In 2023, the Kenneth Myer Lecture was delivered by Professor Glyn Davis AC.

In 2023, the Seymour Biography Lecture was delivered by Professor Chris Wallace.

Current building works are temporarily impacting access to parts of our collection.

A plain-English sitemap of the structure of this website

Find out more about the constitutional context, the activism that led to change and key resources documenting the fight for recognition and justice for First Nations people.

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The convict uniform held at the National Library of Australia is the only complete, original convict uniform in Australia. It consists of a jacket, a pair of trousers marked with a broad arrow, a waistcoat, a leather cap and a woollen cap.

Learn about the opening of the Library building in 1968 and how collection storage has changed over the years.

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This resource is aligned with the Australian Curriculum: English for Year 4 students. It has been developed to use National Library collection material as the basis for an exploration of children’s literature as part of the literature strand of the English learning area.

Find out about some of the new items that were added to our collections during 2022.

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