The Library has recently acquired two 17th century globe gores by Vincenzo Coronelli.

The National Library of Australia is seeking community support to digitise its unique collection of election ephemera.

The Library has recently acquired a journal recording the first Russian Antarctic expedition in 1819-21.

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.

The National Library of Australia is delighted to welcome Tanya Hosch to its Council.

The Library has recently digitised the speeches of Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue AC CBE DSG.

With support from Library Patrons, we have digitised the collections of some of Australia’s most remarkable women leaders. 

Find out how a powerful newspaper article written in 1855 by a fugitive slave was re-published into a book and added to our collection.

Learn about two broadsides recently added to our collection. 

A very rare chart of the Sunda Strait – located between the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Java – from 1602 has recently been added to our collection.