Stephanie Owen Reader and Tania McCartney

Dr Nicholas Ferns presented a lecture on his 2024 National Library Fellowship research into the history of the relationship between Australia and the World Bank, with a particular focus on the connections between international finance and national development.

Katherine Kovacic

The Library has an ambitious mission: to assemble a complete collection of Australian published work.

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Women lawyers stand at the forefront of women's participation in Australian civic life.

Just as a regular library gathers together books and manuscripts, the Australian Web Archive (AWA) collects online publications.

We hold 200,000+ Australian topographic maps from 1900 onward. This guide helps you find current and historical maps at various scales in our collection.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is usually the first stop for statistics information.

Celebrate WorldPride with this diverse range of books about the LGBTQIA+ experience and culture.

Take a look at some of the postcards we hold from the first half of the twentieth century and the messages they were sent with.