Our collections document the history and development of dramatic and comic theatre in Australia.

Dr Mei-fen Kuo presented a lecture on her 2023 National Library Fellowship research into our Chinese-language collections and how that has helped in rethinking the influence of the Cold War on the formation of contemporary Chinese Australian identities.

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

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Illustrated by Tony Flowers

See how Yvette Grant used the Library’s collections to revive the memory of four women in the story of Australian ballet.

The United Nations (UN) was established on 24 October 1945 by 51 countries, with the stated goal of organising to: 'preserve peace through international cooperation and collective security'. 

The National Library holds mapping not only for Australia, but for every country and ocean in the world and also for all the planets. 

United States congressional publications are of interest as primary sources for students of United States history, for United States foreign and economic policy, and for other public affairs issues of interest to other countries.