Searching for the 18th-century character in the Library's rare books and music collections.

Applications for 2025 National Library of Australia Fellowships and Creative Arts Fellowships open on 12 March 2024

Applications for 2024 National Library of Australia Fellowships, Creative Arts Fellowships and the Folk Fellowship open on 3 March 2023.

Two new books in The Artists of the National Library of Australia series will be published in February 2025.

Australian slang unites the ‘true blue’ and the ‘dinky-di’, and separates the ‘cheeky little possums’ from the ‘happy little Vegemites’.

Read about Creative Arts Fellow Celia Craig's experience of exploring the papers of musician Miriam Hyde.

Using the Library’s English and Chinese language material, Dr Yao-Tai Li set out to examine the daily experiences of Chinese migrants since the 1970s.

Participate in the Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand Annual Conference 2024 at the National Library.

Be inspired by these highlights from our collection to discover more of Canberra.

We are blooming with events for you to attend this October.

Attend our events and learn something new this November.

Hear from Dr Anna Dziedzic about her experience as a 2021 National Library Fellow and her research about the movement of constitution texts and ideas across Oceania.