Our collections document the history and development of dramatic and comic theatre in Australia.

We hold one of Australia’s largest collections of performing arts materials.

Dr Mei-fen Kuo presented a lecture on her 2023 National Library Fellowship research into our Chinese-language collections and how that has helped in rethinking the influence of the Cold War on the formation of contemporary Chinese Australian identities.

The Library recently acquired an original draft of a poem by Mark Twain in the form of a letter.

Illustrated by Tony Flowers

See how Yvette Grant used the Library’s collections to revive the memory of four women in the story of Australian ballet.

United States congressional publications are of interest as primary sources for students of United States history, for United States foreign and economic policy, and for other public affairs issues of interest to other countries.

Great sporting moments make great stories.

Hear from 2023 NLA Fellow Deane Williams about his time at the Library researching the life and career of Ron Maslyn Williams.

Learn something new at the National Library this February.