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The Library Council consists of 12 members.

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Our Manuscripts collections are wide ranging and provide rich evidence of the lives and activities of Australians who have shaped our society.

View historical maps overlaid on a modern map.

Our Maps collection includes around 1 million maps, from early European charts to current mapping of Australia, in print and digital form.

The Library’s medieval manuscripts comprise more than 6000 individual folios in 250 items and 12 bound volumes, dispersed across several collections.

The music collection contains over 300,000 musical scores and the largest collection of music research resources in Australia.

Learn about the Prepublication Data Service application process for publications of notated music.