Explore our media releases from 2013, captured by the Australian Web Archive.

Explore our media releases from 2012, captured by the Australian Web Archive.

The National Library houses the largest and most actively developing research resource on Asia in Australia, with holdings of over half a million volumes.

27 recordings of traditional music, recitations, folklore and oral histories made in New South Wales between 1968 and 1995.

Around 270 books, pamphlets and serials, mostly published in the Philippines 1900-1965 but also some items from the USA, Spain and Spanish-speaking countries.

12,569 music scores which were used in Australian cinemas in the silent film era (roughly 1896 to 1929).

About 2600 books, mostly in Japanese including military works, biographies of the Japanese Royal Family and leading figures in Japan and Western countries, Chinese and Japanese classics and more.

2780 music scores for songs and vocal and piano selections from American, British and Australian musicals, music theatre, films and television shows produced from about 1920 to 1990.

2121 books, pamphlets, programs, periodicals and plays published between 1755 and 1972. 

Over 10,000 books, pamphlets and issues of periodicals, published between the late 16th and mid-20th century. The main strength is English literature, particularly of the 18th century.