A major exhibition and an important new book showcase the decades-long, remarkable efforts of the Papunya community to record language and culture and keep it alive.

The Library is making it easier for Trove Partner organisations to provide inter-library loan and document copying service to their patrons.

We are honoured to have received the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Laurie Copping Award for Distinguished Services to Children's Literature in the ACT.

In 2026 the National Library of Australia presents a rich and varied program of new talks and ideas, along with our long-running flagship lectures. Read about what's coming up.

In our second blog, find out how to find information on births, deaths, addresses and property records.

In the first of two blogs, learn about birth certificates, First Nations family history, electoral rolls, and cemetery records.

Learn more about the story behind the National Library of Australia's new exhibition.

Queensland’s history is now easier to search online.

Get introduced to the seven stories in Courageous Kids and Their Amazing Adventures by Stephanie Owen Reeder and Liz Duthie.

The Library recently acquired an original draft of a poem by Mark Twain in the form of a letter.

Thanks to the generous support of donors to the 2025 Tax Time appeal, selections from the Library’s Antarctica Collections are now available on Trove.

To help celebrate Library Lovers’ Day, visitors to the National Library were asked to nominate what it is they love about the Library.