The Library is committed to promoting standards of conduct and behaviours that are required of all APS employees by the APS Values, Employment Principles and Code of Conduct. 

Director-General, Dr Marie-Louise Ayres FAHA has announced her intention to retire in April 2026. 

Dr Chris Carter and the Friends of the National Library hosted an enlightening talk about how water is essential for human survival.

See our outside-the-box strategies to help you uncover the hidden branches of your family tree.

About 200 books and 260 pamphlets, plus personal papers and photographs mainly related to Australian history, politics, law, literature and religion from Sir Ernest Littleton Groom.

Official records, reports, minutes and correspondence from the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority, Cooma Municipal Council and the Monaro County Council and around 750 Australian town and district maps.

Personal papers and about 600 books and pamphlets from 1900-1960 on international relations, political biography, migration and more with a focus on the Commonwealth and United States. 

Photocopies of 18 unpublished Australian plays by writers such as David Ireland and Dymphna Cusack. 

A large number of photographs and negatives taken by Loke Wan Tho on his ornithological expeditions to the Pacific, Asia and Europe in the 1950s and early 1960s, as well as papers, books and maps.

This small but significant collection of early 20th-century German and Austrian books includes poetry, plays, novels, essays, fairytales, folklore, art books, memoirs, and works on theatre and opera. Many are rare or limited editions, notable for their fine bindings and illustrations.