About 500 books, pamphlets, reports, leaflets, circulars, reprints and transcripts, mostly published 1920–1950, relating to communism, the labour movement and international politics. About half are Australian.

The Australian Inland Mission established 15 nursing homes, bush hospitals and services in remote Australian locations.

1290 recordings of interviews and readings from many of Australia's poets, artists, writers, composers, actors, academics, publishers, librarians, scientists, anthropologists, public servants and some politicians

Diaries, papers, photographs, maps and other material related to Australia's involvement in the Antarctic

Oral history recordings by Ros Bowden for the Women of the land and Comic artists and illustrators projects.

Oral history interviews recorded by Neil Bennetts with leading Australian figures in a wide range of sports.

Hear from Colin Thiele, Kylie Tennant, Gabrielle Wang, Doris Pilkington, Norman Lindsay and Christina Stead as they share their thoughts, memories and creative journeys.

Recordings of Australian folk songs, dance music, recitations and oral history, collected by folklorist John Meredith (1920–2001). The collection also includes photographs and manuscripts documenting folk traditions and the bush music revival.

The Library is proud to house this collection, which preserves the voices of 1,290 Australians.

This special event explored some of the ways in which southern NSW community members have told and preserved their bushfire stories.

The National Library is recording interviews with a diverse range of Australians to ensure that stories of the COVID-19 pandemic are captured for present and future generations.

Personal papers of Warren Fahey’s activities as an entrepreneur, musician and writer from 1967-1998 and a collection of folkloric recordings.