About 5000 books, pamphlets, reprints and journals published 1760-1940 in English, French, German, Italian and Russian. They relate to all aspects of ornithology in all parts of the world, with a special focus on Australian birds.

145 original works of Conrad Martens, consisting of four oil paintings, 91 watercolours, and 51 sepia wash, pencil and wash, or pencil drawings, plus a number of his lithographs

The Library recently acquired an original draft of a poem by Mark Twain in the form of a letter.

Sarah Luke

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

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In 1877, meteorologist and astronomer Henry Russell produced the first published weather map for the colony of New South Wales.

614 books and pamphlets, mostly published overseas in the period 1850–1950, including children’s books, novels, atlases, scripture readings, prayer books, hymn books, works on theology, school textbooks and some historical works.

View historical maps overlaid on a modern map.

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

Papers and photographs related to Clark's life and work as an Australian historian of renown.