Albums and pieces of sheet music published in Australia and overseas, around 2700 books and pamphlets, mostly related to Western music, manuscript scores, papers from some composers and orchestras, and personal papers of Kenneth Hince.

Learn about the opening of the Library building in 1968 and how collection storage has changed over the years.

Illustrated by Tony Flowers

The Library is proud to house this collection, which preserves the voices of 1,290 Australians.

Dr Penny Olsen, illustrated by Rhonda N. Garward

NLA Fellow Dr Alice Garner recently dove into the oral history collection to explore the remarkable life and legacy of Mavis Robertson AM.

The Fellowships aimed to promote the Library as a centre of scholarly activity and research, and encourage the use and promotion of the Library's rich and varied collections. It supported 150 researchers until 2014 when it was replaced by the Fellowships and Scholarships program.

Learn more about the Library's exhibitions loan program, as Oryun Haengsil goes on display at Hallyu! The Korean Wave at the National Museum of Australia.

Dr Tets Kimura presented a lecture on his 2023 National Library Fellowship research into how grief was experienced during the Asia-Pacific War in two different nations, Australia and Japan, and how it is identifiable in art and fashion.

Dive into the works of great female writers held in the Library's rare books collection.