The National Library is pleased to announce the six recipients of the 2024 Asia Study Grants.

The Library recently acquired three photographic portraits of 2022-23 Australian Children's Laureate, Gabrielle Wang.

The Ann Moyal Lecture is given by a distinguished speaker on a contemporary question that draws on such fields of knowledge as science, environment, ecology, history, anthropology, art, and technological change.

Paintings, drawings, sketchbooks and manuscripts by George French Angas.

Dive into our sporting photography collections with this selection crowds that have showed up to support their favourite athletes.

Dr Adam Sundberg presented a lecture on his 2023 National Library Fellowship research about the environmental history of ballast water and management in Australia.

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The British colonisation of the Americas began in 1606 with the chartering of the Colony of Virginia.

An 1827 illustration of an echidna has recently been added to our collection.

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This playbill, or poster, advertising a theatrical performance at the ‘Theatre, Sydney’ on 30 July 1796, is the oldest surviving printed document produced in Australia.

The Alston Collection is a treasure trove of over 1,800 works on philology and linguistics. From rare books and manuscripts to Robin Alston’s personal drafts and correspondence, this collection is a must for anyone exploring the history of language and early bibliographical studies.