A rare portrait miniature of Sir Thomas Brisbane, the sixth Governor of New South Wales, has recently been added to the ...

Australian photographer Anna Zhu explores her grandparents' migration to Australian in 1998 in a series of intimate domestic portraits.

The National Library has recently digitised two letters from the collections of Dame Enid Lyons and Dame Dorothy Tangney.

Explore the photographs of the reactions to the death of Queen Elizabeth II in Trove The death of the Queen held significant emotional weight for many Australians; it was a time marked by national ...

In 2022, Australian writer, academic and gay rights campaigner Dennis Altman was interviewed by Robert Reynolds for the National Library's Oral History collection.

The Portraits of Prominent Australians, 1998-2005 collection features photographs of Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson, Tetsuya Wakuda, Dr Alan Trounson, and Bruce Haigh, who have brought about social ...

A hand-bound edition of The Narrow Road to the Deep North (2013) has been acquired by the National Library of Australia.

For the 2022 Federal Election, the decision was made to undertake a project to photographically document the election to supplement and enhance the collection of election ephemera. Photographers from ...

A 1913 Russian brochure on teaching the 'Australian method' of swimming has recently been added to our collection.

The National Library of Australia acknowledges Australia’s First Nations Peoples – the First Australians – as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of this land and gives respect to the Elders – past ...

The National Library of Australia acknowledges Australia’s First Nations Peoples – the First Australians – as the Traditional ...

Background This report offers a review of recent significant acquisitions by the Library and of collecting activities. It does not describe the large volume of acquisitions of both Australian and ...