722 books, pamphlets, leaflets, manuscripts, newspapers and maps, mostly written in Chinese. Mainly Christian works, plus works on the Chinese language, reprints of classical writings and works relating to the Taiping Rebellion of 1850-64.

View historical maps overlaid on a modern map.

About 5000 books, pamphlets and periodicals, over 11,000 paintings, drawings and prints, around 800 maps and over 300 manuscripts mostly published 1770-1900. Largely relating to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific including Antarctica.

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

The National Library holds a rich and diverse range of library materials on the Pacific region, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.

182 original field sheets, representing 32 map sheets, dating from 1915 to 1936 including surveys carried out in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia.

A very rare chart of the Sunda Strait – located between the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Java – from 1602 has recently been added to our collection.

A summary of copyright and rights in the Maps Collection.

99 first-issue charts and views of Australian coasts published by the Admiralty between 1814 and 1861.

1277 charts and maps dating from the 16th to the late 19th centuries, including maps of the Pacific and New Zealand as well as Australia.

The Library has recently acquired two 17th century globe gores by Vincenzo Coronelli.

How to find and use items in the Maps Collection.