1290 recordings of interviews and readings from many of Australia's poets, artists, writers, composers, actors, academics, publishers, librarians, scientists, anthropologists, public servants and some politicians

Papers and oral history recordings conducted by Gwenda Davey on Australian folklore, with an emphasis on children's folklore.

Our dance collection contains portraits, manuscripts, oral history interviews, photographs, music scores, personal papers, theatre programs and memorabilia.

Fifty years on, see how the destruction and impact of Cyclone Tracy in Darwin 1974 is captured in our collection. 

Photographs by Jeff Carter of Australian life dating from the 1950s onwards, plus oral history recordings with about 40 individuals living in rural towns or properties.

Papers related to Clyde Cameron's long political career, and 12 oral history recordings conducted by Cameron with other political figures.

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

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

Oral history recordings by Ros Bowden for the Women of the land and Comic artists and illustrators projects.

Oral history recordings by Barbara Blackman, mostly of Australian painters, sculptors, potters and others concerned with the visual arts.

Oral history interviews recorded by Neil Bennetts with leading Australian figures in a wide range of sports.

The Australian Inland Mission established 15 nursing homes, bush hospitals and services in remote Australian locations.