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The Library has an immense collection of 19th century music published in Australia, material about contemporary Australian composers and 20th century popular music published in Australia.

Our theatre and performance music collections showcase the music Australians were listening to throughout the 20th century.

The Library holds several smaller archives of individual Australian composers. Conductor’s scores are generally manuscript material and annotated with performance marks.

The Library has a small but significant collection of Indigenous music. This includes music both written by Indigenous people and interpreted by Europeans from interactions with Indigenous people.

The Library has the largest collection of sheet music in the country, with over 300,000 items. The bulk of the collection relates to Australian composers, performers and music publishing houses.

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