collection material online reveals stories of Australia’s women scientists.

The Library's access and inclusion policies and plans.

If you have an item you want valued, or you require ongoing or extensive genealogical or historical research beyond what the Library can offer, here is a list...

A list of steps to take to prepare for a significance assessment or a preservation needs assessment.

Listing of immigrant diaries (1822-1895) held in the Manuscripts Collection

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1,277 charts and maps dating from the 16th to the late 19th centuries, including maps of the Pacific and New Zealand as well as Australia.

The Library has an immense collection of 19th century music published in Australia, material about contemporary Australian composers and 20th century popular...

Search Trove to explore amazing collections from Australian libraries, universities, museums, galleries and archives. It’s free and available online all day,...

Each year, hundreds of thousands of pages of content are added to our digital collections and made available online through Trove.

The National Library houses the largest and most actively developing research resource on Asia in Australia, with holdings of over half a million volumes.

With a generous bequest from Frank van Straten AM, the Library has brought Jim Sharman’s visual diaries and an original Rocky Horror Picture Show script...

Our collections document the history and development of dramatic and comic theatre in Australia.

Diaries, papers, photographs, maps and other material related to Australia's involvement in the Antarctic

Between 1998 and 2002, people from all over Australia told us their stories as part of the Bringing Them Home oral history project.

Uncover hidden stories of your heritage and trace your genealogy using our research guide.

Engage with our research initiatives and programs.

Honorary Fellow Associate Professor Andrew Carr discussed his research on the history of Australian defence policy.

Learn about Jacinta Mackay's NLA Scholarship research using the Bringing Them Home oral history recordings.

You can access the music collection both in the Library and online, and you can order your own copies through our Copies Direct service. Due to the unique and...