See some of the many talented bird artists from the 19th and 20th centuries in our collection.

Recordings of the music of various language, nationality or region-based communities in Melbourne, 1975-1983, plus oral history interviews with people who lived in the Illawarra region from the 1920s to 1990s,  people involved with the 1989 Newcastle earthquake.

Module 

This resource is aligned with the Australian Curriculum: Civics and Citizenship for Year 8 students. It adopts an inquiry-based learning approach that develops a student’s understanding of Australians’ rights, freedoms and opportunities to participate in Australia’s democracy.

In partnership with PhotoAccess ACT, we are celebrating the launch of NLA Publishing's new book, Australia's Dogs with free outdoor 'pawtrait' sessions at the Library.

14,000 books and pamphlets about numerous subjects such as Australian poetry and literary criticism, English and Scottish poetry, Greek and Roman literature, Australian history, labour history and religion. Also includes personal papers of Pearce and other Australian writers.

About 1225 books published in France from the 17th-20th centuries, including the writings of great, popular and minor writers.

Oral history interviews with people involved in all aspects of forest and around photographs depicting various aspects of forests and forestry work.

Topic

Sydney’s first theatre was said to be opened in 1796 and was managed by Robert Sidaway.

We hold one of Australia’s largest collections of performing arts materials.

The Library is unable to provide specialist advice about how to care for personal or family archives, but there are a number of resources which can help.