The National Library incorporates major works of art that have become closely associated with the building.

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Poster artists working for The Australian National Travel Association (ANTA) had to decide which pictorial styles would best convey Australia’s attractions.

We read 'The Truck Cat' for National Simultaneous Storytime 2025.

Join Mike from the National Library Bookshop as he reads 'Bowerbird Blues' for National Simultaneous Storytime 2024.

Find out how to use our eResources portal to access thousands of online journals, eBooks, newspapers, databases and more.

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Additional Library resources with educational value for teachers and students.

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Waltzing Matilda is recognized as Australia’s most popular folk song.

Brooke Blurton and Dr Melanie Saward yarned about their new young adult novel, A Good Kind of Trouble, and what it means to write Indigenous-led stories for today’s young people.

Award-winning author Christos Tsiolkas delivered the 2025 Ray Mathew Lecture, exploring the idea of 'Fence-sitting', and its place in the modern world.

We held the 2025 Kenneth Myer Lecture, presented by Professor Brett Sutton AO.