The Library provides interlibrary loan and document delivery services to libraries, organisations and individuals in Australia and overseas.

The PROMPT Collection is a collection of collections. It relates to the performing arts industry in Australia from the 1880s until the present.

Michael Richards

National Library of Australia

Joy McCann, forward by Tim Jarvis AM

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

Learn how to access historical gazetteers, Ordnance Survey maps, and early atlases to uncover your family's origins in England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales.

Unfortunately the National Library is unable to provide facilities to supervise examinations.

Useful resources for finding unclaimed money

The origins of the National Library of Australia go back to the early years after Australian Federation in 1901, when the Commonwealth Parliamentary Library served both Federal Parliament and the nation.