Find immigration records, shipping and passenger lists for fare-paying passengers, assisted migrants and crew members to reveal key details about your family members arrival in Australia.

We recognise that public sector information should be treated as a national resource. In support of this principle, this page assists you to better understand how we make decisions and administer programs.

This policy provides a framework aligned with corporate strategic priorities, for all programs of work that preserve and, through preservation, facilitate access to the collections held by the Library.

The volunteer program offers the community an opportunity to play an active role in supporting and promoting the work of the Library.

Policy for the consumption of food and drink by visitors in the reading rooms and other public areas of the Library.

Our newspaper collections include digitised historic and modern newspapers accessible online, as well as newspapers in microform and paper formats.

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Our dance collection contains portraits, manuscripts, oral history interviews, photographs, music scores, personal papers, theatre programs and memorabilia.

Copyright is a legal right that gives copyright owners the right to control certain activities with their works.

Copyright law applies to Indigenous works in the same way as it applies to other works, however there may be additional legal and cultural issues.