Explore early women writers in the Library's rare books collections up to the year 1700.

About 300 books including incunabula and early editions of classical texts, plus limited edition reprints of celebrated English writers, mostly published in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

Over 32,000 items, including rare books, pamphlets, maps, and ephemera, covering topics such as Oceania, transport, and literature. Compiled by Sir John Alexander Ferguson, it is a key resource for Australian history and bibliography.

This guide will help you find and view different types of ebooks in the Library collections.

About 6200 books about European literature, history and culture, mostly published in the period 1880-1960. 

Family papers and about 1600 books of the De Salis family from 1850-1920. Covering a broad range of subjects, including classics, religion, history, politics, literature, science, art, and children's books, reflecting the families intellectual interests.

Module

This resource is aligned to the Australian Curriculum: English for Year 7 students. The module is designed to introduce students to a variety of texts on the theme of cultural perspectives and to enable them to understand how authors, poets and cartoonists reflect their own cultural perspectives through their chosen medium.

Module

This resource aligns to the Australian Curriculum for Year 3 English - Language, Literature and Literacy.

Collections of papers from several significant Australian authors collected by Harry Chaplin.

Join Anita Heiss as she discusses her new book 'Red Dust Running'.

A guide to finding biographies.

The Friends of the National Library invited biographer Matthew Lamb to discuss young Frank Moorhouse's life.