911 water colours by Adam Forster of Australian flowers, painted between 1916 and 1927.

Learn about our Enlighten 2024 illuminations and find your home at your National Library.

Our James Cook collection showcases the Library’s most famous item - Cook’s HMS Endeavour journal.

Poet Scott-Patrick Mitchell discussed their recent Fellowship focused on laying research groundwork for a new poetry collection titled RISE RALLY REST.

In 2023, the Kenneth Myer Lecture was delivered by Professor Glyn Davis AC.

In 2023, the Seymour Biography Lecture was delivered by Professor Chris Wallace.

Helping to preserve our cultural heritage

950 books on bibliography, history, law, religion, ethnography, archaeology and fine arts of Indonesia, 629 books relating to the languages of Austronesia and some manuscripts, including transcripts of a collection of Sudanese manuscripts.

Books on music and printed music published in Britain from the mid-17th century to the 20th century.

A major collection of around 6000 titles in Chinese and Western languages, with strengths in Chinese history, biography, literature and philosophy, especially the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) and 20th century.