Around 186 Chinese newspapers and serials, mostly published from 1949 to 1984, plus a small number of government documents of the period 1969 to 1977, monographs, pamphlets, mimeographed works, and some works published during the Japanese occupation of China.

1,066 Japanese books, nearly all published in the 20th century. They mostly relate to Japanese literature and include a large number of novels and also poetry, plays, essays, biographies of writers, literary history and critical works.

Applications for 2026 National Library of Australia Scholarships open on 28 April 2025.

Applications for 2027 National Library of Australia Scholarships open on 23 March 2026.

We travelled back 50 years with the Library’s Education team!

We travelled back 50 years with the Library’s Education team!

In this two hour workshop, participants had an opportunity to create, design and build their own board game that they could take home with them.

In this event, we joined our Education team for an exploration of creative journaling!

Children’s picture book creator Ronojoy Ghosh led a writing and drawing school holiday activity.

Children’s picture book creator Ronojoy Ghosh led a writing and drawing school holiday activity.