Find out about our collecting priorities and areas of focus as we build a rich and diverse collection of all things Australian.

Martie Lowenstein presented a lecture on her 2023 National Folk Fellowship research about Wendy Lowenstein's significant contribution to the development of the folk movement in Australia and her year-long oral history collecting trip in 1969.

Get some winter book recommendations to suit all reading moods.

To celebrate his latest book What a Ripper! 60 everyday objects that shaped Australia, Tim Ross was joined on stage by one of the designers featured in the book, Mary Featherston.

The Library is proud to welcome our newest Council member Distinguished Professor Larissa Behrendt AO.
 

Explore the decades-long, remarkable efforts of the Papunya community to record language and culture and keep it alive. 

Vivien Johnson, Charlotte Phillipus and Samantha Disbray

Wangka Wakaṉutja: The Story of the Papunya Literature Production Centre – Exhibition checklist

Module
This Digital Classroom module invites students and teachers to explore the Papunya readers. Aligned with the Australian Curriculum: HASS, English and The Arts and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures cross-curriculum priority, this resource encourages students to learn about Country, language, storytelling and the purposes stories serve.

Join Dr Melanie Saward and the National Library Education team to explore the inclusion of First Australians’ history and culture in the classroom.