Learn about the real school ship Sobraon behind Sarah Luke and NLA Publishing's children's book Marion and the Forty Thieves.

Applications are now open for the 2024 Community Heritage Grants (CHG) program.

Use this guide to access resources related to the 1967 Referendum's questions and results, the significance of the 'Yes' vote, related misconceptions about voting rights and its lasting impact.

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.

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.