The Library will supply a digital surrogate in place of the original physical item where possible within copyright and other rights obligations.

While we don’t sell original newspapers, you can create a scan or photocopy onsite or order a digital copy online. 

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.

Special collections material may have restrictions around use.

You can buy copies of items in our collections found in the Catalogue or on Trove. We offer digital copies of newspaper articles, book chapters, photographs, maps, manuscripts, music, sound recordings, and they will be sent to you online.

The National Library is a reference library - you can use collection items in our reading rooms but you can't take them home.

The Library will supply a digital surrogate in place of the original physical item where possible within copyright and other rights obligations.

Around 4,000 books and serials on theosophy, Indian philosophy, comparative religion and related topics.

Module

This resource is aligned with the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics for Year 3 and 4 students. 

From January 1788, when the First Fleet of convicts arrived at Botany Bay, to the end of convict transportation 80 years later, over 160,000 convicts were transported to Australia.