How to find and use items in the Pictures Collection.

Access hardcopy and microfilm newspapers, family history resources, and material from our microform collection.

On Tuesday 24 October 2023, the Director-General of The National Library of Australia, Dr Marie-Louise Ayres, delivered an update for researchers.

Not sure where to start your research? Stuck somewhere along the way? Ask a Librarian.

The Library will supply a digital surrogate in place of the original physical item where possible within copyright and other rights obligations.

The National Library is a reference library - you can use collection items in our reading rooms but you can't take them home.

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Free access to computers, the internet and wifi

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