The Friends of the National Library of Australia present an opportunity to question two of Australia’s most eminent and most productive historians.

Every year, on 1 January, creative works come out of copyright and into the public domain.

See some of the creative works from our collections have come out of copyright and into the public domain this year.

Read about works and manuscripts in our collection that are now in the public domain.

The Library encourages the reporting of wrongdoing under the Public Interest Disclosure Act and will act on disclosures where appropriate and protect Disclosers from any reprisals or threats of reprisals as a result of making a disclosure.

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The posters on this page were published during times of conflict.

There are numerous guides and bibliographies available to help you navigate the Library's vast collections.

Dr Angélique Stastny presented a lecture on her 2021 National Library Fellowship research about anti-colonial activist publications in Australia and the Pacific.

We spoke to Dr Bill Mihalopoulos about his research using the Harold S Williams collection and time at the Library. 

We spoke to Annisa Beta, recipient of the 2022 Asia Study Grant, on her time at the Library.