Learn some useful tips and suggestions to get you started researching your town or local area with the National Library's collection.

Join Madeline and Allister as they dive into our collection and discover items from the '90s and '00s.

The PROMPT Collection is a collection of collections. It relates to the performing arts industry in Australia from the 1880s until the present.

Dr David McDonald presented a lecture on his 2024 National Library Fellowship research into better understanding the lives and experiences of Forgotten Australians and Child Migrants in institutional care.

Dr Kate Flaherty, senior Lecturer in English and Drama at ANU, and actors from Bell Shakespeare uncovered one of the most amusing and successful literary hoaxes of all time.

Jelena Dokic was in conversation with Kathryn Favelle, Director of Reader Services at the National Library of Australia.

Dr Georgia Pike-Rowney presented a participatory musical lecture on her 2020 National Library Fellowship research about community singing in interwar Australia.

Learn how to find and access the Library's vast and diverse collection around film, television and media history.

Learn how to find and explore the Library's vast and diverse online map collection.

Find family photos and piece together dates and places from the many clues they contain.