Books illustrating the history of printing in Europe and Australia, plus a medieval manuscript, and personal papers of Brian Hone.

Learn about our Enlighten 2024 illuminations and find your home at your National Library.

Books, pamphlets, broadsides, posters, periodicals, newspapers and some manuscripts mostly relating to Federation and political and constitutional history.

We’ve compiled a list of study tips with a sporting twist to help you kick some goals in the educational arena.

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.

Our collection originated with the formation of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Library in 1901.

The National Library houses the largest and most actively developing research resource on Asia in Australia, with holdings of over half a million volumes.

The Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) started in 1948 as a partnership between the National Library of Australia, the State Library of New South Wales and The National Archives of the UK.

Hear from NLA Fellow Dr Gwyn McClelland about his research and time at the Library.

The major official sources of Australian colonial statistics are available on microform as part of the ABS Colonial Microfiche collection.