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Corflutes donated from the 2013 election, with NLA staff members

Thank you for bringing Australian democracy to life
05 Aug 2024

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.

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Catherine Law (Opalgate Foundation) and Alice Wong (NLA council) at the 2024 NLA Patron dinner

New online programs for lifelong learning
29 Aug 2024

With the Opalgate Foundation’s support, we are creating a new lifelong learning space on our website.

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A stylized sketch of a regal figure in profile, draped in layered, flowing garments of deep browns, reds, and oranges. The figure wears a structured headpiece, with dark hair tied up. A textured, abstract background in blue and white contrasts with the rich colours of the clothing. The figure stands poised and dignified, gazing slightly downward.

Kristian Fredrikson, Costume and Set Sketches – Oedipus Rex (detail), 1964, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3139274966

Our performing arts collection dazzles on Trove
29 Aug 2024

Thanks to a gift from the Susan and Isaac Wakil Foundation, we are digitising performing arts material from our incredible collection.

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Ways to support

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Bring our collections online

By donating to digitise our physical collections, you can help make the treasures of the National Library freely available to everyone, all the time.

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2022 Asia Study Grants recipients Ms Younghye Whitney and Dr Mei-Fen Kuo.

Support a fellowship or scholarship

Help researchers, young scholars and artists immerse themselves in our unique collections to create new knowledge and transformative works.

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Create a legacy and join the Hazel de Berg circle by making a bequest to the Library.

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$10,995,330 raised

in philanthropic support since 1 July 2018. Make a donation now.

Over 1,000 supporters

our mission is supported by 685 Patrons and 1,059 donors in 2024. Meet our Patrons.

1,100,296 images

from our collection have been digitised in 2024 and are now available in Trove. Find out more about digitising the collection.

Impact stories

Rupert Myer AO, wearing a grey suit with a pink shirt and patterned tie, speaks at a podium with a microphone. He is smiling warmly and wearing glasses, addressing an audience against a backdrop of dark curtains.

Rubert Myer AO 2024

Library as sanctuary, librarian as saviour

Find out about President of the Myer Foundation, Rupert Myer AO, keynote speech at the Library’s 2024 Patron Dinner.

Two people standing next to each other, smiling. One has shoulder-length dark brown hair and wears glasses and a dark blue dress with a bow detail at the neckline. The other has short dark hair, also wearing glasses, and a black jacket with a floral pattern on the lapel, along with a name tag.

Catherine Law (Opalgate Foundation) and Alice Wong (NLA council) at the 2024 NLA Patron dinner

New online programs for lifelong learning

With the Opalgate Foundation’s support, we are creating a new lifelong learning space on our website.

A stylized sketch of a regal figure in profile, draped in layered, flowing garments of deep browns, reds, and oranges. The figure wears a structured headpiece, with dark hair tied up. A textured, abstract background in blue and white contrasts with the rich colours of the clothing. The figure stands poised and dignified, gazing slightly downward.

Kristian Fredrikson, Costume and Set Sketches – Oedipus Rex (detail), 1964, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3139274966

Our performing arts collection dazzles on Trove

Thanks to a gift from the Susan and Isaac Wakil Foundation, we are digitising performing arts material from our incredible collection.

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