Books, booklets, pamphlets, leaflets and hundreds of photographs and postcards mainly relating to New South Wales country towns.

The J.C. Williamson Ltd archives include a wide range of materials, such as business records, playscripts, libretti, music, programs, magazines, books, costume designs, and photographs. It also contains personal papers from Williamson's business partners, the Tait family and George Tallis.

Personal papers of Patrick White, plus letters from White to other Australian writers acquired as part of their papers. Also papers of White's biographer David Marr and those of the artist and theatre designer Desmond Digby who had a long friendship with White.

Pamphlets, journals and other publications documenting many strands of American radicalism.

Explore how the 'Age of Pamphlets' ignited a fervor for free expression during the French Revolution, transforming the streets of Paris into a battleground of ideas - until fear turned the tide.

Microform collections documenting the anti-slavery movement from the 18th-20th centuries and selected monographs

We are grateful to our donors who generously gave over $320,000 to help make our election ephemera collection available to the world on Trove. Your support will allow us to share the vivid story of our Australian democracy.

Ian 'Spike' Farrawell recently donated a set of his Australia Post mailbag card designs to the Library.

Searching for the 18th-century character in the Library's rare books and music collections.

Take a look at some of the postcards we hold from the first half of the twentieth century and the messages they were sent with.

Circus, magic and mime, and puppetry

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