The Deane Collection features 70 original caricatures and cartoons of federal politicians from 1915 to 1925, assembled by public servant and arts patron Percy Deane.

Our Music collection contains over 300,000 musical scores and the largest collection of music research resources in Australia.

Oral history interviews with people involved in all aspects of forest and around photographs depicting various aspects of forests and forestry work.

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Explore the excitement and wonder of the First Fleet as they encountered Australia’s unique flora and fauna for the first time. 

The Canberra Writers Festival was back for another year with a weekend of all things books and writing.

Dr Wesley Lim presented a lecture on his 2023 National Library Fellowship research into the papers of dancer and choreographer Gertrud Bodenwieser.

See Dr Kate Flaherty and actors from Bell Shakespeare explore the link between the books that inspired Shakespeare and Shakespeare's own work.

September is a month for reflection and learning at the Library.

Music scores and music related material created or collected by the composer, conductor and musicologist Richard Divall.